A former practice which allowed an English Trust to accumulate income throughout its perpetuity period Some common law jurisdictions still allow this practice
Percentage additions to policy benefits when the contract is continuously renewed
The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors
An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time. an accumulation of experience and knowledge
Income earned by accumulating funds, such as stock dividends, interest from bonds, etc , is automatically added back to fund assets and reinvested rather than being distributed among investors This automatic reinvestment results in compounded earnings
In the context of corporate finance, refers to profits that are added to the capital base of the company rather than paid out as dividends See: Accumulated profits tax In the context of investments, refers to the purchase by an institutional broker of a large number of shares over a period of time in order to avoid pushing the price of that share up In the context of mutual funds, refers to the regular investing of a fixed amount while reinvesting dividends and capital gains
When the volumes traded in a share start to pick up while the share price moves sideways or upwards, this is known as an accumulation phase It indicates that the share is becoming stronger – after a period of accumulation, the supply of shares will be exceeded by the demand and this may lead to a sharp upwards move in the share price
A miscellaneous grouping of coins, often as a monetary hoard Opposite of a coin collection A second use is as a grouping of a particular date, type, or series (Example: an accumulation-of Bust Halves )
The first phase of a Bull Market The period when far-sighted investors began to buy shares from discouraged or distressed sellers Financial reports are usually at their worst and the public is completely disgusted with the stock market Volume is only moderate, but beginning to increase on the rallies
An aggregation, or a build-up of exposure in the same area Often used to describe the summing together of policies, which could all be affected by a catastrophe peril (such as earthquake or windstorm) The unknown accumulation of reinsurance exposures was one of the factors, which caused severe losses to reinsurers and Lloyd's Syndicates with events such as the Piper Alpha loss
All processes, which include snowfall, condensation, avalanching, snow transport by wind, and freezing of liquid water, that add snow or ice to a glacier, floating ice, or snow cover The term also includes the amount of snow or other solid precipitation added to a glacier or snowfield by these processes (Source: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, 1990)
The acquisition of fixed assets, stocks of non-durable goods, land, mineral deposits and other non-reproducible tangible assets, financial assets, patents, copyrights and other tangible assets during a period of account less the incurrence of liabilities This is gross accumulation Net accumulation is gross accumulation during a period reduced by the consumption of fixed capital
the addition of snow and ice to a glacier Acid Rain rain that contains a high concentration of pollutants, notably sulphur and nitrogen Administrative Region a defined area in which governmental, commercial and other organisations carry out administrative functions
Buying shares over a period of time For an individual investor, this just means buying additional shares of a stock you already own For an institution, however, it may mean making a series of purchases rather than one large purchase that could drive up the market price
Quantities of coins, tokens and other numismatic material which has not been sorted, classified, attributed nor organized in any meaningful way, unlike a true coin collection
Repeated doses of a chemical may result in its concentration in an organism, organ or tissue increasing progressively and the toxic effects may become more marked with successive doses Factors involved in accumulation include selective binding of the chemical to tissue molecules, concentration of fat soluble chemicals in body fat, absent or slow metabolism, and slow excretion Accumulation is a mass balance effect where input exceeds output
A period where the investors' share of principal payments, on securitized loan investments, is paid into a principal funding account designed to accumulate amounts so that the certificates can be paid in full on the expected final payments date