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accumulation
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Accumulation
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.

accumulation
The purchase of a particular security throughout a period of time. For example, the accumulation of a substantial quantity of a stock by a portfolio manager may take place over a period of several weeks or months in order to avoid driving up the price of the stock. An individual's accumulation of shares of a mutual fund may occur over a period of many years.


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The book includes a hefty arsenal of worksheets (monthly budgeting; assets, liabilities and cash flow; retirement expenses; annual retirement savings; and capital accumulation, for example), questionnaires and other aids to help readers define their financial goals.
The heavy burdens of rents and dues, the farm holder's financial obligations to his parents and siblings, and, not least, the recurrent cycles of poor and mediocre harvests, imposed powerful constraints on capital accumulation in Stavenow.
This paper presents a simple model of education and growth to establish the link between human capital accumulation and productivity growth.
 
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