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Safety Margin
Definition: Excess of actual sales over break-even point.
Dollar Safety Margin
Dollar Safety Margin definition :
The dollar equivalent of the safety cushion for a portfolio in a contingent immunization strategy.
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DOLLAR SAFETY MARGIN - The dollar equivalent of the safety cushion for a portfolio in a contingent immu...
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Safety margin - Refers to the excess of actual sales over break-even sales. If the break-even point is 4000 units and actual sales volume is 4400 units, a safety margin of 400 units exists.
safety margin : the difference between price and value for a common stock.
screen : also known as filter; a criterion used to reduce the universe of securities to a short list for deeper investigation.
Similar to the reverse repurchase agreement-a simultaneous agreement to sell a security held in a portfolio with purchase of a similar security at a future date at an agreed-upon price.
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Presumably, this is to allow a safety margin, as current assets do not usually achieve their full value if they have to be converted to cash in a hurry. Nowadays, it is very difficult to prescribe a desirable current ratio.
A mortality table without a safety margin. Also called a basic experience table. See also mortality table and safety margin.
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A safety margin can be added to provide the option to stop on the runway in case of a rejected takeoff.
Its book value is important only as a possible safety margin in the event that earnings dry up. We could sell off the assets. But if the earnings have dried up then presumably this would be evidence that the goodwill was worthless.
 See also: Expense, Cushion, Contingent immunization, Safety cushion, Values
  
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