- Industry: News service
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United Kingdom-based news service and former financial market data provider that provides news reports from around the world to news media
The commission or fee charged by a broker. In the US, this term is commonly used to refer to a brokerage firm.
Industry:Financial services
A ramping up of asset prices to such a degree that a major reversal or crash is expected.
Industry:Financial services
A fraudulent brokerage selling overpriced shares with little underlying value. They usually operate by telephone sales, often from another country. Also known as a boiler room, a reference to the cheap premises from which such brokerages work. A bucket shop can also be a brokerage that accepts commissions to trade shares at a certain price, then carries out the order at a different price to its advantage, pocketing the difference.
Industry:Financial services
An itemised forecast of the incomes and expenditure of a government or company for a given future period.
Industry:Financial services
The amount by which spending exceeds revenues. It usually refers to government spending and revenues. See also Budget.
Industry:Financial services
The amount by which revenues exceed spending. It usually refers to government spending and revenues. See also Budget.
Industry:Financial services
Stock of commodities held by an international organisation that will aim to stabilise prices and supplies by buying and selling from its stockpile.
Industry:Financial services
A British financial institution which pools deposits from savers to provide mortgage financing for house purchases.
Industry:Financial services
The group of underwriters who have sold most of a new securities issue. They usually come first on a tombstone advertisement. See also Tombstone.
Industry:Financial services
A market player who is confident that share prices will rise and buys a financial instrument with a view to selling it at a higher price. The opposite of a bear. See also Bear.
Industry:Financial services
