A breakeven point is the level at which an investor or firm will have made no profit and no loss on an investment, i.e. a return of zero.Investors and firms calculate a point or price at which all the...
A broker is an intermediary who performs orders on behalf of a client, and takes a fee for doing so (regardless of whether the trade is profitable or not). Brokers usually have fixed trade commissions...
Liquidity is a term which refers to the ease and speed with which an asset can be converted into cash. A liquid asset will be exchangeable for cash very quickly with no loss in value, whilst an illiqu...
Shareholders Equity, or SE, is the amount of a company that is financed through shareholder investments such as Common Stock and preferred shares. It is made up of money invested in the company and Re...
On Wednesday (Jan. 15), a news release by XPO Logistics (NASDAQ: XPO) revealed that the company was considering some strategic alternatives, including an option of spinning-off some of its business un...
One of the effective ways to be up to date with any company you intend to make an investment is to go to the SEC's EDGAR database and check all the forms they are supposed to fill under U.S. Securitie...
What is a Balanced Fund?DefinitionA balanced fund, also known as asset allocation fund, is commonly classified by its equal asset allocation in a single portfolio. It is a mutual fund that compri...
Nigerian Billionaire investor, Femi Otedola has now become the second largest shareholder of Transcorp by acquiring 5.52% of the company. This transaction was made possible by an agreement between an ...
It would not be an exaggeration to raise 70 hearty cheers in the name of Mike Adenuga, one of the most prominent business Moguls in Nigeria and even in Africa as a whole, as he celebrates his 70th bir...
Following the credit card company, Mastercard’s revelation on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, that the deadly coronavirus outbreak could have an effect on its revenue for the 2020 fiscal year, its shares f...