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Delayed Issuance Pool
Definition: Refers to mortgage backed securities (MBS) that at the time of issuance were collateralized by seasoned loans originated prior to the MBS pool issue date.
Delayed Opening
Definition: Postponement of the start of trading in a stock until correction of a gross imbalance in buy and sell orders. Such an imbalance is likely to follow on the heels of a significant event such as a takeover offer. See: Suspended trading.
Delayed Settlement/delivery
Definition: In the context of general equities, transaction in which a contract is settled in excess of five full business days. Seller's option. See: Dividend play, settlement.
Delinquency
Definition: Failure to make a payment on a debt or obligation by the specified due date.
Delisting
Definition: Removal of a company's security from listing on an exchange because the firm has not abided by specific regulations.
Deliver
Definition: The sale of a futures or forward contract may require the seller to deliver the commodity during the delivery month, if the short position is not offset prior to that time.
Deliverable Bills
Definition: The Treasury bills that fulfill a set of guidelines set forth by the exchange on which the bills are traded.
Deliverable Instrument
Definition: The asset in a forward contract that will be delivered in the future at an agreed-upon price.
Deliverable Stocks
Definition: Stocks of commodities located in exchange-approved storage, for which receipts may be used in making delivery on futures contracts. In the cotton trade, the term refers to cotton certified for delivery. Also see Certificated or Certified Stocks.
Deliverable Supply
Definition: The total supply of a commodity that meets the delivery specifications of a futures contract. See Economically Deliverable Supply.
Delivered At Frontier (DAF)
Definition: Seller must supply the goods at his or her own risk and expense delivered to a named place (usually a border location) by a specified time. The buyer is responsible for the importation. This is normally is used with rail, truck, or multi-modal shipments.
Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
Definition: Seller must supply the goods at his or her own risk and expense to a named place in the country of importation. The seller is responsible for importation, payment of duty, and on carriage to the location agreed upon with the buyer.
Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)
Definition: Seller fulfills the contract obligations when the goods have arrived at a named place in the importing country. The seller bears all the costs and risk except for import duties and other customs clearance costs.
Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ)
Definition: Seller fulfills the contract obligations to deliver when the goods are made available to the buyer at the wharf of the destination port. A DEQ can further specify "Duty Paid" or "Duty Unpaid." If "Duty Paid" is specified, the seller is responsible for all risks and costs, including duty, to the wharf of the destination port. If "Duty Unpaid" is specified, the buyer is to clear the goods and pay duty. Since unloading costs are included in the ocean freight charged by most ship lines. This is most often used for charter shipments.
Delivered Ex Ship (DES)
Definition: Seller fulfills the contract obligations when the goods have been made available to the buyer on board a ship at the named port of destination. The seller must bear all costs and risks associated in bringing the goods to the named port of destination. The buyer is responsible for all costs necessary to unload the goods and clear them through customs. Unloading costs are included the ocean freight charged by most ship lines. The DES is most often used for charter shipments.
Delivery
Definition: The tender and receipt of an actual commodity or financial instrument in settlement of a futures contract.
Delivery Date
Definition: Date by which a seller must fulfill the obligations of a forward or futures contract.
Delivery Instrument
Definition: A document used to effect delivery on a futures contract, such as a warehouse receipt or shipping certificate.
Delivery Month
Definition: The specified month within which a futures contract matures and can be settled by delivery or the specified month in which the delivery period begins.
Delivery Notice
Definition: The written notice given by the seller of its intention to make delivery against an open, short futures position on a particular date. Related: Notice day.
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