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Tick




Tick

Refers to the minimum change in price a security can have, either up or down.

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Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.

Security
Piece of paper that proves ownership of stocks, bonds, and other investments.



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Threshold for refinancing
The point when the weighted-average coupon of an MBS is at a level to induce homeowners to prepay the mortgage in order to refinance to a lower-rate mortgage.

Thrift institution
An organization formed as a depository for primarily consumer savings. Savings and loan associations and savings banks are thrift institutions.

Thrift Institution Advisory Council (TIAC)
A council, established following the passage of the Monetary Control Act of 1980, whose purpose is to provide information and views on the special needs and problems of thrifts.

Thrift plan
A defined contribution plan in which an employee contributes, usually on a before-tax basis, toward the ultimate benefits that will be provided.

Throughput agreement
An agreement to put a specified amount of product per period through a particular facility.

Tick

Tick index
The number of stocks trading on an uptick minus the number of stocks trading on a downtick.

Tick indicator
A market indicator based on the number of stocks whose last trade was an uptick or a downtick.

Tick test rules
SEC-imposed restrictions on when a short sale may be executed, intended to prevent investors from destabilizing the price of a stock when the market price is falling.

Ticker symbol
An abbreviation assigned to a security for trading purposes.

Ticker tape
Computerized device that relays to investors around the world the stock symbol and the latest price and volume on securities as they are traded.

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