- Industry: Financial services
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Stocks or groups of stocks that remain weak in a strong market.
Industry:Financial services
A claim ranked lower in priority than other claims. Common stock claims are always subordinated to debt.
Industry:Financial services
Creating a more or less standard investment instrument such as the mortgage pass-through security, by pooling assets to back the instrument. Also refers to the replacement of nonmarketable loans and/or cash flows provided by financial intermediaries with negotiable securities issued in the public capital markets.
Industry:Financial services
SPDRs (Spiders) are designed to track the value of the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Price Index. Stands for Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipt. They trade on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol SPY. SPDRs are similar to closed-end funds but are formally known as, a unit investment trust. One SPDR unit is valued at approximately one-tenth (1/10) of the value of the S&P 500. Dividends are disbursed quarterly, and are based on the accumulated stock dividends held in trust, less any expenses of the trust. See: Mid-cap SPDR.
Industry:Financial services
Securities that fall after others in priority of claims on the entity in the case of financial distress.
Industry:Financial services
Piece of paper that proves ownership of stocks, bonds, and other investments.
Industry:Financial services
A margin account with lower cash requirements, reserved for transactions that are hedged by an offsetting position in futures or options.
Industry:Financial services
