PnL

English translation: P/L

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Italian term or phrase:PnL
English translation:P/L

13:23 Aug 3, 2011
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Bond description
Italian term or phrase: PnL
Il Titolo XXXXX ha un PnL positivo

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I can't find anything in Google, but I know it isn't GNP

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Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 10:26
P/L
Explanation:
It is short for Profit &(for and) Loss, then in the 80s it used to be called PnL now P/L.


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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-08-03 17:25:19 GMT)
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Hi Cedric, just a footnote: the reason that it is called P/L rather than PnL is becasue not all companies have "profits and losses", some have just profits so the term is now P/L.
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Michael Deliso
Local time: 10:26
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P/L


Explanation:
It is short for Profit &(for and) Loss, then in the 80s it used to be called PnL now P/L.


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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-08-03 17:25:19 GMT)
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Hi Cedric, just a footnote: the reason that it is called P/L rather than PnL is becasue not all companies have "profits and losses", some have just profits so the term is now P/L.

Michael Deliso
Local time: 10:26
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Thanks very much, you helped a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PnL_Explained
16 mins
  -> thanks much james

agree  Rosanna Palermo
3 hrs
  -> thanks a lot rfmoon

agree  Peter Cox
13 hrs
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