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Capital formationExpansion of capital or capital goods through savings, which leads to economic growth.Capital formation Similar MatchesInformation RatioInformation RatioThe ratio of annualized expected residual return to residual risk. A central measurement for active management, value added is proportional to the square of the information ratio. Asymmetric informationAsymmetric informationInformation that is known to some people but not to other people. For your information (FYI)For your information (FYI)A prefix to a security price indicating that the quote is for information purposes only, and not an offer to trade. Insider informationInsider informationPrice-sensitive information about a company that has not yet been made public.People who use the information either to make a profit for themselves or for someone else are committing a criminal offence (insider dealing).The inside dealer does not have to work for the company for his dealing to be an offence. So a stockbroker, or merchant banker, who knows about an impending takeover deal who buys shares in the target company with the intention of making a profit, is guilty. If he gets a friend to buy the shares, he is still guilty. In theory, the net is cast quite wide. In practice, insider dealing prosecutions are rare, and successful ones rarer still because the allegations are so hard to prove.Note the difference between insider dealing (an offence) and directors dealings (not an offence). TransformationTransformationA major organizational change from the present state to a new/preferred state in which CQI flourishes. The primary steps involved in moving an organization through a transformation are present state, unfreezing, transition period, refreezing, and new/preferred state. Further SuggestionsInformation asymmetryMarginal rate of transformation Complete information Nonpublic information Asymmetric information Intermarket Surveillance Information System (ISIS) Fundamental Information Transformation curve Information content effect Statement of Additional Information (SAI) price sensitive information Technical Information Limit order information system Information costs Informational efficiency Incomplete information Insider information Informational efficiency V formation Expected value of perfect information Information Agent Information architecture Information services Information Coefficient (IC) London Market Information Link |
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