Indirect Claim

Indirect Claim
Claim of a financial intermediary; the intermediary relends funds to the deficitunit to enable it to acquire real assets.

Fractal Dimension
A number that quantitatively describes how an object fills its space. In Euclidean, or Plane geometry, objects are solid and continuous. That is, they have no holes or gaps. As such, they have integer dimensions. Fractals are rough and often discontinuous, like a wiffle ball, and so have fractional, or fractal dimensions.

Foreign currency forward contract
Agreement that obligates its parties to exchange given quantities ofcurrencies at a prespecified exchange rate on a certain future date.

Mark Berch:Buy on close
Buying at the end of the trading session at a price within the closing range.

Wiener B�rse (Austrian Stock Exchange)
Established in 1771, the major securities market of Austria.

Bust-up takeover
A leveraged buyout in which the buyer sells off the assets of the target company to repay the debt that financed the takeover. Mark Berch

Marks and Numbers
Identifying symbols and numbers placed by the shipper on each piece of cargo in a shipment.