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Zakat
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A term used in Islamic finance to refer to the obligation that an individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes.
Zakat is a mandatory process for Muslims in order to physically and spiritually purify their yearly...
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Zero Balance Account - ZBA
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A checking account in which a balance of zero is maintained by automatically transferring funds from a master account in an amount only large enough to cover checks presented.
ZBA is a checking account which always maintains a balance of zero. Whenever...
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Zero Based Budgeting - ZBB
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A method of budgeting in which all expenditures must be justified each new period, as opposed to only explaining the amounts requested in excess of the previous period's funding.
Zero-based budgeting starts from a "zero base" and every function within...
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Zero Cost Collar
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A type of positive-carry Collar that secures a return through the purchase of a Cap and sale of a floor. Also called "zero cost options" or "Equity Risk Reversal.
This investment strategy is sometimes used in relation to Interest rates, commodities, options,...
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Zero-Sum Game
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A situation in which one participant's gains result only from another participant's equivalent losses.
The net change in total wealth among participants is zero; the wealth is just shifted from one to another.
Options and Future contracts are examples...
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Zig Zag
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A Technical Analysis indicator that filters out changes in an Underlying plot that are less than a specified amount.
In other words, it helps to show only significant changes.
A zig zag indicator is a trend following indicator that is used to predict...
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Zombies
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Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent. Also known as living dead.
Zombies are companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent or near Bankruptcy. Zombies often become casualties to the High costs associated...
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Zoning
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Government (usually municipal) laws that control the use of land within a jurisdiction.
Zoning areas may be classified as residential, commercial, farming, and so forth.
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ZZZZ Best
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A company owned by Barry Minkow in the 1980s.
Through such means as forgery and theft, Minkow appeared to be building a multimillion dollar Corporation. ZZZZ Best went public in December of 1986, eventually reaching a market capitalization of over $200...
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