Dutch Auction – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Sales

What is a Dutch Auction?A Dutch Auction is an auction process where the auctioneer or seller starts with a high asking price and then lowers it incrementally or in stages until there is a bid for the item (or batch being sold). This is most appropriately referred to...

Duopoly – Explained

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

What is a Duopoly?A Duopoly is a market condition where the total market of a product or service or most of the market is controlled by only two corporations. It is the very basic form of oligopoly. What Causes a Duopoly? A duopoly may arise through competition,...

Dow Theory – Explained

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

What is Dow Theory?It is a theory based on the editorials written by Charles H. Dow, published in The Wall Street Journal. Charles H. Dow is the founder and first editor of this acclaimed financial news journal. He also founded Dow Jones and Company along with Edward...

Dow Jones Global Indexes – Explained

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

What are the Dow Jones Global Indexes [Indices]?The Dow Jones Global Indexes (indices) are market-capitalization weighted indexes that reflect the price changes of the stocks of different national and international firms from across 29 countries. There are around...

Dow Jones US Total Market Index – Explained

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

What is the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index?Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index is a Market-capitalization weighted index providing readily available prices and price changes in the shares of the US-based corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange, American...

Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) – Explained

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

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?It is the price-weighted average of 30 actively-traded stocks of significant publicly owned US industrial corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The trend in the movement of these stocks market value reflects the...

DMAIC Methodology – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Operations, Project, & Supply Chain Management

What is DMAIC Methodology?DMAIC is a statistically-driven, quality-improvement strategy used for improving and optimizing the business processes. The DMAIC approach is followed in Six Sigma quality control program. In DMAIC, the D stands for define, M stands for...

Dividend Reinvestment Plan – Explained

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

What is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan?A Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) is a plan that allows investors to reinvest their dividends into additional shares or fractional shares. The shareholders receive dividends from the companies periodically. It is a share of the...

Disjunctive Model (Marketing) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Principles of Marketing

What is the Disjunctive Model?It is a model used in the study of consumer decision-making processes to assess products of different brands. This model asserts that consumers expect a minimum level of satisfaction on certain attributes of a product. Generally, these...

Demand Side Economics – Explained

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

What is Demand Side Economics?Demand side economics is a school of economic thought introduced by John Meynard Keynes, that argues the economic growth is directly proportionate to the demand for products and services. Demand-side economics contradicts the classical...