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material
material 1 : of, relating to, or consisting of physical matter 2 : being of real importance or consequence 3 : being an essential component [the terms of the contract] 4 : being relevant to a...
margin
margin 1 : the difference between net sales and the cost of the merchandise sold from which expenses are usually met or profits derived 2 : the amount by which the market value of collateral is...
insider trader
insider trader : one that engages in insider trading
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stock exchange
stock exchange 1 : a place where security trading is conducted on an organized system 2 : an association or group of people organized to provide an auction market among themselves for the purchase and sale...
hedge
hedge hedged hedg·ing : to reduce possible losses in speculative transactions by engaging in offsetting transactions (as futures trading)
going private
going private : the process of transforming a public corporation into a close corporation by terminating the registration of the corporation's stock, the listing of the stock on an exchange, or the active trading of the...
future
future : a contract traded on an exchange in which a party agrees to buy or sell a quantity of a bulk commodity
fraud on the market theory
market theory : a theory of liability in securities fraud cases: a defendant's material misrepresentation regarding a security traded in the open market that affects the price of the security is presumed to have been relied on
exchange
exchange 1 a : a giving of something of value (as real property) in return for something of equal value (as money or property of a like kind) b in the civil law of Louisiana :...
ex-rights
ex-rights : without rights NOTE: The purchaser of stock traded ex-rights does not acquire the right to purchase new securities at a discount prior to their public issuance
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