- Industry: Financial services
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The value of an option if it were to expire immediately with the underlying stock at its current price; the amount by which an option is in-the-money. For call options, this is the difference between the stock price, if that difference is a positive number, or zero otherwise. For put options it is the difference between the striking price and the stock price, if that difference is positive, and zero otherwise. See also: In-the-Money, Time Value Premium, Parity.
Industry:Financial services
Investment strategies that select assets so that cash flows will equal or exceed the client's obligations.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of general equities. Below the inside market when one is attempting to sell the stock; at a significant discount. Antithesis of premium.
Industry:Financial services
The amount by which an option is in the money. An option that is not in the money has no intrinsic value.
Industry:Financial services
Insurance guarding against damage or loss that the policyholder, may cause another person in the form of bodily injury or property damage.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, keeping an activity within the firm. For example, rather than go to the marketplace and sell a security for a client to anyone, an attempt is made to find a buyer to complete the transaction with the firm. Although a listed trade must be taken to the floor of the stock exchange, matching supply with demand within the confines of the firm results in higher commissions for the firm.
Industry:Financial services
The present value of a firm's expected future net cash flows discounted by the required rate of return.
Industry:Financial services
An interest rate swap used to alter the cash flow characteristics of an institution's liabilities so as to provide a better match with its assets.
Industry:Financial services
The time it takes the receiver of a check to process a payment and deposit it in a bank for collection.
Industry:Financial services
For companies: Raw materials, items available for sale or in the process of being made ready for sale. They can be individually valued by several different means, including cost or current market value, and collectively by FIFO (First in, first out), LIFO (Last in, first out) or other techniques. The lower value of alternatives is usually used to preclude overstating earnings and assets. For securities firms: Securities bought and held by a broker or dealer for resale.
Industry:Financial services
