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  2. Seniority (financial) - Wikipedia

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    Bonds that have the same seniority in a company's capital structure are described as being pari passu. Preferred stock is senior to common stock in a sale when preferred shareholders must receive back their preference , typically their original investment amount, before the common shareholders receive anything.

  3. Senior debt - Wikipedia

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    Senior debt is frequently issued in the form of senior notes or referred to as senior loans. Senior debt has greater seniority in the issuer's capital structure than subordinated debt . In the event the issuer goes bankrupt , senior debt theoretically must be repaid before other creditors receive any payment.

  4. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...

  5. United States Treasury security - Wikipedia

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    $500 Series EE US Savings Bond featuring Alexander Hamilton $10,000 Series I US Savings Bond featuring Spark Matsunaga. Savings bonds were created in 1935, and, in the form of Series E bonds, also known as war bonds, were widely sold to finance World War II. Unlike Treasury Bonds, they are not marketable, being redeemable only by the original ...

  6. United States Savings Bonds - Wikipedia

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    The bond will continue to earn the fixed rate for 10 more years. All interest is paid when the holder cashes the bond. For bonds issued before May 2005, the interest rate was an adjustable rate recomputed every six months at 90% of the average five-year Treasury yield for the preceding six months.

  7. Geology - Wikipedia

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    Solidified lava flow in Hawaii Sedimentary layers in Badlands National Park, South Dakota Metamorphic rock, Nunavut, Canada. Geology (from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) 'earth' and λoγία () 'study of, discourse') [1] [2] is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. [3]

  8. Inflation-indexed bond - Wikipedia

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    Daily inflation-indexed bonds pay a periodic coupon that is equal to the product of the principal and the nominal coupon rate. For some bonds, such as in the case of TIPS, the underlying principal of the bond changes, which results in a higher interest payment when multiplied by the same rate. For example, if the annual coupon of the bond were ...

  9. High-yield debt - Wikipedia

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    In finance, a high-yield bond (non-investment-grade bond, speculative-grade bond, or junk bond) is a bond that is rated below investment grade by credit rating agencies. These bonds have a higher risk of default or other adverse credit events but offer higher yields than investment-grade bonds to compensate for the increased risk.