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Grant Date
Definition: The date on which an option or other award is granted.
Grantor
Definition: A trader in the options market who makes premium income by selling options.
Grantor Retained Income Trust (GRIT)
Definition: A tax-saving trust in which a grantor transfers property to a beneficiary, but receives income until termination, at which time the beneficiary begins receiving the income.
Grantor Trust
Definition: A mechanism of issuing MBS wherein the mortgages' collateral is deposited with a trustee under a custodial or trust agreement.
Graveyard Market
Definition: Bear market in which investors who sell are faced with substantial losses, while potential investors prefer to stay liquid; that is, to keep their money in cash or cash equivalents until market conditions improve.
Gray Knight
Definition: In a merger or acquisitions, a gray knight is an acquiring company that outbids a white knight in pursuit of its own best interests, although it is friendlier than a hostile bidder.
Gray List
Definition: Formal roster of stocks that can be traded by the block desks, but not in risk arbitrage because an investment bank is involved with the company on nonpublic activity (e.g., mergers and acquisitions defense). A stock's presence on this list should never be conveyed to anyone outside the trading area, much less outside the firm. See: Restricted list.
Gray Market
Definition: Describes the sale of securities that have not officially been issued to firms other than the underwriting syndicate. This type of market serves as a good indicator of demand for a new issue in the public market.
Great Call
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Potential customer who may have an interest in participating in a particular trade if customer's past inquiry or activity is any indication.
Greater Fool Theory
Definition: An investment notion that even when a stock is fully valued by conventional standards, there is room for upward movement because there are enough buyers to push prices farther upward purely on speculation or hype.
Greeks
Definition: Commonly used to indicate an options value and how this value will change as market conditions change. All the Greeks shown below are produced by the Snowgold Option Calculator.
Green Bond
Definition: A bond specifically issued to fund environmental or climate-related projects.
Greenmail
Definition: The holding of a large block of stock of a target company by an unfriendly company, with the object of forcing the target company to repurchase the stock at a substantial premium to prevent a takeover.
Greenshoe Option
Definition:  Option that allows the underwriter for a new issue to buy and resell additional shares.
Greenwashing
Definition: A marketing practice where companies exaggerate or fake their environmental efforts to appear sustainable, especially in ESG investing.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Definition: The market value of final goods and services produced over time including the income of foreign corporations and foreign residents working in the U.S., but excluding the income of U.S. residents and corporations overseas.
Gross Earnings
Definition: A person's total taxable income prior to adjustments. See: adjusted gross income.
Gross Estate
Definition: The total value of a person's property and assets before accounting for debts, taxes, and liabilities.
Gross Income
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Gross Interest
Definition: Interest earned before taxes are deducted.
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