War’s Influence on Wall Street
War Chest and War Bonds
Government bonds
A government bond is a debt security issued by a government to support government spending.
Concession - the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
Scorched Earth
assets
liabilities
Capitulation
Rate bonds
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panic selling
Dawn Raid
rebel
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Blitzkrieg Tender Offer
attractiveness
takeovers
protracted battles
Front
A weather front is a boundary separating two masses of air of different densities, and is the principal cause of meteorological phenomena outside the tropics.
War Babies
martial law
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