Stocks & securities

Stocks & securities

Stocks trades, exchanges and tools etc.

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Swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A financial derivative in which counterparties exchange certain benefits of financial instruments, such as assets, cash flows, investments, liabilities or payments. The most common types of swap are ...

Cash dividend

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Money paid to stockholders, normally paid out of the corporations current earnings or profits.

Common stock

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A security that represents equity ownership in a corporation or company. Common shares allow the investor to take part in voting the board of directors.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Financial services; Stocks & securities

The Dow Jones Industrial Average also called the Industrial Average, the Dow Jones, the Dow 30, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index, and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal ...

Forward rate agreement

Financial services; Stocks & securities

In finance, a forward rate agreement (FRA) is a forward contract, an over-the-counter contract between parties that determines the rate of interest, or the currency exchange rate, to be paid or ...

Commodity swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A commodity swap is an agreement where by a floating (or market or spot) price based on an underlying commodity is exchanged for a fixed price over a specified period.

Credit default swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A credit default swap (CDS) is similar to a traditional insurance policy, in as much as it obliges the seller of the CDS to compensate the buyer in the event of loan default. Generally, the agreement ...