Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL - A hardship withdrawal occurs when you are allowed to take out some or all of your...
  
  
• HARMLESS WARRANT - Warrant that allows the user to purchase a bond only by surrendering an other bond w...
  
  
• HARMONIZED SYSTEM - an internationally agreed upon classification system for trade. It provides code nu...
  
  
• HART-SCOTT-RODINO ACT - Often used in risk arbitrage. Antitrust act administered by U.S. Department of ...
  
  
• HARVEST - to generate cash or stock from the sale or IPO of companies in a private equity portfolio of ...
  
  
• HARVEY, CAMPBELL R - Author of this glossary. Finance professor at Duke University. Author of research ...
  
  
• HAWKISH - An aggressive tone. For example, if the Federal Reserve uses hawkish language to describe the...
  
  
• HAZARD INSURANCE - Insurance coverage that compensates for physical damage to a property from natural d...
  
  
• HAZARD INSURANCE (OR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE) - Protects the insured against loss due to fire or other na...
  
  
• HAZARDOUS WASTE - A subset of solid wastes that pose substantial or potential threats to public health ...