- Industry: Financial services
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The whole-dollar price of a bid or offer is referred to as the handle (e.g., if a security is quoted at 101.10 bid and 101.11 offered, 101 is the handle). Traders are assumed to know the handle. See: Full.
Industry:Financial services
The way in which a company's assets are financed, such as short-term borrowings, long-term debt, and ownership equity. Financial structure differs from capital structure in that capital structure accounts for long-term debt and equity only.
Industry:Financial services
Federal legislation that, among other things, specifies the primary objectives of U.S. economic policy-maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.
Industry:Financial services
Federal Reserve Board's term for a margin account provided to a customer by a brokerage firm. Governed by Regulation T of the FED.
Industry:Financial services
Merger between two companies producing similar goods or services.
Industry:Financial services
An investor who has a large stake in a company, but does not wish to play an active role in the management of the corporation.
Industry:Financial services
A company offering a wide variety of financial services such as a combination of banking services, stock, and insurance brokerage.
Industry:Financial services
The security pledges for larger municipal bond issuers, such as states and large cities that have diverse funding sources.
Industry:Financial services
A treaty adopted by the United Nations aimed at elimination of international trade barriers between member countries.
Industry:Financial services
The process of dividing each expense item of a given year by the same expense item in the base year. It allows assessment of changes in the relative importance of expense items over time and the behaviour of expense items as sales change.
Industry:Financial services
