What is Appreciate in Value? Appreciation refers to an increase in value of an asset over time.  Appreciation occurs due to different reasons, including an increase in demand or fluctuation and growth of interest rates. In accounting, appreciation refers to an upward movement of a company's asset value in their accounting books.  Appreciation is the...

What is Garnishment? Garnishment is a legal process, where through a court judgment, a third party (employer) is instructed to directly deduct some payment from the defendants (debtor) salary or bank account. The payment is usually deducted to settle the money that the defendant owes the complainant (the creditor). In other words, garnishment is a p...

What is the Short Run? The short run is a term often used in economics, it describes a future period during which one input is fixed while others are variable. The variation in the inputs is owing to the fact that the time available is not enough for all inputs to be changed, hence, some inputs are fixed while others are changed. When used in econom...

What is Consumer Protection law? Consumer protection laws are state and federal laws that serve to protect individual consumers from deception or fraud in the marketplace. A consumer is someone who buys something for personal, family, or household use. These laws promote the accurate disclosure of information, facilitate market competition, and dete...

What is an Accumulation Area? The accumulation area is a form of charting that presents sideways movement of stock prices in the market. It is characterized with stock patterns and movement of stock prices that is important when making investment decisions in the stock market. This area presents stock patterns that indicate whether a stock is sellin...

Can Parties Challenge a Mediation? Parties to mediation can challenge any agreement resulting from the mediation by bringing a legal action alleging fraud or impropriety in inducing their agreement to a settlement of the underlying dispute. What is the process for Challenging the mediation agreement? A successful mediation results in a negotiated se...

What is a Multi-Asset Class? A multi-asset class or a multi-asset fund consists of an amalgam of various asset classes including cash, bonds and equity, in which a person invests. As the name suggests, a multi-class asset comprises at least one asset class, and therefore, results in building a portfolio of given assets. Different investors have diff...

What is Buy Side Trading?  Buy-side is the face of the Wall Street constructed by institutional investors like mutual funds, pension funds in addition to insurance firms that tenders in purchasing a high volume of securities for purposes of financial management. Sell-side being the antonym of Purchase side, deals with the provision of endorsements o...

What is a Preemptive Right of First Offer? Preemptive rights arise in the context of investment in startups as well as financing of larger corporations. In its most basic form, a preemptive right is an entitlement that allows specific shareholders (holders of preferred shares with preemptive rights attached) of a corporation the authority to buy ext...

What is an Honorarium? An honorarium is otherwise called an ex gratia payment.  It is a voluntary payment made to an individual for the services they render, this type of fee is not legally required.  This type of payment is often made to a volunteer or guest speaker as a recognition of the role of the individual.  An honorarium is not an official c...