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Looking forIn the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment.
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Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
Dealer
An entity that stands ready and willing to buy a security for its own account (at its bid price) or sell from its own account (at its ask price). Individual or firm acting as a principal in a securities transaction.
Offer
1) A bid. 2) An amount offered. 3) To propose something that can be accepted or refused.
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.
Capital
1) Assets used for the production of profits and wealth. 2) Owner's equity in a business.
Commitment
Describes a trader's obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract.
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Look
Used for listed equity securities.
Look Communications
Look Communications is one of Canada's largest companies.
Look thru
A method for calculating US taxes owed on income from controlled foreign corporations that was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Lookback option
An exotic option that allows investors to "look back" at the underlying prices occurring over the life of the option, and then exercise based on the underlying asset's optimal value.
LOOKSMART Limited
LOOKSMART Limited is a large Australian company in the field of software and services. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is LOK.
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Long-term liabilities
Debts of a company which are not due for repayment in the next accounting period.
Long-term loss
A loss on the sale of a capital asset held less than 12 months that can be used to offset a capital gain.
Look
Used for listed equity securities.
Look thru
A method for calculating US taxes owed on income from controlled foreign corporations that was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Lookback option
An exotic option that allows investors to "look back" at the underlying prices occurring over the life of the option, and then exercise based on the underlying asset's optimal value.
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Loophole
A legal way of avoiding tax by exploiting part of a law.
Loose credit
Policy by the Federal Reserve Board to make loans less expensive and more available by reducing interest rates through market operations.
Loss
The opposite of gain.
Loss adjuster
An independent assessor called in by an insurance company to check the validity of claims.
Loss carry back (carry forward)
An accounting technique with which a company retroactively applies net operating losses to a preceding year's income in order to reduce tax liabilities present in that previous year.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
Dealer
An entity that stands ready and willing to buy a security for its own account (at its bid price) or sell from its own account (at its ask price). Individual or firm acting as a principal in a securities transaction.
Offer
1) A bid. 2) An amount offered. 3) To propose something that can be accepted or refused.
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.
Capital
1) Assets used for the production of profits and wealth. 2) Owner's equity in a business.
Commitment
Describes a trader's obligation to accept or make delivery on a futures contract.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Look
Used for listed equity securities.
Look Communications
Look Communications is one of Canada's largest companies.
Look thru
A method for calculating US taxes owed on income from controlled foreign corporations that was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Lookback option
An exotic option that allows investors to "look back" at the underlying prices occurring over the life of the option, and then exercise based on the underlying asset's optimal value.
LOOKSMART Limited
LOOKSMART Limited is a large Australian company in the field of software and services. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is LOK.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Long-term liabilities
Debts of a company which are not due for repayment in the next accounting period.
Long-term loss
A loss on the sale of a capital asset held less than 12 months that can be used to offset a capital gain.
Look
Used for listed equity securities.
Look thru
A method for calculating US taxes owed on income from controlled foreign corporations that was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Lookback option
An exotic option that allows investors to "look back" at the underlying prices occurring over the life of the option, and then exercise based on the underlying asset's optimal value.
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Loophole
A legal way of avoiding tax by exploiting part of a law.
Loose credit
Policy by the Federal Reserve Board to make loans less expensive and more available by reducing interest rates through market operations.
Loss
The opposite of gain.
Loss adjuster
An independent assessor called in by an insurance company to check the validity of claims.
Loss carry back (carry forward)
An accounting technique with which a company retroactively applies net operating losses to a preceding year's income in order to reduce tax liabilities present in that previous year.
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