- Industry: Financial services
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(1) A market in which only one side, the bid or asked, is quoted or firm. (2) A market that is moving strongly in one direction.
Industry:Financial services
Exposed assets less exposed liabilities. This term is used with market values or, in translation accounting, with book values.
Industry:Financial services
Tape symbol showing either the first transaction of the day in a security after a delayed opening or the opening transaction in a security whose price has experienced a large rise or fall from the previous day's closing price.
Industry:Financial services
Also called the cost of carry or, simply, carry, the difference between the cost of financing the purchase of an asset and the asset's cash yield. Positive carry means that the yield earned is greater than the financing cost; negative carry means that the financing cost exceeds the yield earned.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of general equities. Having either buy or sell interest at the indicated price level and side of a preceding trade. "Open on the buy/sell side" means looking for buyers/sellers (for someone who is a seller/buyer). Antithesis of clean.
Industry:Financial services
Arrangement whereby sales are made with no formal debt contract. The buyer signs a receipt, and the seller records the sale in the sales ledger.
Industry:Financial services
The company's total earnings, reflecting revenues adjusted for costs of doing business, depreciation, interest, taxes and other expenses.
Industry:Financial services
