- Industry: Financial services
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A large number of buy or sell orders for a stock that cause an abnormally wide spread between bid and offer prices, and often causes the exchange to halt the sale of the stock until significant balance has been reestablished.
Industry:Financial services
The residual claims that stockholders have against a firm's assets, calculated by subtracting all current liabilities and debt liabilities from total assets.
Industry:Financial services
(1) To agree to buy. A dealer or customer who agrees to buy at another dealer's offered price is said to take the offer. (2) Euro bankers speak of taking deposits rather than buying money.
Industry:Financial services
The date that the counterparties in an interest rate swap commit to the swap. Also, the day on which a security or a commodity future trade actually takes place. Trades generally settle (are paid for) 1-5 business days after a trade date. With stocks, settlement is generally 3 business days after the trade. The settlement date usually follows the trade date by five business days, but varies depending on the transaction and method of delivery used.
Industry:Financial services
Technical chart pattern depicting a security whose price has reached bottom and is moving up.
Industry:Financial services
A partner in a business who has no role in management but shares in the liability, tax responsibility, and cash flow.
Industry:Financial services
The annual report and other reports given to stockholders to inform them of the company's financial standing and developments.
Industry:Financial services
A government organization that replaced the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation as the provider of deposit insurance for thrift institutions.
Industry:Financial services
