Preventative maintenance refers to tasks that maintain assets on a regular basis to optimize performance and prevent unexpected breakdowns that could push up asset tracking costs. Depending on the ...

Yield maintenance is a prepayment penalty designed to safeguard lenders against losing interest income when a borrower decides to settle a loan ahead of schedule. Yield maintenance compensates for ...

Corrective maintenance refers to any tasks that identify and fix faulty equipment or systems in order to restore them to working order. Incorporating it into your management strategy can keep your ...

Sometimes investors will borrow money from their broker to buy stocks or other securities through what’s known as a margin account. It’s a riskier practice than traditional investing, so strict rules ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

Annual maintenance costs of a Cessna 172 varies based on the aircraft’s year, model, and operating mission. [Credit: Corey Sampson] Aircraft maintenance costs are highly variable, categorized as ...