- 行业: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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A major exchange trading only stocks, with 90% of trades taking place on an automated execution system, called MAX.
Industry:Financial services
A title held often by the Chairperson of the Board, or the president. The person principally responsible for the activities of a company.
Industry:Financial services
The officer of a firm is responsible for handling the financial affairs of a company.
Industry:Financial services
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
Industry:Financial services
Applies mainly to convertible securities. Trading hedge in which one is short the convertible and long the underlying common, in the hope that the convertible's premium will fall. Antithesis of set-up.
Industry:Financial services
Communication barrier between financiers at a firm (investment bankers) and traders. This barrier is erected to prevent the sharing of inside information that bankers are likely to have.
Industry:Financial services
Stock exchange based in Cincinnati that is the only fully automated stock exchange in the US It has no trading floor, but handles all members' transactions using computers.
Industry:Financial services
Option contracts of the smae type (call or put) and Style (American, European or Capped) that cover the same underlying security.
Industry:Financial services
Also known as Staggered Board is one in which, the directors are placed into different classes and serve overlapping terms. Since only part of the board can be replaced each year, an outsider who gains control of a corporation may have to wait a few years before being able to gain control of the board. This slow replacement makes a classified board effectively delays takeovers. Sometimes known as a delay provision.
Industry:Financial services
