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INSTRUMENT: Another term for a financial or legal claim on the physical goods, services, and resources of real side of the economy. Instruments are the means by which income is diverted between household, business, and government sectors. Common instruments are corporate stocks, government bonds, and paper currency.
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CARDINAL UTILITY The notion that utility--the satisfaction of wants and needs achieved through the consumption of goods and services--can be measured with numerical values (1, 2, 3, etc.) that are based on a benchmark scale. Cardinal utility presumes that satisfaction is a measurable characteristic of a person, like height or weight. The contrasting notion is ordinal utility, which is based on a ranking of preferences.
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A scripophilist is one who collects rare stock and bond certificates, usually from extinct companies.
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"No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start: It becomes a nightmare. " -- Charles Baudelaire, poet-critic
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AIO
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