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Winner's Curse

Because of incomplete information, emotions or any other number of factors regarding the item being auctioned, bidders can have a difficult time determining the item's intrinsic value. As a result, the largest overestimation of an item's value ends up winning the auction.
Glocalization

A combination of the words "globalization" and "localization" used to describe a product or service that is developed and distributed globally, but is also fashioned to accommodate the user or consumer in a local market.
Disaster Loss

A special type of tax-deductible loss, similar to a casualty loss, where a loss has been incurred by taxpayers who reside in an area that has been designated as a federal disaster area by the President.
Fool In The Shower

The notion that changes or policies designed to alter the course of the economy should be done slowly, rather than all at once.
Pattern Day Trader

An SEC designation for traders who trade the same security four or more times per day (buys and sells) over a five-day period, and for whom same-day trades make up at least 6% of their activity for that period.
Cost-Push Inflation

A phenomenon in which the general price levels rise (inflation) due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials.

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