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.
The Fixed, Variable and Indexed Annuity Definition. The premium for each type of annuity is invested in the equity or bond markets or a combination of the two. However, the risks incurred by each kind of annuity are different. Fixed annuities pay a set return, regardless of fluctuations in domestic and foreign stock, bond and credit markets.