Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• STAFFORD LOANS - Available to all families regardless of financial need, these loans come in two flavor...
  
  
• STAG - Speculator who buys and sells stocks to hold for short intervals to make quick profits.
  
  
• STAGE PAYMENTS - Advances made under construction loans when the loan proceeds are disbursed only as sp...
  
  
• STAGFLATION - Is the economic and financial phenomenon which represents a relatively high rate of unemp...
  
  
• STAGGERED BOARD - A corporate board structure where only a portion of the board of directors is elected...
  
  
• STAGGERED BOARD OF DIRECTORS - Occurs when a portion of directors are elected periodically, instead of ...
  
  
• STAGGERING MATURITIES - Hedging against interest rate movements by investment in short-, medium-, and l...
  
  
• STAGING - Temporary platforms or walkways needed during construction.
  
  
• STAGNATION - A period of slow economic growth, or, in securities trading, a period of inactive trading.
  
  
• STAIR-STEPPING - In which market activity is characterized by a trend, then sideways movements, followe...