S&P rating

S&P rating

A classification of bonds according to risk. S & P's top four grades, "AAA," "AA," "A," and "BBB," are called Investment Grade because they are low-risk investments. Standard & Poor's also evaluates insurance companies according to their ability to pay claims.

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Industry/Domain: Financial services
Category: Funds
Company: Merrill Lynch
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S&P Rating

Financial services; General Finance

Rating service provided by S&P that indicates the amount of risk involved with different securities.

S&P

Financial services; General Finance

Standard & Poor's Corporation.

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Banking; Investment banking

Classification of the credit quality of an individual, firm, bank or state, or of securities issued by them. Awarded by banks or specialized rating agencies.

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Animals; Horses

Means of classifying the size of a show, sometimes done beforehand according to prizes offered, and sometimes after according to number of entries.

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Agriculture; Rice science

Classifying test entries based on degree of plant damage, number of insects, etc., by expressing on a numerical scale, usually 0-9. It is relative estimate.

buy fund symbol

Financial services; Funds

The fund symbol that you are buying when entering a mutual fund exchange.

buy order(purchase)

Financial services; Funds

In securities trading, an order to a brokerage firm/broker to purchase a specified quality of a security at the market price or limited price.

buy put

Financial services; Funds

An option contract that gives the holder the right to sell the underlying security at a specified price for a certain, fixed period of time.

buy stop order(purchase)

Financial services; Funds

Buy order that is entered at a price above the current offering price and becomes a market order when the current market price touches or goes through the buy stop price.

buy to close

Financial services; Funds

Buying an option contract to close out a pre-existing short position.

buy to cover

Financial services; Funds

The purchase of a long position to offset a short position.

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