- Industry: Financial services
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Signal on a stock exchange to indicate the open and close of trading.
Industry:Financial services
The performance of a predetermined set of securities, used for comparison purposes. Such sets may be based on published indexes or may be customized to suit an investment strategy.
Industry:Financial services
Use of an inappropriate proxy for the true market portfolio.
Industry:Financial services
Also called the base interest rate, it is the minimum interest rate investors will demand for investing in a non-Treasury security. It is also tied to the yield to maturity offered on the comparable-maturity Treasury security that was most recently issued (on-the-run).
Industry:Financial services
Also called on-the-run or current-coupon issue or bellwether issues. In the secondary market, the benchmark issue is the most recently auctioned Treasury issues for each maturity.
Industry:Financial services
Used for listed equity securities. 1) Behind; 2) Lower in price.
Industry:Financial services
Often used in risk arbitrage. Person who enjoys the benefits of ownership even though title is in another name. (Abused through the illegal use of a parking violation.)
Industry:Financial services
Term used to refer to the person who receives the benefits of a trust or the recipient of the proceeds of a life insurance policy.
Industry:Financial services
