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As announced in Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-53, EDGX Exchange (EDGX®) introduced the Retail Order Designation for Members that submit orders to EDGX on behalf of their retail customers.  Effective today, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, EDGX is...
Sansui becomes principal sponsor of ‘Pune Warriors India’
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Consumer durables firm Sansui today said it has become the principal sponsor of IPL team ’Pune Warriors India’ Sansui is proud to be associated with the Pune Warriors India team as the pr...
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Ty King-Wall's Australian Ballet promotion was revealed in a surprise announcement at a Don Quixote matinee.     
MakeMyTrip is principal sponsor for Sunrisers Hyderabad
The Hindu Business Line  Mar 28  Comment 
Travel company MakeMyTrip has signed up with the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad as their principal sponsor. The company will simultaneously launch a new marketing campaign targeted at IPL fans and t...
BrightLine Principal, Doug Barbin, To Speak During the Knowledge Congress Webcast Series About PCI-DSS Compliance
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BrightLine Principal, Doug Barbin, will be part of a two-hour live webcast on Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 12:00-2:00pm EST. The live webcast will discuss the importance of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard...
CFTC: Federal Court In New York Orders Madison Dean, Inc. And Its Principal, George Athanasatos, To Pay Over $1.4 Million To Settle Forex Fraud Charges In CFTC Enforcement Action
Mondo Visione  Mar 11  Comment 
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court Order against Defendants Madison Dean, Inc. (Madison Dean), of Wantagh, N.Y., and its principal, George Athanasatos, also of Wantagh, requiring...
Principal Global Investors to acquire 55% stake in Liongate
Banking Business Review  Mar 5  Comment 
Global asset manager Principal Global Investors has entered into an agreement to purchase a majority stake of 55% in alternative investment boutique, Liongate Capital Management (Liongate), for an undisclosed sum.
Principal Global Investors buys stake in Liongate Capital
Reuters  Mar 4  Comment 
U.S. asset manager Principal Global Investors said on Monday it is to buy a majority stake in hedge fund investor Liongate Capital Management, the latest deal to emerge in the...




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Principal

Original corpus, usually purchasing power in the form of money available for investment, on which interest, dividends, and capital appreciation are calculated.

Principal can be confused with capital, which may consist of anything that can enhance a person's power to perform economically useful work. You can’t seek safety of principal and then take a plunge with investment into the riskiest of common stocks. [1] Insurance companies take the risk that it will not pay our more to you than the your original principal plus its investment earnings. [2]

Also see time value of money, for a more detailed description of how these returns may be analyzed relative to principal.

From principalis: "first in importance," or "money on which interest is paid." [1]

References

  1. ↑ A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing By Burton Gordon Malkiel ISBN-10: 0393062457 pg 298
  2. ↑ A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing By Burton Gordon Malkiel ISBN-10: 0393062457 pg352
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