- Industry: Financial services
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Unrealized capital gain (loss) on securities held in a portfolio based on a comparison of current market price to original cost.
Industry:Financial services
The portion of stock or bond issue that is returned to the managing underwriter by the participating investment bankers for sale to institutional investors.
Industry:Financial services
A complex options strategy adopted when one believes a stock price will decline but wants to protect against it rising.
Industry:Financial services
Equal to the nominal or face value of a security. A bond selling at par is worth an amount equivalent to its original issue value or its value upon redemption at maturity-typically $1000/bond. See: Discount, premium.
Industry:Financial services
Phrase used when managing underwriter has sold the entire pot.
Industry:Financial services
Exercise a put option; require that the option writer to purchase the stock at the strike price.
Industry:Financial services
A written authorization allowing a person to perform certain acts on behalf of another, such as moving of assets between accounts or trading for a person's benefit.
Industry:Financial services
A financial instrument giving the buyer the right, or option, to enter into a swap as a floating-rate payer. The writer of the swaption therefore becomes the floating-rate receiver/fixed-rate payer.
Industry:Financial services
Also called the maturity value or face value; the amount that an issuer agrees to pay at the maturity date.
Industry:Financial services
