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Flat
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Flat1) General: Having neither a short nor a long position in a stock. Clean. 2) Convertibles: Earning interest on the date of payment only. 3) Market: Characterized by horizontal price movement, usually the result of low activity. 4) Equities: To execute without commission or markup.
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Short
One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position.
Long
To have bought more of something than one has sold of it.
Position
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Clean
In the context of general equities, block trade that matches buy or sell orders/interests, sparing the block trader any inventory risk (no net position and hence none available for additional customers). Natural.
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
Payment
The amount required to repay a loan, including interest and fees.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.
Without
Indicates a one-way market if 70 were bid in the market and there was no offer, the quote would be "70 bid without.".
Commission
The fee paid to a broker to execute a trade, based on number of shares, bonds, options, and/or their dollar value. In 1975, deregulation led to the establishment of discount brokers, who charge lower commissions than full service brokers.
Markup
The difference between an investment's lowest current offering price among dealers and the higher price a dealer charges a customer.
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Fixed rate payer
In an interest rate swap, the counterparty who pays a fixed rate, usually in exchange for a floating-rate payment.
Fixed term reverse mortgage
A mortgage in which the lending institution provides payments to a homeowner for a fixed number of years.
Fixed trust
A unit investment trust consisting of securities that were agreed upon at the time of investment and do not change.
Flag
A pattern reflecting price fluctuations within a narrow range, generating a rectangular area on a graph both prior to and after sharp rises or declines.
Flash
Value of a security displayed, or flashed across the tape, when the tape display cannot keep up with volume on an exchange and lags the current price is lagged more than approximately five minutes.
Flat
Flat benefit formula
Method used to determine a participant's benefits in a defined benefit plan by multiplying months of service by a flat monthly benefit.
Flat price (clean price)
The quoted newspaper price of a bond that does not include accrued interest. The price paid by the purchaser is the full price.
Flat price risk
Taking a position either long or short that does not involve spreading.
Flat scale
The pattern for new issues where shorter- and longer-term yields display very little difference over the bond's maturity range.
Flat tax
A tax which is levied at the same rate on all levels of income.
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Short
One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position.
Long
To have bought more of something than one has sold of it.
Position
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Clean
In the context of general equities, block trade that matches buy or sell orders/interests, sparing the block trader any inventory risk (no net position and hence none available for additional customers). Natural.
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
Payment
The amount required to repay a loan, including interest and fees.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.
Without
Indicates a one-way market if 70 were bid in the market and there was no offer, the quote would be "70 bid without.".
Commission
The fee paid to a broker to execute a trade, based on number of shares, bonds, options, and/or their dollar value. In 1975, deregulation led to the establishment of discount brokers, who charge lower commissions than full service brokers.
Markup
The difference between an investment's lowest current offering price among dealers and the higher price a dealer charges a customer.
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Fixed rate payer
In an interest rate swap, the counterparty who pays a fixed rate, usually in exchange for a floating-rate payment.
Fixed term reverse mortgage
A mortgage in which the lending institution provides payments to a homeowner for a fixed number of years.
Fixed trust
A unit investment trust consisting of securities that were agreed upon at the time of investment and do not change.
Flag
A pattern reflecting price fluctuations within a narrow range, generating a rectangular area on a graph both prior to and after sharp rises or declines.
Flash
Value of a security displayed, or flashed across the tape, when the tape display cannot keep up with volume on an exchange and lags the current price is lagged more than approximately five minutes.
Flat
Flat benefit formula
Method used to determine a participant's benefits in a defined benefit plan by multiplying months of service by a flat monthly benefit.
Flat price (clean price)
The quoted newspaper price of a bond that does not include accrued interest. The price paid by the purchaser is the full price.
Flat price risk
Taking a position either long or short that does not involve spreading.
Flat scale
The pattern for new issues where shorter- and longer-term yields display very little difference over the bond's maturity range.
Flat tax
A tax which is levied at the same rate on all levels of income.
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