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Stop Payment

What is a Stop Payment? A stop payment is an order by a customer of a financial institution or money order issuer to cancel a check or payment drawn on the customer’s account and return it to the depositor unpaid. A stop payment order can only be implemented by a financial institution if the check…

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Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL)

What is the Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL)? The stock exchange daily official list (SEDOL) is a seven-digit code used to identify all securities listed and trading on the United Kingdom securities market. Companies and issuers use SEDOL to identify assets, such as investment trusts, insurance-based securities, and other common stock forms. SEDOL is…

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Stock Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

What is a Stock Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)? A stock exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a listed investment product that captures a basket of assets that often tracks a popular stock index’s performance. As with a financial asset, an ETF is a fund that is traded at a market-determined price and allows an investor to trade shares…

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Call Premium

What is a Call Premium? A call premium refers to the amount above par value an investor receives when the debt issuer redeems the security earlier than its maturity date. If a security is redeemed before it reaches maturity, the owner of the security loses the incremental profits that would’ve been generated. The call premium…

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Call Price

What is a Call Price? A call price refers to the price that a preferred stock or bond issuer would pay to buyers if they chose to redeem the callable security before the maturity date. The price is set during the issuance of the security and mentioned in the prospectus of the issue. Call price…

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Calmar Ratio

What is the Calmar Ratio? The Calmar ratio is a formula that measures the performance of an investment fund – such as a hedge fund – compared to its risk. It is commonly used by investors as a risk-adjusted measure in the selection of investments. The Calmar ratio indicates the relationship between risk and return….

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Call Loan Rate

What is the Call Loan Rate? The call loan rate refers to the short-term interest rate that the banks charge on the loans made to brokers for funding the margin loans by the brokers to their clients. Since brokers seek to make a profit on their own margin loans, they provide margin loans at a…

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Call Market

What is the Call Market? The call market refers to a market where trading does not take place continuously, but only at specified times during the trading day. Prices are dictated by the exchange rather than by bids and offers. In the call market, orders are aggregated and collected at designated intervals instead of trading…

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Forfeited Shares

What are Forfeited Shares? Forfeited shares often result from when investors in equity shares fail to comply with pre-specified purchase agreements or restrictions. The end result of share forfeiture is that the shareholder no longer needs to comply with the pre-specified purchase agreement or restrictions but loses the opportunity to realize gains on their equity…

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Negative Volume Index (NVI)

What is the Negative Volume Index (NVI)? The Negative Volume Index (NVI) is a technical indicator used to identify trends in a market. It is a cumulative indicator, which means that all changes to the indicator accumulate. Put another way, the values used in the indicator in the current period will be used in future…

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