- Industri: Financial services
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An adjustment of a stock's price as speculators bid the price up or down in anticipation of news about the company, whether good or bad.
Industry:Financial services
Any deviation from the conditions stipulated in a letter of credit. Discrepancies void letter of credit protection.
Industry:Financial services
Compounding the time value of money for separate time intervals.
Industry:Financial services
A random variable that can take only a certain specified set of individual possible values-for example, the positive integers 1, 2, 3, . . .
Industry:Financial services
Variable like 1, 2, 3. Bond ratings are examples of discrete classifications.
Industry:Financial services
Freedom given to the floor broker by an investor to use his judgment regarding the execution of an order. Discretion can be limited, as in the case of a limit order that gives the floor broker 1/8 or 1/4 point from the stated limit price to use his judgement in executing the order. Discretion can also be unlimited, as in the case of a market-not-held order. See also: Market Not Held Order.
Industry:Financial services
Accounts over which an individual or organization, other than the person in whose name the account is carried, exercises trading authority or control.
Industry:Financial services
Cash flow that is available after the funding of all positive net present value (NPV) capital investment projects; it is available for paying cash dividends, repurchasing common stock, retiring debt, and so on.
Industry:Financial services
The amount of income a consumer has available after purchasing essentials such as food and shelter.
Industry:Financial services
A type of buy order that gives the broker the freedom and power to make the execution at any time and price that is seen fit and reasonable, given the investor's goals.
Industry:Financial services
