It allows assets to be transferred between spouses. The grantor of a Q-Tip trust directs the income generated from the assets to their spouse for life, but has the power to distribute the assets upon the death of the spouse. The trust qualifies the grantor for unlimited marital deductions if the spouse dies first. Qualitative Analysis Securities analysis that looks at a corporation's management experience, employee morale and the status of labor relations instead of the corporation's financial data. Such items include its assets, liabilities, sales pattern and profitability.
Quick assets are current assets less inventory.
By excluding inventory from the formula, the ratio focuses on a corporation's liquid assets, and helps determine if the corporation can meet its current liabilities with its convertible assets if sales ceased. A corporation is considered sound when quick assets exceed current liabilities. In the securities industry, it is an agreement in which a company, using institutional research, will execute all trades based on that research with the firm providing it and thus, makes payment in soft dollars. This is done instead of directly paying for the research.