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Variable-rate
A varible-rate agreement, as distinguished from a fixed-rate agreement, calls for an interest rate that may fluctuate over the life of the loan. The rate is often tied to an index that reflects changes in market rates of interest. A fluctuation in the rate causes changes in either the payments or the length of the loan term. Limits are often placed on the degree to which the interest rate or the payments can vary.

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Current Coupon Bond
Bonds on which the coupon is set approximately equal to the bonds'yield to maturity at the time of their issuance.

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A conventional unit of measure for bond prices set at $1 and equivalent to 1% of the $100 face value of the bond. A price of 80 means that the bond is selling at 80% of its face or par value.
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BEACON
See: Boston Exchange Automated Communication Order-Routing Network

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AP Financial Finance: Forward foreign exchange rate
The exchange rate available today to exchange currency at some specified date in the future.

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Symmetric cash matching
An extension of cash flow matching that allows for the short-termborrowing of funds to satisfy a liability prior to the liability due date, reducing the cost of funding liabilities.

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Extraordinary call
Early redemption of a revenue bond because the revenue source paying the interest on the bond has been eliminated or has disappeared.

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Fill or kill order (FOK)
A tradingorder that is canceled unless executed within a designated time period. A market or limited price order that is to be executed in its entirety as soon as it is represented in the trading crowd, and, if not so executed, is to be treated as canceled. For purposes of this definition, a stop is considered an execution. Equivalent to AON and IOC simultaneously.

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An abbreviated form of the outright quote used by traders in the interbank market.
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Breadth
The percentage of assets or stocks advancing relative to those unchanged or declining. Also the number of independent forecasts available per year. A stock picker forecasting returns to 100 stocks every quarter exhibits a breadth of 400, assuming each forecast is independent (based on separate information).

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A reduction in price based on the purchase of a large quantity.

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Vertical line charting
A form of technical charting that shows the high, low, and closing prices of a stock or a market on each day on one vertical line with the closing price indicated by a short horizontal mark.

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Public Securities Association(PSA)
The trade association for primary dealers in US government securities, including MBSs. In 1997, they became known as the Bond Market Association.

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Portfolio separation theorem
Theory that an investor's choice of a risky investment portfolio is separate from his attitude towards risk. Related: Fisher's separation theorem.

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Used in the context of general equities. Announcement that a holder of securities wants to sell and will entertain bids.
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Interest-only loan
A loan in which payment of principal is deferred and interest payments are the only current obligation.

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AP Financial Finance: Adjusted debit balance (ADB)
The account balance for a margin account that is calculated by combining the balance owed to a broker with any outstanding balance in the special miscellaneous account, and any paper profits on short accounts.

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BI
The two-character ISO 3166 country code for BURUNDI.

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Blue list
Daily financial publication featuring bondsoffered for sale by dealers and banks that represent billions of dollars in par value. Also available on-line at www.bluelist.com.

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Against the box
See: Selling short against the box.

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A business that specializes in providing investment advice for a fee. All advisers of an advisory service must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Weighted average life
See: Average life

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Variant of a straddle. A strip is two puts and one call on a stock. A strap is two calls and one put on a stock. The puts and calls have the same strike price and expiration date. See: Strap.

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Gold bars
Bars with a minimum content of 99.5% gold, which may be held by central banks or traded by investors.

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Government sponsored enterprises
Privately owned, publiclychartered entities, such as the Student Loan Marketing Association, created by Congress to reduce the cost of capital for certain borrowing sectors of the economy including farmers, homeowners, and students.

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Legal capital
Value at which a company'sshares are recorded in its books.

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AP Financial Credits: Severance
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.
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Real cash flow
Income expressed in current purchasing power terms.

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Stock that must be traded in compliance with special SEC regulations concerning its purchase and resale. These restrictions generally result from affiliate ownership, M&A activity, and underwriting activity. Many firms are now using restricted stock as a reward for employees. The advantages to restricted stock are: employees get dividends, employees usually get voting rights, and employee gets something even if the stock price drops over the vesting period (whereas an option would be worthless).

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Drawee
The party who is directed to pay as specified in a draft.

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Assimilation
The public absorption of a new issue of stocks once the stock has been completely sold by underwriter. See: Absorbed.

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Financial guarantee insurance
Insurance created to cover losses from specified financialtransactions.

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Common stock equivalent
A convertible security that is traded like an equityissue because the optioned common stock is trading above the conversion price.

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Rate used in charging customers for accepting banker's acceptances, consisting of the discount interest rate plus the commission.

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Quid pro quo
An arrangement allowing a firm to use research from another firm at no cost in exchange for executing all of its trades with the firm that provides the research.

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Audit
An examination of a company's accounting records and books conducted by an outside professional in order to determine whether the company is maintaining records according to generally accepted accounting principles. See: accountant's opinion.

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Bo Derek stock
High quality stock.

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: Exercise
To implement the right of the holder of an option to buy (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) the underlying security.
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Currency hedge
Applies mainly to international equities. Hedging technique to guard against foreign exchange fluctuations (i.e., short Euro l00 mm when holding a long position of Euro l00 mm in stocks).



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