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Business Buzzwords: Japanese Automobiles

1 The ' ' structuring of assembler-supplier relations

historically enabled Japanese auto assemblers to remain

lean and flexible while enjoying a level of control over

supply akin to that of vertical integration

kaizen

keiretsu

zaibatsu

zamindari

2 the yield curve, the fixed-income strategy of

purchasing a longer-dated security and selling before

maturity, is a popular means to achieve excess returns

compared to buying-and-holding, despite its implicit

violations of market efficiency and the pure expectations

hypothesis of the term structure

Bumping

Driving

Riding

Tracking

3 Resident Market Makers would be able to vote to

reduce the commission charge for the (OBO) who

keeps the public limit orders in the relevant class of

options

Official Book Orderly

Old Boy Official

Option Book Officer

Order Book Official

4 shops' are firms that entice people through

various tactics to open trading accounts with them

(including misleading job advertisements that promise

quick, unrealistic returns), but on contractual terms that

are favourable towards these firms

Bucket

Bully

Cadge

Cellar

5 .-industry theory posits that small or less

productive firms in developing countries require protection

to catch up to foreign competitors, and this theory is often

cited as a validation for government-sponsored protection

from trade and foreign direct investment

Infant

Initial

Spoonfed

Subsidy

6 Small capitalization public companies need access to

savvy investors in micro and small cap stocks who are

actively seeking the next , but the typical investor

thinks that he should avoid the small cap market, that he

would never have the insight, inside knowledge, skill or

luck to find a blockbuster performer

threebagger

fourbagger

sevenbagger

tenbagger

7 Bankruptcy courts are receptive to granting certain

protections for the horse bid because of the risk and

expense incurred in making the first bid and the interest it

generates for the assets

bucking

racing

rocking

stalking

8 A persistent growl from the bear camp two years ago

was that the U.S economy was headed for a

'double- recession', meaning the economy was in danger of

sliding back into a period of negative growth after having

climbed out of it

bubble

dip

scoop

trouble

9 Ultimately, Louis Rukeyser's TV show, 'Wall Street

Week', made investing look too easy: you can't rely on

to tell you when to be in or out of the market

elves

entertainers

ghosts

hosts

10 Nicknamed "The Junk Bond King", Michael is

credited with founding the high-yield debt market but was

banned for life from the securities industry

Faraday

Fox

Milken

Moore