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.
Indexed Annuity. An indexed annuity is a deferred annuity on which your returns are based upon the performance of an underlying index such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average. You make money if the index rises over the course of the annuity term, although in many instances your returns are capped.