Profitability ratios are a class of financial metrics that are used to assess business's ability to create earnings relative to the revenue, operating costs, balance sheet assets, and shareholders' equity over time, using data from a certain point in time.
Imputed value is an assumed value of an item when the actual value is not known or available.
Implied rate is the difference between the spot interest rate and the interest rate for the futures delivery date.
Pump priming is the action aimed on stimulating an economy during a recessionary period, through government spending and interest rate and tax reductions.
Petrodollars are U.S. dollars paid to oil exporting country for the sale of the commodity.
A knock-out option is a type of option with a built-in mechanism to expire worthless if a specified price level is reached.
A knock-in option is a type of latent option contract that starts to function only after a certain price is reached before expiration.