Stocks & securities

Stocks & securities

Stocks trades, exchanges and tools etc.

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Index funds

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A form of fund management which often outperforms most actively-managed mutual funds. Market indexes are tracked and matched by the fund automatically, making it cheap in terms of investment ...

back-office

Financial services; Stocks & securities

In investment firms, the back office includes the administrative functions that support the trading of securities, including record keeping, trade confirmation, trade settlement, and regulatory ...

backwardation

Financial services; Stocks & securities

The market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the expected spot price at contract maturity.

premium

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Premium is the difference between the par value of a security at maturity and the current market value, when current market value is higher than the nominal value.

option price

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Τhe price the buyer of an option contract pays to aquire the option. If an option expires unexercised, otpion price is lost. Also called the option premium.

Better Alternative Trading System (BATS)

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Bats stands for Better Alternative Trading System. The company runs two exchanges that collectively rank third in terms of U.S. share trading, behind New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The Bats ...

benchmark issue

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A stock (or bond) that is believed to be a leading indicator of the direction of a sector, industry or market as a whole. Also called on-the-run or current-coupon issue or bellwether stock.