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(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
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(dated, trading) Stock exchange business; especially, stockjobbing, manipulation of securities prices.
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(finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
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(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
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(finance) A theory of asset pricing serving as a framework for the arbitrage pricing model.
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(finance) To buy more of a product, especially more shares, at a lower price than a previous purchase, so that the average price paid for one's holding is lowered.
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(finance) To buy more of a product, especially more shares, at a higher price than a previous purchase, so that the average price paid for one's holding is raised.
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(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
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(business) The takeover of a supplier of goods by the retailer that stocks those goods.
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(agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
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(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
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(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop.
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(economics) The deliberate lowering of the price of a stock by concerted short selling
adj
(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by falling prices.
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(UK, finance) The practice of selling a position on the last trading day of the year to establish a tax loss, and then repurchasing early on the first session of the new trading year, to restore the position.
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(finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.
adj
(finance, of an option) That can be exercised on specific dates between the issue date and the expiry date.
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(economics) The difference between the short-term or current market value of an asset and its true long-term worth.
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(finance) The price offered by a potential buyer when bidding for goods.
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(finance) The difference between the prices quoted (by a market maker or an order book) for an immediate sale ("offer") and an immediate purchase ("bid") for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.
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Alternative form of bid-ask spread [(finance) The difference between the prices quoted (by a market maker or an order book) for an immediate sale ("offer") and an immediate purchase ("bid") for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.]
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Alternative form of bid-ask spread [(finance) The difference between the prices quoted (by a market maker or an order book) for an immediate sale ("offer") and an immediate purchase ("bid") for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.]
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Any Friday actually darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof.
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March 9, 2020, in the midst of the 2020 stock market crash, which resulted from market instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was followed three days later by a similar event called Black Thursday.
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October 24, 1929, the day of a major stock market crash, regarded as the onset of the Great Depression in the United States.
adj
(US, finance, dated) Involving or relating to fake stocks and bonds.
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(finance) A float of shares where the final price is determined only after a bidding phase.
adj
(economics, finance, business) Featuring or characterized by a boom and bust cycle in a market or an economy, in which rapid price increase is followed by falling prices or recession.
n
(idiomatic, business, finance) Buying, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low.
n
(finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
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(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
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(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.
n
(finance) A contiguous period during which a stock market is a bull market.
n
(economics) A temporary reverse in the downward trend of a share price that tempts some investors to buy
adj
(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by rising value.
v
(finance) To buy stocks or shares of (a business).
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(finance) The sector of the finance industry that assists investors and investing institutions in purchasing products from the sell side.
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(idiomatic) Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
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(slang, finance) To purchase a financial asset after its market value drops.
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(finance) Synonym of pump and dump
n
(finance) An options strategy or position involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class and strike price but with different expiration dates.
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(finance) An option to buy a stated quantity of an asset or financial product, such as stock, at a stated price (the strike price), on a stated future date (or range of dates); contrasted with put option.
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(finance) The calling out of a list of securities on a stock exchange so that dealers can bid for them.
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(trading) To buy an instrument with the unconfirmed assumption that price will reverse.
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The excessive buying and selling of shares by a stockbroker for a client’s account as a method of generating income from the resulting commissions.
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(finance) An exotic option consisting of a series of consecutive forward start options. The first is active immediately, the second becomes active when the first expires, and so on.
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The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
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(international trade) Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.
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(finance) To buy in such stocks as have been sold short, in order to meet one's engagements, etc.
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(finance) An investment comprising two parts: (i) long stock, and (ii) short call option. It is an income-oriented strategy that is conservative in nature. The investor hopes to earn the time premium portion of the call option.
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(finance, rare) A market trend where a stock keeps fluctuating around the same price over a longer period of time, neither entering a bull market nor a bear market
n
(finance) Selling debts to a crowd of agents (the factors)
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(finance) Being or relating to a tax fraud scheme in which traders buy shares cum dividend and sell them ex dividend, yielding above-normal profits.
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(figuratively) An informal market set up to enable the buying and selling of riskier and less profitable securities outside of established securities exchanges.
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(finance) An instruction to carry out a trade only if the asset to be traded reaches a certain price during the current trading day.
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(business, finance) A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.
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(business, finance) A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.
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Alternative form of day trader [(business, finance) A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.]
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Alternative form of day trade [(business, finance) A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.]
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(trading, idiomatic) A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.
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Marketing where the goal is reducing the demand for goods or services.
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(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
adj
(finance) Having a floating interest rate until a certain market rate is reached, at which point the interest rate becomes fixed.
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(finance) Synonym of strike price: the price at which an option can be exercised.
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Alternative spelling of face value [The amount or value listed on a bill, note, stamp, etc.; the stated value or amount.]
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(trading) A stock whose price has dropped rapidly.
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(finance, dated) A stock that offers great opportunity for stock gambling, since it has no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in its price are artificial.
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The situation in which the owner of a sports club or franchise invests his or her own personal wealth into securing highly talented players to better their chances of success, rather than relying on the revenue the franchise is able to generate for itself.
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A market where financial securities (such as stocks and bonds) and commodities are bought and sold.
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(finance) A trade whose terms are based on the assumption that the rate of return will decrease.
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The practice of buying real estate, making improvements to it, and reselling it for a higher price.
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(transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
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(finance) A member of a stock or commodities exchange who trades on the floor of that exchange for his or her own account.
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(finance) A component of an interest rate floor, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from falling below an agreed level (the "floor"). Each floorlet, analysable as a put option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate floor is made up of a series of consecutive floorlets.
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(Britain, finance) The launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
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(business) The takeover of a retailer of goods by the supplier that provides those goods.
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(finance) The informal over-the-counter financial market by which contracts for future delivery are entered into.
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(finance) The practice of buying and selling shares or other securities without actually having the capital to cover the trade.
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(finance) The illegal practice of placing orders for a security on one's own account in advance of promoting or recommending it.
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Alternative spelling of front running [(finance) The illegal practice of a stockbroker who, on receiving a large client order, places an order for his or her own account ahead of the client's, knowing that when the client's order is placed it will move the market and create a profit for the broker.]
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Alternative form of front running [(finance) The illegal practice of a stockbroker who, on receiving a large client order, places an order for his or her own account ahead of the client's, knowing that when the client's order is placed it will move the market and create a profit for the broker.]
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(Britain, Australia, real estate) To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer.
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(finance, intransitive) To buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short.
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(finance) To sell a financial product, such as a share, that one does not presently own, as in the hope of buying it more cheaply later for delivery, so as to profit from a fall in price; cf. go long.
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(finance, slang) The five-business day period (the 5th through 9th business day of the month proceeding the futures expiration month) when the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is rolled forward (in 20% increments) into the next futures expiration month.
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(finance) The trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange.
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(economics) The act or practice of soliciting orders for a new issue of a security before it has been registered with the SEC, or before its registration has been approved.
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(finance) The amount for which the shares of a trader who has defaulted are sold.
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(finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
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(finance) In investment banking, any deal or transaction with a high degree of likelihood of success.
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(finance) A glamorous stock that potentially offers high returns to investors.
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(finance) The practice of buying shares and then selling them shortly afterward.
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(finance) The illegal buying or selling of securities of a publicly held company by a person who has privileged access to information concerning the company's financial condition or plans.
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No preference in picking a particular side (buy/sell) of a stock as profile, indicated during the block call, indicate that the sales force could have the stock either way.
adj
(finance, investments) Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.
v
(finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
n
(finance) Condition in which the market price of a commodity has fallen by the maximum daily amount permitted by the exchange.
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(finance) An order to buy a security at no more than, or sell at no less than, a specified price, thus not performing the transaction at all if this price is not available.
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(finance) Condition where the price of the commodity has risen by the maximum daily amount permitted by the exchange.
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The act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
adj
(finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities, or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting from an expected rise in their value.
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(finance) A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will increase in value.
n
(finance) A tabular display of stocks/shares whose value/price has recently fallen
n
Alternative letter-case form of Low Exercise Price Option. [(finance) A European call option on a share or index, with a 1 cent strike price, traded on ASX. Instead of paying an upfront premium, margin is held and marked-to-market daily, making it similar to a futures contract on the underlying asset.]
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(business) The difference between net sales and cost of goods sold, often expressed as the ratio maintained markup percent.
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(plural only, finance) Feelings of uncertainty among investors regarding the current economic environment and causing them to sell their stocks and bonds.
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(finance) The beginning of formal trading on an exchange, usually signalled by the opening bell.
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(stock market) An instruction to a stock broker to sell stocks immediately, at whatever price reflects the current value of the stock.
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(finance) A form of fraud consisting of an order to buy or sell a stock, immediately followed by its resale to or repurchase from another broker, to give a deceptive appearance of active trading.
n
(finance, Internet slang) A company's stock that is hyped up and overbought by inexperienced investors, leading it to be overvalued.
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(finance) An investor who purchases odd lots.
adv
(now rare) At the Royal Exchange; on the stock exchange.
adj
(finance) Being or relating to a kind of exotic option that pays out if an asset reaches or passes a certain price at any point during the relevant period.
n
(finance) The total number of contracts outstanding between market participants in a market for futures, options, or other derivatives.
n
(business, finance) A trading method whereby traders gather in person, often in a pit, and call out to all their desire to buy or sell a quantity at a given price, transactions being consummated when two parties can agree on a price. Most frequently used in securities markets.
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(finance) An active trade with unrealized profits and losses that has not yet been offset (“closed”) by a corresponding equivalent deal.
n
(finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
n
(finance) A greenshoe option.
n
(countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
n
(business, finance) The buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises.
n
(finance) one who sells an investment out of emotion and fear, rather than evaluating the fundamentals, which causes a sharp decline in prices
n
(finance) wide-scale selling of an investment out of emotion and fear, rather than evaluating the fundamentals, which causes a sharp decline in prices
n
(finance, informal) An investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall regardless of market conditions.
n
(finance, informal) A financial pundit who is permanently bullish on the stock market.
n
(finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
n
(finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
n
(finance) Synonym of preferred stock
n
(business) A list of items for sale with their prices.
n
(stock market) An announcement by a company to its shareholders and other investors that its profits are likely to be less than expected.
n
(business, finance, computing) High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.
n
(finance) Trading activity conducted by a securities firm for its own profit rather than for its clients.
adj
(of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market.
v
(intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.
n
(finance) A form of financial fraud where the fraudster buys stocks cheaply, generates excitement about those stocks to create a temporary price increase, then sells the stocks before the price goes back down.
n
(finance) An option to sell a stated quantity of an asset or financial product, such as stock, at a stated price (the strike price), on a stated future date (or range of dates); contrasted with call option.
n
(finance) A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.
v
(finance) To engage in pyramid trading.
n
(finance) A strategy by which the trader gradually adds to an existing trade or position as the price moves in the expected direction.
n
(finance) Simultaneous expiry on US markets of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures, which takes place on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December. (Prior to single stock futures those days were triple witching.)
n
(finance) A form of market manipulation employed by high-frequency traders that involves quickly entering and withdrawing large orders in an attempt to flood the market and create confusion.
n
(finance) A document that must be submitted by the issuing company as part of a public offering of securities (either stocks or bonds). It is issued to potential investors, but does not have complete particulars on the price of the securities offered or quantum of securities to be issued.
n
The price set by a seller in an auction, below which the lot or item cannot be sold.
n
(stock market, finance) A monetary grant based on a company's common stock, typically given as compensation to employees for their work.
n
An investment that would lose little of its value in the event of a stock market crash.
n
(uncountable) The lending of goods to a retailer on condition that the latter may return any he has not sold.
n
(business) An unexpected takeover bid that gives its opponents little time to respond.
n
(finance) A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
n
(finance) A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.
n
(finance) The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering.
v
(finance) To sell stock that one owns, but deliver stock acquired elsewhere, so that one is effectively selling short and protecting oneself from a fall in the stock.
v
(transitive, finance) To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).
n
(finance) The sector of the finance industry that sells products such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds to investors.
n
The large-scale selling of goods or financial stocks.
n
(Australia, economics) The selling of sufficient shares to significantly reduce their price
n
Alternative spelling of sell-off. [The large-scale selling of goods or financial stocks.]
n
Virtual stock having a calculated value, without real-world fluctuations, used to motivate and compensate employees.
adj
(finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
n
(finance) A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value.
n
(investments) A sale of a third-party bond, share, or similar financial instrument that entails borrowing the asset together with a concurrent obligation to transfer its ownership to a subsequent buyer (or to the original seller) in the hope that the price will decrease before any loan must be repaid or relevant fees become due.
n
(commerce, finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.
n
(finance) A rapid increase in the price of a stock caused primarily by technical factors in the market rather than underlying fundamentals.
n
(finance) An investment position in a futures deal, where the trader places a call order and a put order at the same time on the same item, in hopes of the item remaining at the same price when the order expires, neither falling nor rising, straddling the divide, so as to reap the premiums of the unexercised call and put.
v
Alternative form of sell short [(transitive, finance) To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).]
n
(UK, finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
n
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
n
(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
n
(trading, finance) The price at which an asset for immediate delivery is selling at a given time and place.
n
(trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
n
(countable, finance) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
n
The opening price for an item at an auction.
n
(finance) A trade whose terms are based on the assumption that the rate of return will increase.
n
(finance) A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market.
n
(finance) A stock's fluctuating price on the relevant financial market where its type is traded.
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(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).
n
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
adj
(finance) Resembling a stock (capital raised through shares) or stocks, or some aspect of stock trading.
n
(stock market) A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close one's position if the market drops (or rises in some cases) to a specified price level.
v
(economy) To execute a commodities market spread.
n
(finance) A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
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(finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
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(finance) The price, fixed at the date of the initial transaction, at which an option can be exercised (the price at which an asset may be bought for a call option; the price at which an asset may be sold for a put option).
n
(finance) A very bearish investor.
adj
(finance) Describing the smallest price that can be paid for a portfolio such that its worth will be greater or equal at a specified future time
n
(finance) More generally, an option on any type of swap.
n
(economics) A form of countertrade by which one company sells to another its obligation to make a purchase in a given country.
n
(chiefly finance) The probability that the value of something will fall more than three standard deviations below the mean
v
(finance, of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
v
(finance) To carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.
n
(in the plural) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
n
A stock that grows tenfold as compared to its value at the time it has been acquired.
n
(finance, stock market) The characteristic of lower trading frequency, commonly observed with lesser known companies and firms listed on the market. It often suggests higher level of investment opportunity and risk for investors, less transparency and less public information.
n
(finance, historical) The day before settling day on the stock exchange.
v
(finance) To lose value on the stock exchange.
v
(finance) To gain value on the stock exchange.
n
(finance) A financial regulatory instrument to prevent stock market crashes from occurring, by temporarily shutting down trading to allow accurate information to flow between parties.
n
The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
adj
(finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
n
(finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
n
(finance) The sale of a security at a loss, and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or after; used in tax evasion.
n
A trade in which someone simultaneously sells and buys (from themselves) the same financial instruments, to create misleading, artificial activity in the market (especially to make the instruments appear to be frequently traded and in demand).
n
(finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
v
(transitive, finance) To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
adj
(finance) of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices
n
(law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
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