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Window




Window

A brokerage firm's cashier department, where delivery of securities and settlement of transactions take place.

RELATED TERMS
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Delivery
The tender and receipt of an actual commodity or financial instrument in settlement of a futures contract.

Securities
Saleable papers, traded on stock exchanges, that yield an income (dividend, interest, etc.).

Settlement
When payment is made for a trade.

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.

Place
The marketing of new securities, usually through sales to institutional investors.



SIMILAR TERMS
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Wind up
To liquidate a failing business by selling its assets.

Windfall
An unexpected profit.

Windfall profit
A sudden unexpected profit uncontrolled by the profiting party.

Windfall tax
A one off tax imposed by the government in the budget of July 1997 on the profits of privatized utilities companies.

Window contract
A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated time period (the "window"), usually between 3 and 12 months.

Window dressing
Making one's balance sheet more attractive in time for company year end.

Window settlement
A form of settlement between dealers whereby trades are settled through the physical comparison of transactions and actual money and stocks are transferred.

WINDSOR LOCKS Credit Union
WINDSOR LOCKS is a credit union with head office in WINDSOR LOCKS, CT

WINDTHORST Credit Union
WINDTHORST is a credit union with head office in WINDTHORST, TX

WINDWARD COMMUNITY Credit Union
WINDWARD COMMUNITY is a credit union with head office in KAILUA, HI



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Wilshire indexes
Capitalization weighted indexes of all U.S.-headquartered companies which provides the broadest measure of US stock market performance.

Wind up
To liquidate a failing business by selling its assets.

Windfall
An unexpected profit.

Windfall profit
A sudden unexpected profit uncontrolled by the profiting party.

Windfall tax
A one off tax imposed by the government in the budget of July 1997 on the profits of privatized utilities companies.

Window

Window contract
A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated time period (the "window"), usually between 3 and 12 months.

Window dressing
Making one's balance sheet more attractive in time for company year end.

Window settlement
A form of settlement between dealers whereby trades are settled through the physical comparison of transactions and actual money and stocks are transferred.

Winner's curse
Problem faced by uninformed bidders.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
A commodities exchange in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that serves as Canada's only agricultural futures and options exchange. 

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