Spot Trade A trade where foreign currencies or commodities are bought and sold with delivery taking place immediately. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Spot Trade Spread Spread Income Spread Strategy Spreadsheet Stakeholders Stand-Alone Principle Standard … [Read more...]
Settlement
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Settlement When a trade is settled following the payment. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Separation Property Separation Theorem Serial Bonds Serial Covariance Series Bond Series Set of Contracts Perspective Settlement Settlement Date Settlement Price … [Read more...]
Stochastic Models
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Stochastic Models Models based on random (or non deterministic) outcomes. Commonly applied to option pricing and liability payments. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 8 Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. … [Read more...]
Swap Rate
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Swap Rate The gap (negative or positive) between the forward and spot rates for a specific currency, expressed in the form of points. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Swap Rate Swap Reversal Swap Sale Swaption Sweep Account Swingline Facility … [Read more...]
Short Straddle
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Short Straddle An options strategy where a short position is held in a call and a put with the same expiration date and strike price. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Short Covering Short Hedge Short Interest Short Short Sale Short Selling Short Squeeze Short … [Read more...]
Stratified Equity Indexing
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Stratified Equity Indexing A way of building a portfolio in which there is a classification of the stocks into stratum, with each stratum being part of it. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit Order Straddle Straight Line … [Read more...]
Salary Freeze
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Salary Freeze A situation where a company suspends any increase in the salary levels of its employees. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S S&P Safe Harbor Lease Safekeep Safety Cushion Safety-Net Return Salary Freeze Sale and Lease-Back Sales … [Read more...]
Street
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Street Refers to Wall Street’s community of financial institutions and individuals. The community includes dealers, brokers, underwriters and all other financial professionals. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Stopping Curve Refunding Rate Stop-Limit … [Read more...]
Specific Issues Market
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Specific Issues Market It is a market characterized by dealers who start reversing in securities that they plan to short in future. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Soft Dollars Sole Proprietorship Sovereign Risk Span Special Dividend Special Drawing Rights … [Read more...]
Series Bond
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Series Bond A type of bond that is issued in many series under a written agreement between the issuer and investor/bondholder. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Separation Property Separation Theorem Serial Bonds Serial Covariance Series Bond Series Set of … [Read more...]
Short Position
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Short Position Establishing a market position by selling a contract but not closing out the position by buying later and offsetting the purchase. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Sharpe Benchmark Sharpe Ratio Shelf Registration Shirking Shogun … [Read more...]
Stopping Curve
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Stopping Curve A depiction of the relationship between different refunding rates (as applied to bond refunding by companies) and time at which the financial outcome of waiting to refund becomes the same as that of refunding at that time. Random Finance Terms for the Letter … [Read more...]
Spin-Off
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Spin-Off In a spin-off, an independent offshoot company/division can be created from an existing company through a sale or distribution of new shares. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Speculative Demand Speculative Grade Bond Speculative … [Read more...]
Spectail
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Spectail A securities dealer who is more focused on funding and getting his/her own speculative positions and also engages in retail on the side. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Soft Dollars Sole Proprietorship Sovereign Risk Span Special Dividend Special … [Read more...]
Subperiod Return
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Subperiod Return An investment/portfolio return over a time period that is shorter than evaluation period set by the money manager. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Structured Portfolio Strategy Structured Settlement Subject Subject to Opinion Subjective … [Read more...]
Settlement Rate
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Settlement Rate A FASB 87 suggested rate to discount a pension plan’s obligations. Pension benefits can be settled off at this rate in the case of termination of pension obligation. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S Settlement Rate Settlement Risk Seykota … [Read more...]
S&P
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S&P Standard & Poor's. A leading credit rating agency that rates stocks, bonds etc. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S S&P Safe Harbor Lease Safekeep Safety Cushion Safety-Net Return Salary Freeze Sale and Lease-Back Sales Charge Sales … [Read more...]
Safe Harbor Lease
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Safe Harbor Lease A long-term lease agreement in which the ownership tax benefits is transferred from the lessee (if he cannot use them) to the lessor (who can use them). Random Finance Terms for the Letter S S&P Safe Harbor Lease Safekeep Safety … [Read more...]
Safekeep
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Safekeep Banks can store bonds and money market instruments in their vault till maturity time and present them for payment for customers at a fee. Random Finance Terms for the Letter S S&P Safe Harbor Lease Safekeep Safety Cushion Safety-Net Return Salary … [Read more...]
Safety Cushion
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Safety Cushion It is the difference between the immunization level that was initially available and the pre-decided safety net return. This falls under contingent immunization strategy, which is employed to minimize risk of losses in bond/money market instrument investments. … [Read more...]
