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51Key Rate Duration — Holding all other maturities constant, this measures the sensitivity of a security or the value of a portfolio to a 1% change in yield for a given maturity. The calculation is as follows: Where: P = Security s price after a 1% decrease in yield… …
52Issues in the Canadian federal election, 2006 — These are some of issues that played a major role in the 2006 federal election in Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada formed a minority government after the election, defeating the Liberal government. Health care Healthcare is perennially a… …
53Variable Interest Rate — An interest rate on a loan or security that fluctuates over time, because it is based on an underlying benchmark interest rate or index that changes periodically. The obvious advantage of a variable interest rate is that if the underlying… …
54Air transport and the environment (United Kingdom) — Increasing demand for air travel in the UK has resulted in a conflict between the desire to cater for that demand and the environmental consequences of doing so. In the past 25 years the UK air transport industry has seen sustained growth, and… …
55College of the Holy Cross — Not to be confused with Holy Cross College. The College of the Holy Cross Latin: Collegium Sanctae Crucis Motto In Hoc Signo Vinces …
56Taxation in the United States — is a complex system which may involve payment to at least four different levels of government and many methods of taxation. United States taxation includes local government, possibly including one or more of municipal, township, district and… …
57Social discount rate — is a measure used to help guide choices about the value of diverting funds to social projects. It is defined as “the appropriate value of r to use in computing present discount value for social investments” [Gruber, Jonathan (2007). Chapter 8:… …
58History of the British salt tax in India — Taxation of salt has occurred in India since the earliest times. However, this tax was greatly increased when the British East India Company began to establish its rule over provinces in India. In 1835, special taxes were imposed on Indian salt… …
595-1 Hybrid Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - 5-1 Hybrid ARM — An adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) with an initial five year fixed interest rate. After this initial five year period, the interest rate begins to adjust on an annual basis according to an index plus a margin (or, the fully indexed interest rate) …
60Hydropolitics in the Nile Basin — Essay like|article|date=December 2007The Nile River is subject to political interactions. It is the world s longest river flowing 6,700 kilometers through ten countries in northeastern Africa – Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo… …
