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Haircut




Haircut

The margin or difference between the actual market value of a security and the value assessed by the lending side of a transaction.

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Margin
1) Borrowed money that is used to purchase securities, practice referred to as 'buying on margin'. 2) The amount of equity contributed by a customer as a percentage of the current market value of the securities held in a margin account. 3) In a general business context, the difference between a product's (or service's) selling price and the cost of production. 4) The portion of the interest rate on an adjustable-rate mortgage that is over and above the adjustment-index rate.

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.

Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.

Security
Piece of paper that proves ownership of stocks, bonds, and other investments.

Transaction
A single business deal; a sale or purchase; or the crediting or debiting of an account.



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Haircut

Half life
The point in the life of a mortgage-backed security guaranteed or issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation when half the principal has been repaid.

Half stock
A stock with a par value of $50.

Hammering the market
The rapid and concentrated sale of a stock thought to be overvalued by the market.

Handle
The whole dollar price, or stem, of a quote.

Hands off investor
An investor who has a large stake in a company, but does not wish to play an active role in the management of the corporation.

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