Accumulation Period — 1. The phase in an investor s life when he/she builds up his/her savings and the value of his/her investment portfolio with the intention of having a nest egg for retirement. 2. In the context of a deferred annuity, the period of time when the… … Investment dictionary
Accumulation Phase — 1. A period of time when an annuity investor is in the early stages of building up the cash value of the annuity. This is followed by the annuitization phase where payments are paid out to the annuitant. 2. The period of time when an investor… … Investment dictionary
Accumulation Unit — 1) In the case of a variable annuity, a measurement of the value invested in the account during the accumulation period of the contract. The more funds you contribute to your annuity account, the more accumulation units you will build. 2) In the… … Investment dictionary
Accumulation — 1. An individual investor s cash contributions to invest in securities over a period of time in order to build a portfolio of desired value. Dividends and capital gains are also reinvested during this process. 2. An institutional investor s… … Investment dictionary
accumulation — [[t]əkju͟ːmjʊle͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] accumulations 1) N COUNT: oft N of n An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time. Gamekeeping is not some sort of science, but an… … English dictionary
accumulation — In the context of corporate finance, refers to profits that are added to the capital base of the company rather than paid out as dividends. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: accumulated profits tax. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary In the context … Financial and business terms
accumulation factor — noun : the factor (1 + r)n by which any principal must be multiplied to give its amount at compound interest after n periods, r being the interest for one period the accumulation factor for 10 years at 6 percent compounded quarterly is (1.015)40 … Useful english dictionary
Accumulation/Distribution — A momentum indicator that attempts to gauge supply and demand by determining whether investors are generally accumulating (buying) or distributing (selling) a certain stock by identifying divergences between stock price and volume flow. It is… … Investment dictionary
accumulation of liquid — collection of fluid, amount of liquid that has accumulated over a period of time … English contemporary dictionary
Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit - GMAB — A rider on a variable annuity, which guarantees the minimum amount received by the annuitant after the accumulation period, or a set period of time, is either the amount invested or is locked in gain. This protects the value of the annuity and… … Investment dictionary
