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When a non-linear dynamic system develops twice the possible solutions that it had before it passed its critical level. A bifurcation cascade is often called the period doubling route to chaos because the transition from an orderly system to a chaotic system often occurs when the number of possible solutions begins increasing, doubling each time.
Industry:Financial services
A successful broker who generates a large volume of commission. See Rainmaker.
Industry:Financial services
A contract between an exporter and a transportation company in which the latter agrees to transport the goods under specified conditions that limit its liability. It is the exporter's receipt for the goods as well as proof that goods have been or will be received.
Industry:Financial services
The time elapsed between billing periods for goods sold or services rendered.
Industry:Financial services
An amount of money paid to indicate good faith in a transaction before the transaction is completed.
Industry:Financial services
An option pricing model in which the underlying asset can assume one of only two possible, discrete values in the next time period for each value that it can take on in the preceding time period.
Industry:Financial services
A mortgage loan on which interest and principal payments are made every half-month (total of 26 payments) as opposed to monthly payments. This results in earlier loan retirement.
Industry:Financial services
A cheque that is duly signed, but the amount of the cheque is left blank to be supplied by the drawee.
Industry:Financial services
An initial public offering by a company whose business activities are undefined and therefore peculative.
Industry:Financial services
