Oracle Express was a multi-dimensional database and application development environment for building OLAP applications. Normal relational databases store data in two-dimensional tables and analytical queries against them can be very slow.
Annuity Period: The length of time between income payments made under an annuity income plan; the time span may be monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. Arbitrage: The act of buying and selling commodities in two markets at the same time to benefit from price differences between the markets.
What is an Annuity? An annuity is a financial product that straddles the fence between insurance and investment. With an annuity you exchange a sum of cash today â typically from your retirement nest egg right as you begin to retire â for consistent periodic payments in the future. How much that monthly payout is and how long it lasts depends greatly on the type of annuity purchased and lots of fine print.