GADFLY Definition

GADFLY slang for a securityholder who owns stock in various companies, attends annual meetings only to ask senior management hard and often embarrassing questions.

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HEDGE, in securities, is a transaction that reduces the risk of an investment.

LEVERAGE RATIOS measures the relative contribution of stockholders and creditors, and of the firms ability to pay financing charges. Value of firms debt to the total value of the firm.

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