Defensive Investment Strategy — A method of portfolio allocation and management aimed at minimizing the risk of losing principal. Defensive investors place a high percentage of their investable assets in bonds, cash equivalents, and stocks that are less volatile than average. A … Investment dictionary
defensive — Ⅰ. defensive UK US /dɪˈfensɪv/ adjective ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET an investment that is defensive is very safe, with little or no risk, and its value does not change very much over a period of time: »a defensive share/stock ► trying to protect… … Financial and business terms
Defensive publication — A defensive publication, or defensive disclosure, is an intellectual property strategy used to prevent another party from obtaining a patent on a product, apparatus or method for instance. The strategy consists in disclosing an enabling… … Wikipedia
defensive — defensively, adv. defensiveness, n. /di fen siv/, adj. 1. serving to defend; protective: defensive armament. 2. made or carried on for the purpose of resisting attack: defensive treaty; a defensive attitude. 3. of or pertaining to defense. 4. (of … Universalium
Defensive Interval Ratio — An efficiency ratio that measures how many days a company can operate without having to access non current (long term) assets. The defensive interval ratio (DIR) is calculated as: DIR = Current Assets / Daily Operational Expenses Also known as… … Investment dictionary
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UK Trade & Investment — Infobox Company company name = UK Trade Investment (UKTI) company company type = UK Government foundation = Foreign and Commonwealth Office and BERR location = London and Glasgow key people = Baron Jones of Birmingham (Minister of State for… … Wikipedia
Sean Jones (defensive end) — NFLretired name=Sean Jones position=Defensive end number=96 birthdate=birth date and age|1962|12|19 Kingston, Jamaica debutyear=1984 finalyear=1996 draftyear=1984 draftround=2 draftpick=51 college=Northeastern teams= * Los Angeles Raiders (1984… … Wikipedia
Value investing — is an investment paradigm that derives from the ideas on investment and speculation that Ben Graham David Dodd began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently developed in their 1934 text Security Analysis . Although value… … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium