- Industry: Financial services
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Phenomenon that volatility is higher in down markets than in up markets.
Industry:Financial services
Federal Reserve System policy to increase the amount of money available to banks for lending. See: Monetary policy.
Industry:Financial services
A lack of equivalence between two things, such as the unequal tax treatment of interest expense and dividend payments.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of bookkeeping, refers to the ledger pages upon which various assets, liabilities, income, and expenses are represented. In the context of investment banking, refers to the status of securities sold and owned or the relationship between parties to an underwriting syndicate. In the context of securities, the relationship between a client and a broker/dealer firm allowing the firm's employee to be the client's buying and selling agent. See: Account executive; account statement.
Industry:Financial services
Used in context of general equities. Paramount terms used to differentiate an offering. Stock is offered at; stock is bid for. In an offering, the trading syntax followed is "Quantity-at-Price"; in a bid, the syntax followed is "Price-for-Quantity."
Industry:Financial services
The average project earnings after taxes and depreciation divided by the average book value of the investment during its life.
Industry:Financial services
The brokerage firm employee who handles stock orders for clients. See: Broker.
Industry:Financial services
