Financial Dictionary

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financial terms

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Save

To keep money for the future, rather than spending it by consuming goods.

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Money
A means of payment, especially coins and banknotes, although some definitions also include bank deposits, checks, etc.

Future
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.



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Sandbag
A stalling tactic used by management to deter a company that is showing interest in taking them over.

Santa Claus Rally
Seasonal rise in stock prices in the last week of the calendar year, between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
Legislation passed largely as a result of a number of accounting scandals. Among the many features is the creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Board shall: 1) register public accounting firms; 2) establish, or adopt, by rule, auditing, quality control, ethics, independence, and other standards relating to the preparation of audit reports for issuers; 3) conduct inspections of accounting firms; 4) conduct investigations and disciplinary proceedings, and impose appropriate sanctions; 5) perform such other duties or functions as necessary or appropriate; 6) enforce compliance with the Act, the rules of the Board, professional standards, and the securities laws relating to the preparation and issuance of audit reports and the obligations and liabilities of accountants with respect thereto; 7) set the budget and manage the operations of the Board and the staff of the Board.

Saturday night special
Often used in risk arbitrage. Sudden attempt by one company to take over another by making a public tender offer.

Saucer
Technical chart pattern depicting a security whose price has reached bottom and is moving up.

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Savings
According to Keynesian economics, the amount left over when the cost of a person's consumer expenditure is subtracted from the amount of disposable income that he or she earns in a given period of time.

Savings account
A deposit account intended for funds that are expected to stay in for the short term.

Savings and Loan Association
The nearest American equivalent to the British building societies.

Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF)
A government organization that replaced the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation as the provider of deposit insurance for thrift institutions.

Savings bank
An institution that primarily accepts consumer savings deposits and to make home mortgage loans.

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