Derivative security
A financial security, such as an Option or future, whose characteristics and value depend on the characteristics and value of an Underlying security.
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Accreted value,
Accrual of discount,
Agency security,
Amortization of premium,
Amortized value,
Asset-backed security,
All or any part,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
As is,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Assets under management,
American option,
American-style option,
Asian option,
At the money,
Average option,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Assessed value,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System,
Away from the market,
Below the line,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Book value per share,
Banking Act of 1933,
Book-entry security,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Buy the book,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Breakup value,
Back-end load,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Combined financial statement,
Consolidated financial statement,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Cabinet security,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion option,
Conversion value,
Convertible security,
Current market value,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cash and carry trade,
Chasing the market,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Commodities Exchange Act,
Cash surrender value,
Cash value,
Cash value life insurance policy,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Character loan,
Closed-end credit,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Closed-end fund,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Call option,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Covered option,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cloud on title,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Child and dependent care credit,
Coefficient of determination,
Cup and handle,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Digested security,
Droplock security,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Derivative security,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
Doing business as,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Due-on-sale clause,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Distressed security,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Economic value,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Embedded option,
Exchangeable security,
Exempt security,
Either-or order,
ECU,
Edge Act,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Equity option,
European-style option,
Exchange-traded option,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Financial Accounting Standards Board,
Financial asset,
Financial capital,
Financial statement,
First In First Out,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Financial institution,
Financial instrument,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Financial analyst,
Front-ending an order,
Foreign currency option,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Financial futures,
Futures option,
Front-end load,
Fair market value,
Form S-1,
Floating security,
Friends and family offering,
Fair Credit Reporting Act,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
Financial risk,
Full faith and credit,
Family of funds,
Financial advisor,
Fund of funds,
Far option,
Free and clear,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act,
Free right of exchange,
FIN,
Fair value,
Graduated security,
Glass-Steagall Act,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Growth and income fund,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Holder in due course,
Home equity line of credit,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act,
Head and shoulders,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Imputed value,
In escrow,
Inflation-indexed security,
Intrinsic value,
Investment security,
Investment value,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Index option,
Interest rate option,
I/O strip,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jointly and severally,
Jumping the gun,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Knock-out option,
Last In First Out,
Liquidation value,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Letter security,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Long Market Value,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-value,
Loan value,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Lapsed option,
Listed option,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Marketable security,
Maturity value,
Mortgage-backed security,
Mortgage pass-through security,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Medium of exchange,
Market-value weighted index,
Net book value,
Non-financial asset,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Negotiable security,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Non-equity option,
Net Asset Value,
Null and void,
Notice of Default,
Naked option,
Near option,
Non-qualified stock option,
Non-statutory stock option,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nominal value,
Off the books,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Option account,
Or better,
Option,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Open-end credit,
Open-end mortgage,
Open-end fund,
Open-end management company,
Option income fund,
Option chain,
Option contract,
Option holder,
Option margin,
Option pool,
Option premium,
Option price,
Option pricing curve,
Option series,
Option spread,
Option writer,
Out of the money,
Open-end lease,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
On-balance volume,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Option exchange,
Pooling of interests,
Profit and loss statement,
Payment-in-kind security,
Premium over bond value,
Premium over conversion value,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
P&L,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Private Market Value,
Physical option,
Put option,
Prudent Expert Act,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Point-and-figure chart,
Painting the tape,
Replacement value,
Reports and Records,
Residual value,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Registered security,
Residual security,
Restricted security,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Salvage value,
SEC filing,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Savings and Loan,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
SEC,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Stamped security,
Straight value,
SEC fee,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Surrender value,
Stock option,
Stock option plan,
Statute of Limitations,
Sale and leaseback,
Satisfaction of debt,
Security interest,
Security loan,
Senior security,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
Short market value,
Single option,
Spread option,
Social Security,
Social Security Tax,
Shareholder value,
Security analysis,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stop and reverse,
T-Bill,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security,
Trust-preferred security,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Theoretical value,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Take a bath,
U.S. Government Agency Security,
U.S. Savings Bond,
U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Treasury Bill,
U.S. Treasury Bond,
U.S. Treasury Note,
U.S. Treasury Securities,
Underlying debt,
Uniform Securities Act,
Underlying security,
Uncovered option,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Value stock,
Value averaging,
Value investing,
Value Added Tax,
Written-down value,
Williams Act,
Waiver of premium,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Y shares