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Purchase
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PurchaseBuy; be long; have an ownership position.
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Buy
To purchase an asset; taking 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.
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Purcell Energy
Purcell Energy is one of Canada's largest companies.
Purchase accounting
Method of accounting for a merger that treats the acquirer as having purchased the assets and assumed the liabilities of the acquiree, which are then written up or down to their respective fair market values.
Purchase agreement
Used in connection with project financing; an agreement to purchase a specific amount of project output per period.
Purchase and sale
A method of securities distribution in which a firm purchases securities from the issuer for its own account at a stated price and then resells them, as contrasted with a best-efforts sale.
Purchase fee
A charge assessed by an intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or a bank, for assisting in the sale or purchase of a security.
Purchase fund
Resembles a sinking fund, except that money is used to purchase bonds only if they are selling below their par value.
Purchase loan
A consumer loan taken to finance a purchase.
Purchase method
Accounting for an acquisition using market value for the consolidation of the two entities' net assets on the balance sheet.
Purchase money mortgage
A mortgage given by a buyer in lieu of cash when the buyer is unable to borrow commercially for the purchase of property.
Purchase order
A written order to buy specified goods at a stipulated price.
Purchase price
The price that an investor pays for a security; the main component in calculating the returns achieved by the investor.
Purchasing managers' index
An indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector, based on five major indicators: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries, and the employment environment.
Purchasing power
The amount of credit available for securities trading in a margin account, after taking margin requirements into consideration.
Purchasing power of the dollar
The amount of goods and services that can be exchanged for a dollar as compared with amount of a previous time period.
Purchasing power or buying power
The amount of goods and services that money can buy at a given time.
Purchasing power parity
The rate of exchange between two countries at which the price of a representative basket of goods is the same.
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Pull
Used in the context of general equities.
Pullback
The downward reversal of a prolonged upward price trend.
Pulling in their horns
Investors selling off positions after a stock or bond market has increased sharply or setting up hedging positions to guard against a negative turn of the market.
Pump and dump
A highly illegal practice occurring mainly on the Internet. A small group of informed people buy a stock before they recommend it to thousands of investors.
Punter
An trader who hopes to make quick profits. Basically, another term for speculator.
Purchase
Purchase accounting
Method of accounting for a merger that treats the acquirer as having purchased the assets and assumed the liabilities of the acquiree, which are then written up or down to their respective fair market values.
Purchase agreement
Used in connection with project financing; an agreement to purchase a specific amount of project output per period.
Purchase and sale
A method of securities distribution in which a firm purchases securities from the issuer for its own account at a stated price and then resells them, as contrasted with a best-efforts sale.
Purchase fee
A charge assessed by an intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or a bank, for assisting in the sale or purchase of a security.
Purchase fund
Resembles a sinking fund, except that money is used to purchase bonds only if they are selling below their par value.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Buy
To purchase an asset; taking 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.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Purcell Energy
Purcell Energy is one of Canada's largest companies.
Purchase accounting
Method of accounting for a merger that treats the acquirer as having purchased the assets and assumed the liabilities of the acquiree, which are then written up or down to their respective fair market values.
Purchase agreement
Used in connection with project financing; an agreement to purchase a specific amount of project output per period.
Purchase and sale
A method of securities distribution in which a firm purchases securities from the issuer for its own account at a stated price and then resells them, as contrasted with a best-efforts sale.
Purchase fee
A charge assessed by an intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or a bank, for assisting in the sale or purchase of a security.
Purchase fund
Resembles a sinking fund, except that money is used to purchase bonds only if they are selling below their par value.
Purchase loan
A consumer loan taken to finance a purchase.
Purchase method
Accounting for an acquisition using market value for the consolidation of the two entities' net assets on the balance sheet.
Purchase money mortgage
A mortgage given by a buyer in lieu of cash when the buyer is unable to borrow commercially for the purchase of property.
Purchase order
A written order to buy specified goods at a stipulated price.
Purchase price
The price that an investor pays for a security; the main component in calculating the returns achieved by the investor.
Purchasing managers' index
An indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector, based on five major indicators: new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries, and the employment environment.
Purchasing power
The amount of credit available for securities trading in a margin account, after taking margin requirements into consideration.
Purchasing power of the dollar
The amount of goods and services that can be exchanged for a dollar as compared with amount of a previous time period.
Purchasing power or buying power
The amount of goods and services that money can buy at a given time.
Purchasing power parity
The rate of exchange between two countries at which the price of a representative basket of goods is the same.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Pull
Used in the context of general equities.
Pullback
The downward reversal of a prolonged upward price trend.
Pulling in their horns
Investors selling off positions after a stock or bond market has increased sharply or setting up hedging positions to guard against a negative turn of the market.
Pump and dump
A highly illegal practice occurring mainly on the Internet. A small group of informed people buy a stock before they recommend it to thousands of investors.
Punter
An trader who hopes to make quick profits. Basically, another term for speculator.
Purchase
Purchase accounting
Method of accounting for a merger that treats the acquirer as having purchased the assets and assumed the liabilities of the acquiree, which are then written up or down to their respective fair market values.
Purchase agreement
Used in connection with project financing; an agreement to purchase a specific amount of project output per period.
Purchase and sale
A method of securities distribution in which a firm purchases securities from the issuer for its own account at a stated price and then resells them, as contrasted with a best-efforts sale.
Purchase fee
A charge assessed by an intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or a bank, for assisting in the sale or purchase of a security.
Purchase fund
Resembles a sinking fund, except that money is used to purchase bonds only if they are selling below their par value.
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