- Industry: Financial services
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A loss on the sale of a capital asset held less than 12 months that can be used to offset a capital gain.
Industry:Financial services
A contract detailing an insurance policy and outlining what risks are insured, what insurance premiums are to be paid by the policyholder, what deductibles prevail, and all the details associated with a policy.
Industry:Financial services
An accounting method that fixes the cost of goods sold to the most recent purchases. Hence, if prices are generally rising, LIFO will lead to lower accounting profitability.
Industry:Financial services
Payments calculated by the insurance company based on risk factors that must be made by the insured to guarantee protection of property loss under an insurance policy.
Industry:Financial services
An option that allows the buyer to choose as the option strike price any price of the underlying asset that has occurred during the life of the option. For a call option, the buyer will choose the minimum price; for a put option, the buyer will choose the maximum price. This option will always be in the money.
Industry:Financial services
The law of averages. The average outcome for many independent trials of an experiment will approach the expected value of the experiment.
Industry:Financial services
After a stock split, the number of shares distributed for each share held and the date of the distribution.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
Industry:Financial services
The payment of proceeds by an insurance company to the insured to settle an insurance claim within the guidelines stipulated in the insurance policy.
Industry:Financial services
The final day under an exchange's rules during which trading may take place in a particular futures or options contract. Contracts outstanding at the end of the last trading day must be settled by delivery of underlying physical commodities or financial instruments, or by agreement for monetary settlement, depending futures contract specifications.
Industry:Financial services
