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Searching for 'T'...Found 265 matches; displaying matches 1 to 20
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1. T+3
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see settlement date.
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2. tacit
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Unspoken but understood.
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3. tactics
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Near term actions taken to solve specific problems or accomplish specific goals.
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strategy, objective
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4. Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
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Federal law which gave corporate management some of the bargaining powers that had been lost to unions in the preceding years.
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5. tailgating
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Unethical practice by a broker of placing an order for the same security that a customer of his/hers just placed, hoping to profit from whatever information the customer might be trading on.
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6. take a bath
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Lose a significant amount on an investment.
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7. take a flier
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To invest in a high-risk security or business opportunity, called a flier.
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8. take a position
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see position.
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9. take delivery
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Accept receipt of products, securities certificates or physical commodities following a purchase.
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delivery, first notice day, retender, spot commodity
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10. take profits
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The action taken by investors to sell when prices are rising in order to secure gains. Profit-taking often results in a subsequent decrease in price.
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11. take-home pay
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The pay actually received by an employee after adding bonuses and deducting taxes, health care premiums, and retirement savings plans.
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12. take-or-pay contract
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Agreement between a buyer and seller in which the buyer will still pay some amount even if the product or service is not provided.
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contract
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13. takeover
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Acquiring control of a corporation, called a target, by stock purchase or exchange, either hostile or friendly.
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tender offer, leveraged buyout, merger, poison pill, raider, deal stock, in play, fairness opinion, golden parachute, highly confident letter, material information, proxy fight, raider, staggered board of directors, bulk transfer
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14. takeover target
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see target.
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bid, deal stock, recapitalization
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15. tangible asset
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Assets having a physical existence, such as cash, equipment, and real estate; accounts receivable are also usually considered tangible assets for accounting purposes. opposite of intangible asset.
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non-financial asset
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16. tangible net worth
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Net worth minus intangible assets.
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17. tape
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Service which provides quote and volume information for each transaction on the major exchanges. also called ticker tape.
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18. tape is late
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When trading volume in a stock is so heavy that real-time quotes are delayed because the tape can't keep up with them. The phrase comes from an era when physical ticker tapes were used and often weren't able to print trades as fast as they happened.
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19. target
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Objective, goal. A company which is the object of a takeover attempt.
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tender offer, creeping tender offer, deal stock, leveraged recapitalization, proxy fight, dawn raid
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20. target price
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Price at which a holder of a stock is hoping to sell the stock.
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alert
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