OFAC, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Homeland Security, Acts & Compliance, Searches and Information and Background. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (âOFACâ) of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury enforces economic and trade sanctions based on foreign policy and national security goals.
Accounting For Stockholders' Equity. A corporation's balance sheet reports its assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Stockholders' equity is the difference (or residual) of assets minus liabilities. Because of the cost principle (and other accounting principles), assets are generally reported on the balance sheet at cost (or lower) amounts.
Stock volatility is just a numerical indication of how variable the price of a specific stock is. However, stock volatility is often misunderstood. Some think it refers to risk involved in owning a particular company's stock. Some assume it refers to the uncertainty inherent in owning a stock. Neither is the case. For investors it represents an important measure of how desirable it is to own a certain stock, based on the investor's appetite for risk and reward. Here's how to calculate stock volatility.