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Capital formationExpansion of capital or capital goods through savings, which leads to economic growth.Capital formation Similar MatchesInformation Coefficient (IC)Information Coefficient (IC)The correlation between predicted and actual stock returns, sometimes used to measure the contribution of a financial analyst. An IC of 1.0 indicates a perfect linear relationship between predicted and actual returns, while an IC of 0.0 indicates no linear relationship. Statement of Additional Information (SAI)Statement of Additional Information (SAI)A document provided as a supplement to a mutual fund prospectus. It provides more detailed information about fund policies, operations, and risks. Also known as a Part B prospectus. 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). Information asymmetryInformation asymmetryCondition that information is known to some, but not all, participants. Information AgentInformation AgentAgent whose primary task is to disseminate and explain the details of capital transactions. Further SuggestionsTechnical InformationMarginal rate of transformation Information architecture Fundamental Information Asymmetric information Expected value of perfect information Information Ratio Information costs Informational efficiency Information services Asymmetric information price sensitive information Transformation London Market Information Link Nonpublic information Incomplete information For your information (FYI) Informational efficiency Complete information V formation Insider information Limit order information system Transformation curve Intermarket Surveillance Information System (ISIS) Information content effect |
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