- Industri: Financial services
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The risk that one party will deliver and the counterparty will not be able to pay and vice versa.
Industry:Financial services
The square root of the variance. A measure of dispersion of a set of data from its mean.
Industry:Financial services
Applies to derivative products. Mathematically determined value of a derivative instrument as dictated by a pricing model such as the Black-Scholes model.
Industry:Financial services
An agreement between members of an underwriting group buy a new issue (severally), but not to assume joint liability for shares left unsold by other members.
Industry:Financial services
In statistics, a measure of the possible error in an estimate. Plus or minus 2 standard errors usually provides a 95% confidence interval.
Industry:Financial services
The ratio of the change in an option price to the decrease in time to expiration. Also called time decay.
Industry:Financial services
A settlement received after being released from a corporation. In the context of corporate governance, an agreement that assures high-level executives of their postions or some compensation and are not contingent upon a change in control.
Industry:Financial services
A code system that designates a unique business activity classified by industry.
Industry:Financial services
A market in which trading volume is low, and consequently bid and asked quotes are wide and the instrument traded is not very liquid. Very little stock to buy or sell. Illiquid.
Industry:Financial services
A small-capitalization benchmark index made up of 600 domestic stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation.
Industry:Financial services
