Forward commitment
A sale or Purchase of a security at a specified price, with Delivery and Cash settlement to occur at a specified future date.
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Accrual of discount,
Agency security,
Amortization of premium,
Asked price,
Asking price,
Asset-backed security,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Adjusted futures price,
At risk,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assignment to creditors,
Adjustment date,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Average price per share,
Aggregate exercise price,
At the money,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Book-entry security,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Cash,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash basis,
Cash budget,
Cash control,
Cash conversion cycle,
Cash cycle,
Cash earnings,
Cash equivalence,
Cash journal,
Cash ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Cash reserves,
Cleared date,
Cabinet security,
Call date,
Call price,
Cash equivalents,
Certificate of Participation,
Conversion parity price,
Conversion price,
Convertible security,
Cash account,
Code of procedure,
Cash dividend,
Capitalization of income,
Consumer Price Index,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cash and carry trade,
Cash commodity,
Cash market,
Cash price,
Cash settlement,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Current delivery,
Cash surrender value,
Cash value,
Cash value life insurance policy,
Cash withdrawal,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Contract sale,
Cancellation of debt,
Cash advance,
Cash collateral,
Cash credit,
Cash-out refinancing,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Cash Against Documents,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Closing date,
Cash-balance plan,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Cash sale,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Child and dependent care credit,
Coefficient of determination,
Cup and handle,
Cash buying,
Cash delivery,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Closing price,
Closing purchase,
Date draft,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Delivery vs. payment,
Delivery vs. receipt,
Delivery vs. repayment,
Digested security,
Distribution date,
Dollar price,
Droplock security,
Due date,
Del credere agency,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Division of labor,
Delivery month,
Delivery point,
Delivery price,
Derivative security,
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis,
Dated date,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
Delivery,
Doing business as,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Due-on-sale clause,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Distressed security,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Exchangeable security,
Exempt security,
Either-or order,
ECU,
ECI,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Exchange versus cash,
Effective date,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
Expiration date,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Ex-rights date,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
First call date,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Full price,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Free market price,
Forward price,
Futures price,
Form S-1,
Floating security,
Friends and family offering,
Forward sale,
Full faith and credit,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free and clear,
Free right of exchange,
Free delivery,
Good delivery,
Graduated security,
GDP implicit price deflator,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
Group sale,
Growth and income fund,
Grant date,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
House of issue,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Home equity line of credit,
Head and shoulders,
Held at the opening,
Horizontal price movement,
Inflation-indexed security,
Investment security,
Issue date,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In-process research and development,
I/O strip,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
Jointly and severally,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Letter security,
Lending at a rate,
Limit price,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lease-purchase agreement,
Long-term gain or loss,
Last sale,
Level I quotes,
Modified cash basis,
Marketable security,
Market conversion price,
Maturity date,
Mortgage-backed security,
Mortgage pass-through security,
Make a market,
Market if touched order,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Making delivery,
Money at call,
Maximum price fluctuation,
Non-cash expense,
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,
Null and void,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Next Day Settlement,
Operating cash flows,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Offering price,
Out-of-favor,
Or better,
Offering date,
Opinion of title,
OCC,
Option price,
Out of the money,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
Petty cash,
Pooling of interests,
Profit and loss statement,
Payment date,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Purchase,
Payable date,
P&L,
Price index,
Producer Price Index,
Parity price,
Price limit,
Public offering price,
Power of Attorney,
Preforeclosure sale,
Prioritization of debt,
Projected maturity date,
Purchase-money mortgage,
Price spread,
Purchase agreement,
Preservation of capital,
Point-and-figure chart,
Price range,
Price-weighted index,
Reports and Records,
Return of capital,
Redemption date,
Redemption price,
Registered security,
Regular-way delivery,
Residual security,
Restricted security,
Regulation D,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Record date,
Retail Price Index,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
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,
SEC fee,
Segregation of securities,
Settlement,
Stop price,
Standard of living,
Settlement price,
Spot price,
Second-to-die insurance,
Settlement options,
Subscription price,
Settle,
Statute of Limitations,
Structured settlement,
Sale and leaseback,
Satisfaction of debt,
Security interest,
Security loan,
Senior security,
Settlement sheet,
Staggered board of directors,
Social Security,
Social Security Tax,
Share price,
Split-adjusted price,
Security analysis,
Short purchase,
Short sale rule,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Same Day Funds Settlement,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
Settlement date,
S&P phenomenon,
Stop and reverse,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security,
Trust-preferred security,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Take delivery,
Tenancy at will,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Tax sale,
Take a bath,
Target price,
Trade date,
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 security,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
With interest,
Wage price spiral,
Waiver of premium,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
W-2 Form,
Wash sale rule,
W formation,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares