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special bid
Financial services; General Finance
A method of purchasing a large block of stock on the NYSE by advertising a client's large buy order, and matching it up with a number of other traders' smaller sell orders.
yield differential/pickup
Financial services; General Finance
Mainly applies to convertible securities. Graph showing the term structure of interest rates by plotting the yield of all bonds of the same quality with maturities ranging from the shortest to the ...
VC
Financial services; General Finance
The two-character ISO 3166 country code for SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES.
security characteristic line
Financial services; General Finance
A plot on a graph of the excess return on a security over the risk-free rate as a function of the excess return on the market. The slope of this line is the security's beta.
yield curve
Financial services; General Finance
Models that can incorporate different volatility assumptions along the yield curve, such as the Black-Derman-Toy model. Also called arbitrage-free option-pricing models.
VA
Financial services; General Finance
The two-character ISO 3166 country code for HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE).
special arbitrage account
Financial services; General Finance
A margin account with lower cash requirements, reserved for transactions that are hedged by an offsetting position in futures or options.
