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Walk away
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Walk awayTo take and maintain a position in a stock after going to the floor to consummate a trade.
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Take
1) To agree to buy. A dealer or customer who agrees to buy at another dealer's offered price is said to take the offer. 2) Euro bankers speak of taking deposits rather than buying money.
Position
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Floor
1) The area of a stock exchange where active trading occurs. 2) The price at which a stop order is activated (when the price drops low enough to activate such an order). 3) In context of interest rates, a level which an interest rate or currency is structured not to go below.
Trade
To buy and sell; buying and selling.
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WALKER COUNTY Credit Union
WALKER COUNTY is a credit union with head office in HUNTSVILLE, TX
WALKER COUNTY EDUCATORS Credit Union
WALKER COUNTY EDUCATORS is a credit union with head office in LAFAYETTE, GA
WALKER MISSISSIPPI Credit Union
WALKER MISSISSIPPI is a credit union with head office in ABERDEEN, MS
WALKER-VIRGINIA Credit Union
WALKER-VIRGINIA is a credit union with head office in HARRISONBURG, VA
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Wage or wages
Money earned for an hour's or day's or week's work (by shop and factory workers, etc.).
Wage push inflation
Inflation caused by skyrocketing wages.
Wage-price spiral
The situation in which inflation leads trade unions to demand wage increases which leads producers to raise their prices, and so on.
Waiting period
1) The period of time between filing a registration statement with the SEC and the registration statement being declared effective by the SEC. 2) The time between the filing of an insurance claim and the payments made on the claim.
Waiver of premium
A provision in an Insurance policy that allows payment of insurance premiums to be permanently or temporarily stopped in the event the policy holder becomes incapacitated.
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Wall Street
The popular name for the New York Stock Exchange, or for all the financial institutions in and around this street.
Wallflower
A stock that has fallen out of favor with investors and, consequently, tends to trade at a low P-E.
Wallpaper
The name given to stocks, bonds and other securities that have become worthless.
Wanted for cash
A statement displayed on market tickers indicating that a bidder will pay cash for same-day settlement of a block of a specified security.
War babies
A name given to securities in companies that are defense contractors.
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Take
1) To agree to buy. A dealer or customer who agrees to buy at another dealer's offered price is said to take the offer. 2) Euro bankers speak of taking deposits rather than buying money.
Position
A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Floor
1) The area of a stock exchange where active trading occurs. 2) The price at which a stop order is activated (when the price drops low enough to activate such an order). 3) In context of interest rates, a level which an interest rate or currency is structured not to go below.
Trade
To buy and sell; buying and selling.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
WALKER COUNTY Credit Union
WALKER COUNTY is a credit union with head office in HUNTSVILLE, TX
WALKER COUNTY EDUCATORS Credit Union
WALKER COUNTY EDUCATORS is a credit union with head office in LAFAYETTE, GA
WALKER MISSISSIPPI Credit Union
WALKER MISSISSIPPI is a credit union with head office in ABERDEEN, MS
WALKER-VIRGINIA Credit Union
WALKER-VIRGINIA is a credit union with head office in HARRISONBURG, VA
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Wage or wages
Money earned for an hour's or day's or week's work (by shop and factory workers, etc.).
Wage push inflation
Inflation caused by skyrocketing wages.
Wage-price spiral
The situation in which inflation leads trade unions to demand wage increases which leads producers to raise their prices, and so on.
Waiting period
1) The period of time between filing a registration statement with the SEC and the registration statement being declared effective by the SEC. 2) The time between the filing of an insurance claim and the payments made on the claim.
Waiver of premium
A provision in an Insurance policy that allows payment of insurance premiums to be permanently or temporarily stopped in the event the policy holder becomes incapacitated.
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Wall Street
The popular name for the New York Stock Exchange, or for all the financial institutions in and around this street.
Wallflower
A stock that has fallen out of favor with investors and, consequently, tends to trade at a low P-E.
Wallpaper
The name given to stocks, bonds and other securities that have become worthless.
Wanted for cash
A statement displayed on market tickers indicating that a bidder will pay cash for same-day settlement of a block of a specified security.
War babies
A name given to securities in companies that are defense contractors.
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