CUMULATIVE EARNINGS Definition

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CUMULATIVE EARNINGS is the sum of all earnings over the time periods in question.

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BULLET is 1) A security with only one final maturity payment. 2) A fixed income investment strategy where securities of a single maturity (rather than barbelled or laddered maturities) are purchased.

CAPITAL MAINTENANCE contains two concepts, a financial concept and a physical concept. Most entities adopt a financial concept of capital maintenance. Under this concept a profit is earned only if the monetary amount of net assets at the end of the period, excluding distributions/contributions to/from owners, exceeds the monetary amount of net assets at the beginning of the period. Financial capital maintenance is usually measured in monetary units; however, the requirement to report the impact of hyperinflation results in the measurement of assets and liabilities in monetary units of constant purchasing power.

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