BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO INVESTING is an investment approach that first seeks individual companies with attractive investment potential, then proceeds to a consideration of the larger economic and industry trends affecting those companies. See TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO INVESTING.
HARD COPY is a printed copy of information as opposed to information stored in computer readable form.
EXCISE TAX is a tax imposed by federal, state, and local governments on an act, occupation, privilege, manufacture, sale, or consumption that is not deductible (e.g., tobacco, gasoline and spirits). This term is in increasing usage to describe almost every tax other than income tax and property tax.
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