Author: todorm

A non-firm quote that requires conditions to be worked out between the sides, before the trade.

A financial plan that allows shareholders to withdraw money from a mutual fund or another investment account at specific intervals.

An individual or a company that saves a company from a hostile takeover by acquiring the firm at a fair consideration instead.

The average time until a portfolio’s securities mature, comparative to the amount invested in the portfolio.

A regulation that prohibits a taxpayer from claiming a loss on the sale of stock while still maintaining a position.

A warrant allows the holder to buy or sell shares of stock to or from the issuing public company at a certain price before a given date.

A legal trust created to combine the voting power of shareholders by temporarily transferring their shares to the trustee.

The amount of a certain security that was traded during a given period of time.

The degree of variation of a trading price series over time.

A trading restriction that states that short selling a stock is only allowed on an uptick.