- Industry: Financial services
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A futures contract that supports an option on that future, which is executed if the option is exercised .
Industry:Financial services
For options, the security that is subject to purchase or sold upon exercise of an option contract. For example, IBM stock is the underlying security for IBM options. For Depository receipts, the class, series, and number of the foreign shares represented by the depository receipt.
Industry:Financial services
A margin account that no longer meets minimum maintenance requirements, requiring a margin call on the investor.
Industry:Financial services
When a security is expected to, or does, appreciate at a slower rate than the overall market rate of performance.
Industry:Financial services
A stock price perceived to be too low or cheap, as indicated by a particular valuation model. For instance, some might consider a particular company's stock price cheap if the company's price-earnings ratio is much lower than the industry average. To refer to undervaluation or overvaluation implicitly assumes some model of valuation. It is always possible that the security is valued correctly and that model applied is wrong.
Industry:Financial services
A security selling below its market value or liquidation value.
Industry:Financial services
When a taxpayer has withheld too little tax from salary and will therefore owe tax when filing a return.
Industry:Financial services
To guarantee, as to guarantee the issuer of securities a specified price by entering into a purchase and sale agreement. To bring securities to market.
Industry:Financial services
A firm, usually an investment bank, that buys an issue of securities from a company and resells it to investors. In general, A party that guarantees the proceeds to the firm from a security sale, thereby in effect taking ownership of the securities.
Industry:Financial services
