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Locked in




Locked in

Investors are said to be 'locked in' when a security they own is trading at a higher price than they paid for, but they choose not to sell in order to avoid having their profit become subject to the capital gains tax.

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

Trading
Buying and selling securities.

Higher
Adjective meaning greater, larger: e.g. higher prices; (cannot be used as a verb, instead use raise).

Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.

Order
Instruction to a broker-dealer to buy, sell, deliver, or receive securities or commodities that commits the issuer of the "order" to the terms specified.

Profit
The difference between the price received for a product and its cost (the price of the factors of production used to make it).

Subject
Refers to a bid or offer that cannot be executed without confirmation from the customer. In other words, not firm, but a bid-offer that needs additional information-confirmation before becoming firm and is therefore still negotiable.

Capital
1) Assets used for the production of profits and wealth. 2) Owner's equity in a business.



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Lock
Used in the context of general equities. Make a market both ways (bid and offer) either on the bid, offering, or an in-between price only.

LOCK HAVEN AREA Credit Union
LOCK HAVEN AREA is a credit union with head office in LOCK HAVEN, PA

Lock in
A specified time period that an investor is locked into an investment.

Lock out
With PAC bond CMO classes, the period before the PAC sinking fund becomes effective. With multifamily loans, the period of time during which prepayment is prohibited.

Lock up CDs
CDs that are issued with the tacit understanding that the buyer will not trade the certificate.

Lock up option
Often used in risk arbitrage to refer to the privilege offered a white knight (friendly acquirer) by a target company to buy crown jewels or additional equity.

Lockbox (LIBOR)
An international money market interest rate representing the average rate offered by banks for the interbank placements of Eurodollars.

Locked market
A market is locked if the bid price equals the ask price.

LOCKHEED Credit Union
LOCKHEED is a credit union with head office in BURBANK, CA

LOCKHEED GEORGIA EMPLOYEES Credit Union
LOCKHEED GEORGIA EMPLOYEES is a credit union with head office in MARIETTA, GA

Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a top United States corporation in the field of aerospace and defense, and its estimated market value is 26,350 million US dollars.

Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA
Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA is a major Argentinian company in the field of Aeronautics.

LOCKPORT SCHOOLS Credit Union
LOCKPORT SCHOOLS is a credit union with head office in LOCKPORT, NY



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Lock in
A specified time period that an investor is locked into an investment.

Lock out
With PAC bond CMO classes, the period before the PAC sinking fund becomes effective. With multifamily loans, the period of time during which prepayment is prohibited.

Lock up CDs
CDs that are issued with the tacit understanding that the buyer will not trade the certificate.

Lock up option
Often used in risk arbitrage to refer to the privilege offered a white knight (friendly acquirer) by a target company to buy crown jewels or additional equity.

Lockbox (LIBOR)
An international money market interest rate representing the average rate offered by banks for the interbank placements of Eurodollars.

Locked in

Locked market
A market is locked if the bid price equals the ask price.

Log linear least squares method
A statistical technique for fitting a curve to a set of data points. One of the variables is transformed by taking its logarithm, and then a straight line is fitted to the transformed set of data points.

Lognormal distribution
Pattern of frequency of occurrence in which the logarithm of the variable follows a normal distribution.

Lombard rate
The rate charged to banks by the German central bank for collateralized loan obligations.

London calling
The monthly magazine of the Overseas Service of the B.B.C., which gives times and frequencies on transmissions as well as programme details.

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