Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WILSHIRE INDEXES - Widely followed performance measurement indexes measuring performance of all U.S.-he...
  
  
• WINDFALL PROFIT - an unexpected profit arising from causes not controlled by the recipient.
  
  
• WINDFALL PROFIT/GAIN - profit that occurs suddenly as a result of an event not controlled by the compan...
  
  
• WINDOW - The period of time between the expected first principal payment and the last anticipated princ...
  
  
• WINDOW CONTRACT - A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated ...
  
  
• WINDOW DRESSING - Trading activity near the end of a quarter or fiscal year that is designed to improve...
  
  
• WINDOW OF ENTERPRISE - depicts the overall structure of accounting.
  
  
• WINDOW WELL - The dugout area just outside of a basement window that can be used to escape in the event...
  
  
• WINNER'S CURSE - Problem faced by uninformed bidders. For example, in an initial public offering uninfo...
  
  
• WINNIPEG COMMODITY EXCHANGE - Canada's only agricultural futures and options exchange, located in Manit...