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Selling away
Selling awayWhen a broker solicits you to purchase securities not held or offered by the brokerage firm. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Purchase Buy; be long; have an ownership position. Securities Saleable papers, traded on stock exchanges, that yield an income (dividend, interest, etc.). Firm 1) Refers to an order to buy or sell that can be executed without confirmation for some fixed period. 2) A synonym for company. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Sell limit order Conditional trading order that indicates that a security may be sold at the designated price or higher. Sell off Sale of securities under pressure. Sell order An order that may take many different forms by an investor to a broker to sell a particular stock, bond, option, future, mutual fund, or other holding. Sell out Liquidation of a margin account after a customer has failed to bring an account to a required level by producing additional equity after a margin call. Sell plus order Market or limit order to sell a stated amount of stock provided that the price to be obtained is not lower than the last sale. Sell side analyst A financial analyst who works for a brokerage firm and whose recommendations are passed on to the brokerage firm's customers. Sell the book Used for listed equity securities. Order to a broker by the holder of a large quantity of shares of a security to sell all that can be absorbed at the current bid price. Sell to close A phrase used by many brokerages on the street to represent the closing of a long position in option transactions. Sell to open A phrase used by many brokerages on the street to represent the opening of a short position in option transactions. Seller financing Funding a purchase by a seller's loan to the buyer, the buyer takes full title to the property when the loan is fully repaid. Seller's call An agreement between a buyer and a seller for a specific grade and quantity of commodity that allows a period of time for the seller to set the price a fixed number of points above (or below) a specified delivery month's futures price. Seller's market Market in which demand exceeds supply. As a result, the seller can dictate the price and the terms of sale. Seller's option Delayed settlement-delivery in a transaction. Seller's points In reference to a loan, seller's points consist of a lump sum paid by the seller to the buyer's creditor to reduce the cost of the loan to the buyer. This payment is either required by the creditor or volunteered by the seller, usually in a loan to buy real estate. Selling climax A sudden drop in security prices as sellers dump their holdings. Selling concession The discount underwriters offer the selling group on securities in a new issue. Selling dividends Inducing a prospective customer to buy shares in order to profit from a dividend scheduled in the near future. Selling group All banks involved in selling or marketing a new issue of stock or bonds. Selling hedge A hedging strategy with which the sale of futures contracts are meant to offset a long underlying commodity position. Also known as a "short hedge." Selling into strength A proactive trading strategy carried out by selling out of a long or into a short position when the price of the asset being traded is still rising but is expected to reverse in price. Selling on the good news A strategy of selling stock shortly after a company announces good news and the stock price rises. Investors believe that the price is as high as it can go and is on the brink of going down. Selling price Total cost (unit cost plus overheads and "risk reward") plus profit. Selling short Selling a stock not actually owned. If an investor thinks the price of a stock is going down, the investor could borrow the stock from a broker and sell it. Selling short against the box Selling short stock that is actually owned by the seller but held in the box, meaning it is held in safekeeping. The seller borrows securities needed to cover as the stockin the box may be inaccessible, or the seller may not wish to disclose ownership. Selling syndicate A group of underwriters that issues a firm's securities by buying them from the issuing firm and reselling them to a group of smaller brokerage firms for eventual sale to individual investors. Selling the spread A spread whose option to be sold is trading at a higher premium than the option to be bought. Selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses Expenses such as salespersons' salaries and commissions, advertising and promotion, travel and entertainment, office payroll and expenses, and executives' salaries. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Seller financing Funding a purchase by a seller's loan to the buyer, the buyer takes full title to the property when the loan is fully repaid. Seller's call An agreement between a buyer and a seller for a specific grade and quantity of commodity that allows a period of time for the seller to set the price a fixed number of points above (or below) a specified delivery month's futures price. Seller's market Market in which demand exceeds supply. As a result, the seller can dictate the price and the terms of sale. Seller's option Delayed settlement-delivery in a transaction. Seller's points In reference to a loan, seller's points consist of a lump sum paid by the seller to the buyer's creditor to reduce the cost of the loan to the buyer. This payment is either required by the creditor or volunteered by the seller, usually in a loan to buy real estate. Selling away Selling climax A sudden drop in security prices as sellers dump their holdings. Selling concession The discount underwriters offer the selling group on securities in a new issue. Selling dividends Inducing a prospective customer to buy shares in order to profit from a dividend scheduled in the near future. Selling group All banks involved in selling or marketing a new issue of stock or bonds. Selling hedge A hedging strategy with which the sale of futures contracts are meant to offset a long underlying commodity position. Also known as a "short hedge." We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Selling away. If you have a better definition for Selling away than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Selling away may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Selling away and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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