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Double-dip Lease
Definition: A cross-border lease in which the different rules of the lessor's and lessee's countries let both parties be treated as the owner of the leased equipment for tax purposes.
Definition: A cross-border lease in which the different rules of the lessor's and lessee's countries let both parties be treated as the owner of the leased equipment for tax purposes.
Double-entry Bookkeeping
Definition: Accounting method that records each transaction as both a credit and a debit in different accounts.
Definition: Accounting method that records each transaction as both a credit and a debit in different accounts.
Double-tax Agreement
Definition: Agreement between two countries that taxes paid abroad can be offset against domestic taxes levied on foreign dividends.
Definition: Agreement between two countries that taxes paid abroad can be offset against domestic taxes levied on foreign dividends.
Doubling Option
Definition: A sinking fund provision that may allow repurchase of twice the required number of bonds at the sinking fund call price.
Definition: A sinking fund provision that may allow repurchase of twice the required number of bonds at the sinking fund call price.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Definition: The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow, as it is called, is a barometer of how shares of the largest US companies are performing. There are hundreds of investment indexes around the world for stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.
Definition: The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow, as it is called, is a barometer of how shares of the largest US companies are performing. There are hundreds of investment indexes around the world for stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.
Dow Theory
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Technical theory that a major trend in the stock market must be confirmed by simultaneous movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Transportation Average to new highs or lows.
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Technical theory that a major trend in the stock market must be confirmed by simultaneous movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Transportation Average to new highs or lows.
Down Payment
Definition: Cash portion paid by a buyer from his/her own funds, as opposed to that portion of the purchase price which is financed.
Definition: Cash portion paid by a buyer from his/her own funds, as opposed to that portion of the purchase price which is financed.
Down Round
Definition: Refers to a round of venture capital financing that is raised at a lower firm valuation than the previous round.
Definition: Refers to a round of venture capital financing that is raised at a lower firm valuation than the previous round.
Down Volume
Definition: When a stock decreases in value on a particular day, the volume in that stock is considered down volume. Related: Up volume.
Definition: When a stock decreases in value on a particular day, the volume in that stock is considered down volume. Related: Up volume.
Down-and-in Option
Definition: Barrier option (or knock-in option) that causes a plain-vanilla call or put option to come into existence if the underlying asset price falls to a predetermined price level (the barrier price).
Definition: Barrier option (or knock-in option) that causes a plain-vanilla call or put option to come into existence if the underlying asset price falls to a predetermined price level (the barrier price).
Down-and-out Option
Definition: Barrier option (or knock-out option) that initially is a plain vanilla option, but which ceases to exist if the underlying security falls to a predetermined level (the barrier price).
Definition: Barrier option (or knock-out option) that initially is a plain vanilla option, but which ceases to exist if the underlying security falls to a predetermined level (the barrier price).
Downside Protection
Definition: Generally used in connection with covered call writing, this is the cushion against loss, in case of a price decline by the underlying security, that is afforded by the written call option. Alternatively, it may be expressed in terms of the distance the stock could fall before the total position becomes a loss (an amount equal to the option premium), or it can be expressed as percentage of the current stock price.
Definition: Generally used in connection with covered call writing, this is the cushion against loss, in case of a price decline by the underlying security, that is afforded by the written call option. Alternatively, it may be expressed in terms of the distance the stock could fall before the total position becomes a loss (an amount equal to the option premium), or it can be expressed as percentage of the current stock price.
Downside Risk
Definition: The risk that a security will decline in value including the implications of risk.
Definition: The risk that a security will decline in value including the implications of risk.
Downsizing
Definition: A company's reduction in the number of employees, number of bureaucratic levels, and overall size in an attempt to increase efficiency and profitability.
Definition: A company's reduction in the number of employees, number of bureaucratic levels, and overall size in an attempt to increase efficiency and profitability.
Downstream
Definition: The transfer of corporate activity from the larger parent to the smaller subsidiary.
Definition: The transfer of corporate activity from the larger parent to the smaller subsidiary.
Downtick
Definition: A trade in a particular stock at a price lower than the trade immediately preceding it. On U.S. stock exchanges, you cannot sell a stock short on a downtick.
Definition: A trade in a particular stock at a price lower than the trade immediately preceding it. On U.S. stock exchanges, you cannot sell a stock short on a downtick.
Downturn
Definition: The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one.
Definition: The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one.
Draft
Definition: An unconventional order in writing-signed by a person, usually the exporter, and addressed to the importer-ordering the importer or the importer's agent to pay, on demand (sight draft) or at a fixed future date (time draft) the amount specified on the face of the draft.
Definition: An unconventional order in writing-signed by a person, usually the exporter, and addressed to the importer-ordering the importer or the importer's agent to pay, on demand (sight draft) or at a fixed future date (time draft) the amount specified on the face of the draft.
Draining Reserves
Definition: Federal Reserve System's course of action to tighten the money supply by (1) raising a bank's minimum reserve requirements, (2) selling bonds in the open market, (3) raising the rate at which banks borrow from the Fed, or (4) through draw-downs.
Definition: Federal Reserve System's course of action to tighten the money supply by (1) raising a bank's minimum reserve requirements, (2) selling bonds in the open market, (3) raising the rate at which banks borrow from the Fed, or (4) through draw-downs.
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