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Terms Beginning With 'W'

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    Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index - TMWX

  2. Win/Loss Ratio

  3. Windfall Profits

  4. Windfall Shares

  5. Windfall Tax

  6. Winding Up

  7. Window Dressing

  8. Window Guaranteed Investment Contract

  9. Window Of Opportunity

  10. Window Settlement

  11. Windstorm Hazard

  12. Windstorm Insurance

  13. Winner's Curse

  14. Winner-Takes-All Market

  15. Winnipeg Commodities Exchange - WCE

  16. Winsorized Mean

  17. Winter Range Form

  18. WIR Bank

  19. Wire Fate Item

  20. Wire Fraud

  21. Wire House Broker

  22. Wire Room

  23. Wire Transfer

  24. Wisconsin School of Business

  25. Wisconsin State Life Fund

  26. Witching Hour

  27. With Approved Credit - WAC

  28. With Benefit Of Survivorship

  29. With Discretion

  30. Withdrawal

  31. Withdrawal Benefits

  32. Withdrawal Credits, Pension Plan

  33. Withdrawal Penalty

  34. Withdrawal Plan

  35. Withholding

  36. Withholding Allowance

  37. Withholding Tax

  38. Without Evidence of Insurability

  39. Without Recourse

  40. Wolfe Wave

  41. Wombat

  42. Women Leaders Round Table - WLRT

  43. Woody

  44. Wool Growers Floater

  45. Word-Of-Mouth Marketing - WOM Marketing

  46. Work And Materials Clause

  47. Work Cell

  48. Work In Progress - WIP

  49. Work Opportunity Tax Credit

  50. Work Ticket

  51. Workable Indication

  52. Worker Adjustment And Retraining Notification Act – WARN

  53. Workers' Compensation

  54. Workers' Compensation Catastrophe Cover

  55. Workers' Compensation Coverage A

  56. Workers' Compensation Coverage B

  57. Workflow

  58. Working Capital

  59. Working Capital Loan

  60. Working Capital Management

  61. Working Capital Turnover

  62. Working Class

  63. Working Control

  64. Working Interests

  65. Working Ratio

  66. Working Reserves

  67. Working-Age Population

  68. Workout Agreement

  69. Workout Assumption

  70. Workout Market

  71. Workout Period

  72. World Bank Group

  73. World Congress Of Accountants - WCOA

  74. World Economic Forum

  75. World Economic Outlook - WEO

  76. World Equity Benchmark Series - WEBS

  77. World Federation Of Stock Exchanges

  78. World Fund

  79. World Gold Council - WGC

  80. World Insurance

  81. World Trade Organization - WTO

  82. WorldCom

  83. Worldwide Coverage

  84. Worldwide Income

  85. Worn Currency

  86. Worthless Securities

  87. Wrap Account

  88. Wrap Fee

  89. Wrap-Around Insurance Program

  90. Wrap-Around Loan

  91. Wrap-Up Insurance

  92. Wraparound Annuity

  93. Wraparound Mortgage

  94. Writ

  95. Writ of Attachment

  96. Writ Of Execution

  97. Writ Of Seizure And Sale

  98. Write Out

  99. Write-Down

  100. Write-Off

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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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