Financial Dictionary

This dictionary contains:
24549
financial terms

Signal




Signal

To convey information through a firm's actions. The more costly it is to provide a signal, the more credibility it has.

RELATED TERMS
--------------------------------------

Signal
To convey information through a firm's actions. The more costly it is to provide a signal, the more credibility it has.



SIMILAR TERMS
--------------------------------------

SIGNAL MEDIA
SIGNAL MEDIA is a securities company with code 02362 at Hong Kong stock. Board lot: 4,000.

Signaling approach
Notion that insiders in a firm have information that the market does not have, and that the choice of capital structure by insiders can signal information to outsiders and change the value of the firm.

Signaling approach (on dividend policy)
The argument that dividend changes are important signals to investors about changes in management's expectation about future earnings.

Signature Bank
A United States bank with head office in New York City, New York.

SIGNATURE Brands Limited
SIGNATURE Brands Limited is a large Australian company in the field of retailing. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is SBL.

Signature guarantee
The authentication of a signature in the form of a stamp, seal, or written confirmation by a bank or member of a domestic stock exchange (or other acceptable guarantor). A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.

Signature loan
A good faith loan that is unsecured and requires only the borrower's signature on the loan application.

Signatures on proxies
The basic rule of acceptability is that if the signature reads as the proxy is printed, it is acceptable. If an individual signs on behalf of another individual and states a legal representation, it is acceptable.

Signet Group
Signet Group is a top British corporation in the field of retailing, and its estimated market value is 3,740 million US dollars.

Significant influence
The holding of a large portion of the equity of a corporation, usually at least 20%, which gives the holder a significant amount of control over the corporation.

Significant order
An order to buy or sell a large enough quantity of securities that the price of the security may be affected. Institutional investors usually spread out such an order over a few days or weeks to avoid adverse pressures on the buy or sell price.

Significant order imbalance
A large number of buy or sell orders for a stock that cause an abnormally wide spread between bid and offer prices, and often causes the exchange to halt the sale of the stock until significant balance has been reestablished.

SIGNUM BLUE GLR Investment
SIGNUM BLUE GLR Investment is a large Australian company.. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is GLR.

SIGNUM BLUE Limited
SIGNUM BLUE Limited is a large Australian company.. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is SNB.



PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS
--------------------------------------

Side by side trading
Trading a security and an option on the same security on the same exchange.

Side effects
Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm.

Sidelines
Hypothetical position referring to noninvolvement in a stock; merely watching.

Sight draft
Demand for immediate payment.

Sight Letter of Credit
A letter of credit made payable to a beneficiary upon presentation to the opener of conforming documents.

Signal

Signaling approach
Notion that insiders in a firm have information that the market does not have, and that the choice of capital structure by insiders can signal information to outsiders and change the value of the firm.

Signaling approach (on dividend policy)
The argument that dividend changes are important signals to investors about changes in management's expectation about future earnings.

Signature guarantee
The authentication of a signature in the form of a stamp, seal, or written confirmation by a bank or member of a domestic stock exchange (or other acceptable guarantor). A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.

Signature loan
A good faith loan that is unsecured and requires only the borrower's signature on the loan application.

Signatures on proxies
The basic rule of acceptability is that if the signature reads as the proxy is printed, it is acceptable. If an individual signs on behalf of another individual and states a legal representation, it is acceptable.

We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Signal. If you have a better definition for Signal than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Signal may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Signal and any other medical topic for the public at large.
 

This dictionary contains 24549 terms.







ignal / sgnal / sinal / sigal / signl / signa / ssignal / siignal / siggnal / signnal / signaal / signall / wignal / eignal / dignal / xignal / zignal / aignal / qignal / sgnal / sitnal / sigbal / sighal / sigjal / sigmal / sig al / signql / signwl / signsl / signxl / signzl / signao / signap / signa; / signa. / signa, / signak / signai /