- Branża: Financial services
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A company, usually a subsidiary that is wholly owned, whose main function is financing consumer purchases from the parent company.
Industry:Financial services
An exotic option. It represents a call option on a put option. That is, you purchase the option to buy a put option at a particular price on or before the expiriation date.
Industry:Financial services
A merger involving two or more firms that are in unrelated businesses.
Industry:Financial services
High-coupon bonds that sell at only at a moderate premium because they are callable at a price below that at which a comparable noncallable bond would sell. Cushion bonds offer considerable downside protection in a falling market.
Industry:Financial services
A loose quantity term sometimes used to describe the amount of a commodity underlying one commodity contract; e.g., "a car of bellies." Derived from the fact that quantities of the product specified in a contract once corresponded closely to the capacity of a railroad car.
Industry:Financial services
The mean of all financial analysts' forecasts for a company.
Industry:Financial services
The theory that a stock with many short positions taken in it will rise, because these positions must be covered by the stock.
Industry:Financial services
The party named in the bill of lading to whom delivery is promised and/or title is passed.
Industry:Financial services
