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Position Building
Definition: Buying shares to build up a long position or selling shares to create a short position in a particular security or group of securities.
Definition: Buying shares to build up a long position or selling shares to create a short position in a particular security or group of securities.
Position Diagram
Definition: Diagram showing the possible payoffs from a derivative investment.
Definition: Diagram showing the possible payoffs from a derivative investment.
Position Limits
Definition: Applies to derivative products. Maximum position available in any one future or option contract for a given institution. For "bona fide" futures hedgers, there are no position limits.
Definition: Applies to derivative products. Maximum position available in any one future or option contract for a given institution. For "bona fide" futures hedgers, there are no position limits.
Position Self
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Going long or short in anticipation of a stock's movement.
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Going long or short in anticipation of a stock's movement.
Position Sheet
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. List of long and short positions for an individual trader or desk, at times accompanied by the trades from the previous trading session that brought these closing positions.
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. List of long and short positions for an individual trader or desk, at times accompanied by the trades from the previous trading session that brought these closing positions.
Position Trader
Definition: A commodities trader who takes a long-term approach in maintaining positions in the market and does not close out of these positions until close to the delivery date.
Definition: A commodities trader who takes a long-term approach in maintaining positions in the market and does not close out of these positions until close to the delivery date.
Positive Convexity
Definition: A property of option-free bonds that the price appreciation for a large downward change in interest rates will be greater (in absolute terms) than the price depreciation for the same downward change in interest rates.
Definition: A property of option-free bonds that the price appreciation for a large downward change in interest rates will be greater (in absolute terms) than the price depreciation for the same downward change in interest rates.
Positive Covenant (of A Bond)
Definition: A bond covenant that specifies certain actions the firm must take. Also called an affirmative covenant.
Definition: A bond covenant that specifies certain actions the firm must take. Also called an affirmative covenant.
Positive Obligation
Definition: A New York Stock Exchange rule that governs the behavior of specialists. Positive obligation is the mandate of the specialists to step in and act as either the buyer or the seller public investor orders exist do not match up naturally. Also known as affirmative_obligation. Related: negative_obligation.
Definition: A New York Stock Exchange rule that governs the behavior of specialists. Positive obligation is the mandate of the specialists to step in and act as either the buyer or the seller public investor orders exist do not match up naturally. Also known as affirmative_obligation. Related: negative_obligation.
Positive Yield Curve
Definition: When long-term debt interest rates are higher than short-term debt rates (because of the increased risk involved with long-term debt security).
Definition: When long-term debt interest rates are higher than short-term debt rates (because of the increased risk involved with long-term debt security).
Possessions Corporation
Definition: A type of corporation permitted under the US tax code whose branch operation in a US possession can obtain tax benefits as though it were operating as a foreign subsidiary.
Definition: A type of corporation permitted under the US tax code whose branch operation in a US possession can obtain tax benefits as though it were operating as a foreign subsidiary.
Post
Definition: Particular place on the floor of an exchange where transactions in stocks listed on the exchange occur.
Definition: Particular place on the floor of an exchange where transactions in stocks listed on the exchange occur.
Post-audit
Definition: A set of procedures for evaluating a capital budgeting decision after the fact.
Definition: A set of procedures for evaluating a capital budgeting decision after the fact.
Post-dated Check
Definition: A check that becomes payable and negotiable on a future date specified.
Definition: A check that becomes payable and negotiable on a future date specified.
Post-Money Valuation
Definition: The value of a company after its most recent round of financing. Related: Pre-Money Valuation
Definition: The value of a company after its most recent round of financing. Related: Pre-Money Valuation
Posted Price
Definition: An announced or advertised price indicating what a firm will pay for a commodity or the price at which the firm will sell it.
Definition: An announced or advertised price indicating what a firm will pay for a commodity or the price at which the firm will sell it.
Postponement Option
Definition: The option of deferring a project without eliminating the possibility of undertaking it.
Definition: The option of deferring a project without eliminating the possibility of undertaking it.
Postponing Income
Definition: Purposely delaying receipt of income to a later year in order to reduce current tax liability.
Definition: Purposely delaying receipt of income to a later year in order to reduce current tax liability.
Pot
Definition: The portion of stock or bond issue that is returned to the managing underwriter by the participating investment bankers for sale to institutional investors.
Definition: The portion of stock or bond issue that is returned to the managing underwriter by the participating investment bankers for sale to institutional investors.
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