Red ink

Red Ink
A slang term denoting a financial loss. When accountants make physical entries into a financial ledger, red ink is used to show a negative number. Black ink is used to show that a number is positive or profitable.

red ink Deficit, loss. redeem See redemption. redeemable Able to be redeemed prior to maturity. The term generally applies to bonds and... redeemable bond A bond which the issuer has the right to redeem prior to its maturity date,...

This might be acceptable except for the extent to which those items are money-losing propositions for the business, bleeding red ink. A lesson from this type of situation is to be smarter about the true test validity of instruments like surveys.

The term in the red comes from the traditional practice of showing negative numbers in red ink. In the red can be compared to in the black, which means to be profitable.

Competitive 'dollar voting' selects what people really want and exposes errors through the 'reprimand of red ink,' in the process dispersing useful knowledge.

While the name may refer to the parts of the document printed in red ink, the implication is that the document has been written to present the company in the best possible light.

As an investor, you can save a lot of red ink if you recognize your place and realize that there is a world of knowledge out there that is already priced into the stock market.

A preliminary prospectus, so-called because certain information is printed in red ink around the border of the front page. It does not contain all the information found in the final prospectus.

The preliminary prospectus. The name comes from the advisory that is printed on the face of the prospectus in red ink.
Redemption
The retiring of a debt instrument by paying cash.

A preliminary prospectus is often called a "red herring" because its front-page notice is printed in red ink. The notice states that the preliminary prospectus is "subject to completion or amendment" and "shall not constitute an offer to sell...".

all the information that will appear in the final or statutory prospectus, and parts of the document may be changed before the final prospectus is issued. Because portions of the cover page of the preliminary prospectus are printed in red ink, ...

This is because of a front-page notice (printed in red ink) that the preliminary prospectus is "subject to completion or amendment" and "shall not constitute an offer to sell…" PROXY " Written authorization given by a shareholder to someone else to ...

See also: Expense, Banks, Saving, Preliminary prospectus, Stock split