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Hard Asset |
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Hard Asset In accounting, any asset that can be seen and touched. Hard assets include things that can be reproduced, such as widgets or a widget factory, and things than cannot be reproduced, such as the land upon which the widget factory is built. Hard assets are comparatively easy to price, and, therefore, are often used to express the value of a company. However, because they do not include intangible but still valuable things like patents and brand recognition, they may not truly express a company's value. Perhaps more commonly, hard assets are called tangible assets. See also: Intangible assets. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The introduction of non-traded, hard asset investments into the typical equity & debt-base portfolio is profound. After all, your comfort factor in owning a hard asset like land is far greater than watching the gyrations of the stock and bond markets. When the Toronto native went shopping around for a revolving line of credit, he found that "typically, local financial institutions look for hard asset collateral between 200% and 300% of the size of the loan you're looking for. |
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