The ability to earn a profit. (source: http://www.investorwords.com/3881/profitability.html)

A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something. (source: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/profit)

The rate of interest at which banks lent to favored customers, i.e., those with good credit, though this is no longer always the case. (source:

An investor or firm that is hostile to the target firm’s management and that is interested in taking over the firm. Speculator.

It is interest that is paid in advance.

Today’s value for income to be received in the future. Two factors affect the analysis: the perceived risk that one might receive nothing at all

A portfolio strategy designed to reduce exposure to risk by combining a variety of investments, such as stocks, bonds, and real estate, which are unlikely