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Active




Active

Investors working together and performing identical actions to attain the same investment goal.

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Working
Attempting to complete the remaining part of a trade, by finding either buyers or sellers for the rest.

Investment
The purchase of materials, machines, property, securities, etc. in order to produce income or profits.

Goal
An individual's or institution's financial objective.



SIMILAR TERMS
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Acting in concert
This doctrine says that a nation is sovereign within its own borders, and its domestic actions may not be questioned in the courts of another nation.

Actium de Inversiones, SICAV, S.A.
Actium de Inversiones, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Active account
A market in which there is frequent trading.

Active bond crowd
Refers to a brokerage account in which many transactions occur. Brokerage firms may levy a fee if an account generates an inadequate level of activity.

Active box
Refers to members of the bond department of the NYSE who trade the most bonds.

Active fund
A fund in which the fund manager actively manages investments (see active management).

Active fund management
A fund in which the objective is to outperform the market average by actively seeking out stocks that will provide superior total return.

Active income
An investment approach that purposely shifts funds either between asset classes (asset allocation) or between individual securities (security selection).

Active management
Fund managers strive to outperform the market by identifying stocks that could produce better returns and beat the overall market (or target index).

Active market
The pursuit of investment returns in excess of a specified benchmark.

Active portfolio strategy
A loose term denoting that there is a high degree of liquidity in a stock market, which in turn usually means that bid-offer spreads are narrow.

Active return
A strategy that uses available information and forecasting techniques to seek better performance than a buy and hold portfolio.

Active risk
Return relative to a benchmark. If a portfolio's return is 5%, and the benchmark's return is 3%, then the portfolio's active return is 2%.

Activillo, SICAV, S.A.
Activillo, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Activities of daily living (ADL)
The risk (annualized standard deviation) of the active return. Also called the tracking error.

Activos Akra Leuka, SICAV, S.A.
Activos Akra Leuka, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Activos Clys, SICAV, S.A.
Activos Clys, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Activos Lucentum, SICAV, S.A.
Activos Lucentum, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.



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Acquisition of stock
A merger or consolidation in which an acquirer purchases the selling firm's assets.

Across the board
A merger or consolidation in which an acquirer purchases the acquiree's stock.

Act of God
Movement or trend in the stock market that causes all stocks in all sectors to move in the same direction.

Act of state doctrine
An unpreventable and unpredictable event which could cause loss or damage to buildings, land, vehicles etc.

Acting in concert
This doctrine says that a nation is sovereign within its own borders, and its domestic actions may not be questioned in the courts of another nation.

Active

Active account
A market in which there is frequent trading.

Active bond crowd
Refers to a brokerage account in which many transactions occur. Brokerage firms may levy a fee if an account generates an inadequate level of activity.

Active box
Refers to members of the bond department of the NYSE who trade the most bonds.

Active fund management
A fund in which the objective is to outperform the market average by actively seeking out stocks that will provide superior total return.

Active income
An investment approach that purposely shifts funds either between asset classes (asset allocation) or between individual securities (security selection).

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