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Business Buzzwords from Mumbai to Virginia

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In Mumbai, the bullish phase in the stock markets has attracted a whole new breed of investors, including students and housewives; the latest to join the party on Dalal Street are BPO employees.

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An entrepreneur for over 35 years mentioned to me that it's a common misconception that it takes a ton of money to create a business; in his experience, many of the successful businesses out there have been started by people with little or no money at all.

Correct answer: (c) a ton

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Fair Funds for Investors was put into place to benefit those investors who have lost money because of the illegal or unethical activities of individuals or companies that violate securities regulations.

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The cost of executive pension plans is rarely laid out for shareholders, but is usually so deep in a company's regulatory filings that it is difficult to find, let alone calculate; Critics call it 'stealth wealth' or 'camouflage compensation'.

Correct answer: (a) camouflage

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Say an entrepreneur selling a business is asking $2,000,000 based on projected revenue, but the buyer is willing to pay only $1,000,000 based on historical performance: an earnout provision structures the deal so that the entrepreneur receives more than the buyer's offer only if the business achieves a certain level of gross sales.

Correct answer: (b) an earnout

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In the stock market, capitulation is associated with giving up any previous gains in stock price as investors sell equities in an effort to get out of the market and into less risky investments.

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"I tell folks to invest to eat well but not beyond the point that they no longer sleep well," said Richard F. DeMong, Virginia Bankers Professor of Bank Management at the University of Virginia, "That trade-off is different for each individual."

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"My wife knows me as a perfidious stock picker; over the years my technique has been to buy a fallen angel at 4, then ride it to 2, panic and bail." — Rich Karlgaard, "Do As I Say," Forbes, December 20, 1999.

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When somebody likes a stock enough to back up the truck, the buyer is very bullish on it.

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Accounting noise can be seen either as a consequence of necessary rules regarding generally accepted accounting principles or as a result of management's attempts to massage the numbers to present a rosier financial picture of the firm.

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