short-term gains
Immediate financial returns
Short-term gains are profits or benefits realized quickly, typically from investments held briefly before selling.
In finance, short-term usually means less than a year, with tax implications: Short-term gains are taxed as ordinary income.
The phrase often carries a note of caution—pursuing short-term gains may sacrifice long-term stability: The company's focus on short-term gains hurt its competitive position.
- impulseSudden urge to act
- quick buckHastily earned profit
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- cash grabExploitative moneymaking scheme
- externalitiesUncompensated effects on others
revenue · cutting corners · gratification · moral hazard · overconfidence · cost-cutting · speculation · systemic risk · margin · risk-taking · boom and bust · arbitrage · myopia · dividend · shareholder value · competitive edge · quarterly earnings · environmental degradation
- income typesdividends, dividend income, interest, earnings, revenue
- investment taxesdividends, investment income, capital losses, capital loss, interest income
- taxessales tax, income tax, estate tax, excise tax, corporate tax
- business philosophiescapitalism, free market, lean, kaizen, agile
- taxable incomedividend, bonus, dividend income, rental income, bond interest
- investment taxinvestment income
short-term gainssustainable development
Meeting needs without exhausting resources
delayed gratification · long-term thinking · sustainable growth · value investing · stewardship
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