Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HOPE CREDIT - One of two major education tax credits, it provides up to $1,500 tax credit per eligible ...
  
  
• HOPE SCHOLARSHIP CREDIT - A maximum allowable credit of $1,500 per student for each of the first 2 year...
  
  
• HOPWA - Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS.
  
  
• HORIZON ANALYSIS - A less-common name for total return analysis. The term "horizon analysis" derives fr...
  
  
• HORIZON MATCHING STRATEGY - An income immunization strategy that cash-matches over the next few years a...
  
  
• HORIZON RETURN - Total return over a given horizon.
  
  
• HORIZONTAL ACQUISITION - Merger between two companies producing similar goods or services.
  
  
• HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS - The process of dividing each expense item of a given year by the same expense ite...
  
  
• HORIZONTAL FINANCIAL ANALYSIS - allows comparison of one company's ratios to the ratios of other compan...
  
  
• HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION - When firms in the same industry merge. Also referred to as horizontal merger