- Industry: Financial services
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A model of stock returns that decomposes influences on returns into a systematic factor, as measured by the return on the broad market index, and firm specific factors. Related: Market Model
Industry:Financial services
A bill of lading that is cosigned to a specific party and is therefore non negotiable.
Industry:Financial services
When the buyer actually assumes possession from a seller of assets agreed upon in a forward contract or a futures contract.
Industry:Financial services
Costs of buying and selling marketable securities and borrowing. Trading costs include commissions, slippage, and the bid/ask spread. See: Transactions costs.
Industry:Financial services
Describes membership requirements and procedures of NASD, in its bylaws.
Industry:Financial services
An annuity covering one person. A straight life annuity provides payments until death, while a life annuity with a guaranteed period provides payments until death or continues payments to a beneficiary for a guaranteed term, such as ten years.
Industry:Financial services
The rate applied to the face value of the promissory note to calculate present value without compounding. For example, a note with a face value in three years of 100, with a straight discount of 10% per annum has a present value of 70.
Industry:Financial services
A London expression; means forming an opinion as to where market prices are headed and acting on it.
Industry:Financial services
Personnel at an international bank who trade spot and forward foreign exchange.
Industry:Financial services
Disclosure form required when more than 5% of any class of equity securities in a publicly held corporation is purchased.
Industry:Financial services
