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Kiddie Tax
Definition: Tax owed for the investment income of children if the amount is more than $1,400.
Killer Bees
Definition: Those who aid a company in fending off a takeover bid, usually investment bankers who devise strategies to make the target less attractive or more difficult to acquire.
Kiting
Definition: Used in banking to refer to the practice of depositing and drawing checks at two or more banks and taking advantage of the time it takes for the second bank to collect funds from the first bank. Also refers to illegally increasing the face value of a check by changing the numbers on the check. In the context of securities, refers to the manipulation and inflation of stock prices.
KM
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for COMOROS.
KMF
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the Comoros Franc.
KN
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS.
Knock-out Option
Definition: An option that- is worthless at expiration if the underlying commodity or currency price reaches a specific price level.
Know Your Customer
Definition: An ethical foundation of securities brokers that an adviser who recommends the purchase or sale of any security to a customer, must believe that the recommendation is suitable for the customer, given the customer's financial situation.
Kondratieff Wave
Definition: An economic theory of the Soviet economist Kondratieff stating that the economies of the western world are susceptible to major up-and-down "supercycles" lasting 50 to 60 years.
Korea Stock Exchange
Definition: The major securities market of Korea.
KP
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF.
KPW
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the North Korean Won.
KR
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for KOREA, REPUBLIC OF.
Kruggerand
Definition: A gold coin minted by the republic of South Africa that typically sells for slightly higher prices than the market value of the gold it contains.
KRW
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the South Korean Won.
Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange (KLCE)
Definition: The Malaysian commodity exchange for trading futures in crude palm oil, crude palm kernel oil, tin, rubber, and cocoa.
Kuala Lumpur Options And Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE)
Definition: Established in 1995, the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange offers equity derivative products based on underlying instruments traded on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE).
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE)
Definition: Established in 1973, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) is the only stock exchange in Malaysia.
Kurtosis
Definition: Measures the fatness of the tails of a probability distribution. A fat-tailed distribution has higher-than-normal chances of a big positive or negative realization. Kurtosis should not be confused with skewness, which measures the fatness of one tail. Kurtosis is sometimes referred to as the volatility of volatility.
KW
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for KUWAIT.
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