Stock Split An event in which new shares of a company are issued to add to the existing shares in the market. The new shares are issued according to a ratio, say 4-for-1, and are credited automatically to the existing shareholders of the company in proportion to their shareholding. … [Read more...]
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Stock Ticker
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Stock Ticker Mutual funds and securities trading on the United States financial exchanges are designated with a lettered symbol called stock ticker. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement Strategy Stock Split Stock Ticker Stockholder Stockholder's … [Read more...]
Stockholder
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Stockholder An investor who possesses equity shares in a firm is called its stockholder. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement Strategy Stock Split Stock Ticker Stockholder Stockholder's Books Stockholder's Equity Stockout Stop-Loss Order Stop … [Read more...]
Stockholder’s Books
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Stockholder's Books Books (such as tax books that follow tax rules set by the IRS) that a company’s management keeps for its annual report in accordance with the rules of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement … [Read more...]
Stockholder’s Equity
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Stockholder's Equity A stockholder’s residual/equity claim to a company’s assets, derived by calculating the difference between total assets and liabilities. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement Strategy Stock Split Stock … [Read more...]
Stockout
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Stockout An exhaustion of all available inventory. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement Strategy Stock Split Stock Ticker Stockholder Stockholder's Books Stockholder's Equity Stockout Stop-Loss Order Stop Order (Stop) Stopping Curve … [Read more...]
Stop-Loss Order
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Stop-Loss Order An instruction to sell a stock when its price has fallen to a certain level. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement Strategy Stock Split Stock Ticker Stockholder Stockholder's Books Stockholder's Equity Stockout Stop-Loss … [Read more...]
Stop Order (or stop)
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Stop Order (Stop) A trading order that tells the broker to buy or sell a security when a particular price is reached (from above or below, depending on whether it is a sell order or a buy order). Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stock Replacement Strategy Stock … [Read more...]
Stopping Curve Refunding Rate
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Stopping Curve Refunding Rate A rate of refunding bonds that is placed precisely on the stopping curve. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line Depreciation Straight Value Straight Voting Stratified … [Read more...]
Stop-Limit Order
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Stop-Limit Order It is a trade order, which combines features of limit order and stop order. This order is executed when a specified price is reached. When the stop is reached, the order turns into a limit order. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve … [Read more...]
Straddle
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Straddle Buying and selling at the same time an equal number of call and put options with similar terms. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line Depreciation Straight Value Straight … [Read more...]
Straight Line Depreciation
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Straight Line Depreciation A depreciation by the same amount in every accounting period is known as a straight-line depreciation. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line Depreciation Straight … [Read more...]
Straight Value
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Straight Value A convertible security’s value without the option for conversion. Also known as investment value. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line Depreciation Straight Value Straight … [Read more...]
Straight Voting
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Straight Voting A company shareholder may use all his shares to vote for the same candidate during the Board of Directors selection. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line Depreciation Straight … [Read more...]
Stratified Sampling Approach to Indexing
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Stratified Sampling Approach to Indexing A method of dividing the index into cells where each cell represents a specific index characteristic such as maturity or duration. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit … [Read more...]
Stratified Sampling Bond Indexing
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Stratified Sampling Bond Indexing Technique of bond indexing in which the index is divided into cells and each cell represents a different bond characteristic. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line … [Read more...]
Street Name
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Street Name Securities that are held on a client’s behalf by a broker but registered in a Wall Street firm’s name. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Street Name Strike Index Strike Price Strip Mortgage Participation Certificate (Strip PC) Stripped Bond Stripped … [Read more...]
Strike Index
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Strike Index An index option’s strike price. The option buyer can sell or purchase the underlying stock index at this value. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Street Name Strike Index Strike Price Strip Mortgage Participation Certificate (Strip PC) Stripped … [Read more...]
Strike Price
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Strike Price By exercising the option contract, the price at which a call option owner can buy the underlying stock or a put option owner can sell the underlying stock. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Street Name Strike Index Strike Price Strip Mortgage … [Read more...]
Strip Mortgage Participation Certificate (Strip PC)
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Strip Mortgage Participation Certificate (Strip PC) When Freddie Mac purchases ownership in some specific mortgages from the same seller, a Strip PC representing this ownership interest is issued. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Street Name Strike Index Strike … [Read more...]
