Search Engine Results Page – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | SEO, Social Media, Direct Marketing

What is a Search Engine Results Page?A Search Engine Result Page (SERP) refers to a list of results or information that a search engine compiles which is displayed to a web user. This list of results is only displayed after a web user launches a search or makes an...

Search Terms (Marketing) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | SEO, Social Media, Direct Marketing

What are Search Terms?Oftentimes, web users launch queries on search engines, they seek relevant information, website contents, news articles, images, maps and other snippets relevant to their topic of search. A search query can only be initiated using a search term....

Secondary Purchase (Finance) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is a Secondary Purchase?Secondary purchase is a term used in the finance market. It describes the act of purchasing an already existing stock or securities from other investors. Secondary purchase is a feature of secondary market, in this arrangement, instead of...

Senior Security – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Finance, Personal Finance, and Valuation Principles

What is a Senior Security?A senior security refers to the security or financial instrument that occupies the highest rank when compared to other debts and equities of a company. This is the security has has utmost priority over others in the event of a company’s...

Soft Landing – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy

What is a Soft Landing?Avoiding a cyclical economic crash like recession while maintaining a semblance of stability and growth even under difficult economic circumstances is called a Soft Landing. Keeping inflation and unemployment in check while taking measures to...

Subpart F Income – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Taxation

What is Subpart F Income?Income generated Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) by the United States government is called as Subpart F Income. CFCs are foreign subsidiaries with more than 50% stake controlled by entities in the United States, and taxed as per the...

1035 Exchange (Taxation) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Taxation

What is a Section 1035 Exchange?Replacing a life insurance policy or an annuity with a new one without paying any additional taxes as a consequence of this exchange is referred to as Section 1035 Exchange as per the Internal Revenue Code (IRS) of the United States.How...

Small Cap (Businesses) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is a Small Cap Firm?Small businesses with low value of market capitalization are categorized as Small Cap firms. A firms outstanding shares in the market make up its market capitalization value. Firms with market capitalization values ranging from $300 million to...

Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation

What are Payroll Taxes?Payroll taxes consist of Medicare and Social Security taxes that are required to be withheld by an employer from an employee’s compensation. Payroll taxes are authorized under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or FICA. The employer...

Stagflation – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Economic Analysis & Monetary Policy

What is Stagflation?Stagflation is a combination of Inflation and Stagnant Economic Growth. This slow pace of economic growth is further hampered by rise in inflation, prices, and unemployment. As GDP goes down and inflation goes up, an economy reaches a state of...