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Capital AssetsAssets of a permanent nature used to produce income, such as machinery, buildings, equipment, land, etc. Must be distinguished from inventory. A machine which makes pencils, for example, would be a capital asset to a pencil manufacturer, but inventory to the company whose business is to sell such machines.Capital assetsAssets, purchased as a long term investment for generating profit, such as buildings, plant and machinery and fixtures etc.Similar MatchesCapital outflowCapital outflowA net flow of capital, real and/or financial, out of a country, in the form of reduced holdings of domestic assets by foreigners and/or increased purchases of foreign assets by domestic residents. Recorded as negative, or a debit, in the balance on capital account. Capital structureCapital structureThe components which form a company's capital :ordinary shares, preference shares, debentures and loan stock.In the US, the equivalent components are: common stock, long term debt and preferred stock. Capital expenditureCapital expenditureA company's expenditure to acquire capital assets. Capital controlCapital controlAny policy intended to restrict the free movement of capital, especially financial capital, into or out of a country. Capital Builder Account (CBA)Capital Builder Account (CBA)A Merrill Lynch brokerage account that allows investors to access the loan value of his or her eligible securities to buy or sell securities. Excess cash in a CBA can be invested in a money market fund or an insured money market deposit account without losing access to the money. Further SuggestionsCapital account surplusMorgan Stanley Capital International Europe Index loan capital Capital surplus Capital augmenting Cost of limited partner capital risk capital Human capital Perfect capital mobility Capital inflow Capital gains distribution Maximum capital gains mutual fund Capital requirements Capital Capital market imperfection Capital account Capital growth Capital intensive Capital appreciation Crony capitalism Free capital markets Capitalization method Leveraged recapitalization Short term capital gain Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia, Far East Index |
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