- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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A provision included in a new rule or regulation that exempts a business that is already conducting business in the area addressed by the regulation from penalty or restriction.
Industry:Financial services
A federal tax imposed on assets conveyed as gifts to individuals.
Industry:Financial services
A method of calculating taxes on a lump-sum distribution from a qualified retirement plan that enables the tax payer to pay less than the current tax rate.
Industry:Financial services
The issuance of an award under a stock plan, such as a stock option or shares of restricted stock.
Industry:Financial services
The institutions that regulate and lend to savings and loan associations. The Federal Home Loan Banks play a role analogous to that played by the Federal Reserve Banks vis-a-vis member commercial banks.
Industry:Financial services
A contract that specifies the price and quantity of an asset to be delivered on in the future. Forward contracts are not standardised and are not traded on organised exchanges
Industry:Financial services
The purchase in the cash market of the difference between what you are obligated to deliver in a forward contract and the amount of the asset you own. For example, if you agreed to sell 100,000 bushels of corn in September in a forward contract, but you only have 60,000, you need to purchase 40,000 to cover your obligation.
Industry:Financial services
A trader in the options market who makes premium income by selling options.
Industry:Financial services
Federally sponsored agency chartered in 1934 whose stock is currently owned by savings institutions across the United States. The agency buys residential mortgages that meet certain requirements, sells these mortgages in packages, and insures the lenders against loss.
Industry:Financial services
