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Ask |
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The price a seller is willing to accept for a security, also
known as the offer price. Along with the price, the ask quote will
generally also stipulate the amount of the security willing to be sold at
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ADSM |
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Abu Dhabi Security Market. |
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Best Ask |
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The lowest quoted ask price for a particular stock among
those offered from competing market makers. |
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Best Bid |
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The highest quoted bid for a particular stock among all
those offered by competing market makers. |
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Bid |
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An offer made by an investor, a trader or a dealer to buy a
security. The bid will stipulate both the price at which the buyer is willing
to purchase the security and the quantity to be purchased. |
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Broker |
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An individual or firm that charges a fee or commission for
executing buy and sell orders submitted by an investor. The role of a firm when
it acts as an agent for a customer and charges the customer a commission for
its services. |
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Buy order |
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Instruction given to the Broker to buy certain stock at
either Market price or fixed price. |
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CDS |
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Stands for Clearing, Deposits, and settlements. |
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Clearing |
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The procedure by which an organization acts as an
intermediary and assumes the role of a buyer and seller for transactions in
order to reconcile orders between transacting parties. |
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Closing Price |
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The final price at which a security is traded on a given
trading day. The closing price represents the most up-to-date valuation of
a security until trading commences again on the next trading day. |
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Current Ratio
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Current ratio is defined as current assets divided by
current liabilities. |
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Current Price |
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The "real time" price of a security trading on an exchange. |
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DFM |
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Dubai Financial Market. |
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Face value |
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The nominal value or dollar value of a security stated by
the issuer. For stocks, it is the original cost of the stock shown on the
certificate. |
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Gainers |
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Stocks that have increased the most. |
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Gray Market |
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An unofficial market where new issues of shares are bought
and sold before they become officially available for trading on the stock
exchange. |
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Hot IPO |
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An initial public offering that appeals to many investors
and for which there is great demand. Hot IPOs are often oversubscribed -
meaning market demand far exceeds the supply of shares - which results in
the stock price surging as soon as it is offered on the market. |
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Immediate or Cancel Order |
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An order requiring that all or part of the order be executed
immediately after it has been brought to the market. Any portions not executed
immediately are automatically cancelled. |
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Index |
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A statistical measure of change in an economy or a
securities market. In the case of financial markets, an index is essentially an
imaginary portfolio of securities representing a particular market or a portion
of it. |
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Initial Public Offering (IPO) |
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A company raising capital by selling common stock to public
for the first time. |
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Interest rate |
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The amount of ownership a stockholder has in a company,
usually expressed as a percentage. |
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Losers |
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Stocks that have decreased the most. |
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Limit Order |
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An order placed with a brokerage to buy or sell a set number
of shares at a specified price or better. Limit orders also allow an investor
to limit the length of time an order can be outstanding before being canceled. |
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Limit up |
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The maximum amount by which the price of a
commodity futures contract may advance in one trading day. |
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Limit Down |
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The maximum amount by which the price of a
commodity futures contract may decline in one trading day. |
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Limit-on-Close Order |
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A type of limit order to buy or sell
shares near the market close only if the closing price is trading
better than the limit price. This order is an expansion of the market-on-close
order, adding to it a limit condition, which places a maximum on the
entry price and minimum on the selling price. |
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Limit-On-Open Order
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A type of limit order to buy or sell shares at the market
open if the market price meets the limit condition. This type of order is good
only for the market opening and does not last for the whole trading day. |
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Market Index |
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An aggregate value produced by combining several stocks
or other investment vehicles together and expressing their total value against
a base value from a specific date. Market indexes are intended to represent an
entire stock market and thus track the market's changes over time. |
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Market Price |
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The price of the stock that is currently offered in the market. |
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Market Value |
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The current quoted price at which investors buy or sell a
share of common stock or a bond at a given time. |
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Matching Orders |
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Entering identical buy and sell orders at the same time to
create the appearance of active trading in that security. |
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Online Trading |
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Making trades via the Internet. |
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Opening Price |
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The price at which a security first trades upon the opening
of an exchange on a given trading day. |
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Order Book
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This is an option found in the online trading homepage.
Where all the stocks that are ordered but not yet processed and executed are
recorded. |
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Retired Securities |
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Securities that have been repurchased by the issuer out of the company's
retained earnings and cancelled according to Securities & Exchange
Commission (SEC) regulations. They have no market value and no longer represent
a share of ownership in the issuing corporation. |
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SCA |
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Securities and Commodities Authority. |
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Short Market Value |
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The total value of all short sales in place in
a customer's account at the end of the trading day. |
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Stock |
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A type of security that signifies ownership in a
corporation and represents a claim on part of the corporation's
assets and earnings. |
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Stock Market |
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The market in which shares are issued and traded either
through exchanges or over-the-counter markets. Also known as the , it is
one of the most vital areas of a market economy as it provides companies with
equity marketaccess to capital and investors with a slice of ownership in the
company and the potential of gains based on the company's future
performance. |
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Stop Order |
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An order to buy or sell a security when its
price surpasses a particular point, thus ensuring a greater
probability of achieving a predetermined entry or exit price,
limiting the investor's loss or locking in his or her profit.
Once the price surpasses the predefined entry/exit point, the stop order
becomes a market order. |
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Stop Limit Order |
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An order to buy or sell a security when its
price surpasses a particular point, thus ensuring a greater
probability of achieving a predetermined entry or exit price,
limiting the investor's loss or locking in his or her profit.
Once the price surpasses the predefined entry/exit point, the stop order
becomes a market order. |
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Stop-Loss Order |
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An order placed with a broker to sell a security
when it reaches a certain price. It is designed to limit an
investor's loss on a security position. |
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Thin Market |
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A market with few bid and ask offers. The market is
characterized by low liquidity, high spreads, and high volatility. Also known
as a narrow market. |
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Tip from a Dip |
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Advice from a person who claims to have inside information,
such as substantially higher than expected earnings or government
approval of corporate mergers, that will materially impact a stock's price
but actually doesn't. |
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Trade Book |
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This is an option found in the online trading homepage.
Where all the stocks that are ordered and processed are recorded. |
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Trading |
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The activity of buying and selling stocks. |
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Volume |
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The number of shares or contracts traded in a security or an
entire market during a given period of time. It is simply
the amount of shares that trade hands from sellers to buyers as a
measure of activity. If a buyer of a stock purchases 100 shares from
a seller, then the volume for that period increases by 100 shares based on
that transaction. |
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