- Branża: Financial services
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An investment consulting relationship for management of a client's funds by one or more money managers, that bills all fees and commissions in one comprehensive fee charged quarterly.
Industry:Financial services
The seller of an option, usually an individual, bank, or company that issues the option and consequently has the obligation to sell the asset (if a call) or to buy the asset (if a put) on which the option is written if the option buyer exercises the option.
Industry:Financial services
An option strategy to avoid using a margin account. Instead of depositing margin with a broker, a put writer can deposit a cash balance equal to the option exercise price, and can avoid additional margin calls.
Industry:Financial services
Selling a put option at an exercise price that would represent a good investment by an option writer who believes a stock's value will fall, so that the writer cannot lose. If the stock price unexpectedly goes up, the option will not be exercised and the writer is at least ahead the amount of the premium received. If the stock loses value, as expected, the option will be exercised, and the writer has the stock at what he had earlier decided was originally a good buy, and he has the premium income in addition.
Industry:Financial services
The book value of an asset after allowing for depreciation and amortization.
Industry:Financial services
Reducing the book value of an asset if its is overstated compared to current market values.
Industry:Financial services
Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, such as through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets.
Industry:Financial services
The procedure used when a specialist makes a trade involving his own inventory, on one hand, and a floor broker's order, on the other. The broker must first complete the trade with the specialist, who then transacts a separate trade with the customer.
Industry:Financial services
A double bottom pattern in a price history that looks like the letter W. See: Technical analysis.
Industry:Financial services
