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A company that has achieved rapid growth, often used to refer to technology start-ups.
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A financial metric used to predict the likelihood of a company's bankruptcy, based on its financial statements.
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A company that is unable to cover its debt obligations with its operating cash flow but continues to operate with the help of additional financing or restructuring..Companies that earn just enough money to continue operating and service debt but are unable to pay off their debt.
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(ZBB) is a method of budgeting in which all expenses must be justified for each new period.The budgets are then built around what is needed for the upcoming period, regardless of whether each budget is higher or lower than the previous one.
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Is a portfolio constructed to have zero systematic risk, or in other words, a beta of zero. Such a portfolio would have zero correlation with market movements, given that its expected return equals the risk-free rate or a relatively low rate of return compared to higher-beta portfolios.
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A hedging strategy that combines the purchase of a put option with the sale of a call option to protect against downside risk while capping potential upside gains.
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A situation in which the gains or losses of one participant in an economic transaction or investment are exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participants, resulting in a net-zero outcome.
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A venture capital or private equity fund that has reached the end of its initial investment period but continues to hold illiquid or underperforming investments, often requiring additional time and effort for its management or exit.
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The range or overlap between the buyer's and seller's acceptable terms or price in a negotiation, where a mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached. It is this area where parties will often compromise and strike a deal.