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Right Of First Refusal
Definition: The right of a person or company to purchase some thing before the offering is made to others.
Definition: The right of a person or company to purchase some thing before the offering is made to others.
Right Of Redemption
Definition: The right to recover property that has been attached by paying off the debt .
Definition: The right to recover property that has been attached by paying off the debt .
Right Of Rescission
Definition: The right to void a contract without any penalty within three days as provided in the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968.
Definition: The right to void a contract without any penalty within three days as provided in the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968.
Rights Agreement (aka "Poison Pill")
Definition: An anti-takeover arrangement often established by a company in anticipation of a hostile takeover attempt. The company appoints a Rights Agent who will issue Rights Certificates to each shareholder at the time of the takeover attempt. The shareholder may then exercise these rights to receive additional shares of stock and/or debentures, making the target company more expensive to acquire as a result of the additional shares outstanding, or the additional debt.
Definition: An anti-takeover arrangement often established by a company in anticipation of a hostile takeover attempt. The company appoints a Rights Agent who will issue Rights Certificates to each shareholder at the time of the takeover attempt. The shareholder may then exercise these rights to receive additional shares of stock and/or debentures, making the target company more expensive to acquire as a result of the additional shares outstanding, or the additional debt.
Rights Of Set-off
Definition: An agreement defining each party's rights should one party default on its obligation. A setoff is common in parallel loan arrangements.
Definition: An agreement defining each party's rights should one party default on its obligation. A setoff is common in parallel loan arrangements.
Rights Offering
Definition: Issuance to shareholders that allows them to purchase additional shares, usually at a discount to market price. Holdings of shareholders who do not exercise rights are usually diluted by the offering. Rights are often transferable, allowing the holder to sell them on the open market to others who may wish to exercise them. Rights offerings are particularly common to closed-end funds, which cannot otherwise issue additional common stock.
Definition: Issuance to shareholders that allows them to purchase additional shares, usually at a discount to market price. Holdings of shareholders who do not exercise rights are usually diluted by the offering. Rights are often transferable, allowing the holder to sell them on the open market to others who may wish to exercise them. Rights offerings are particularly common to closed-end funds, which cannot otherwise issue additional common stock.
Ring
Definition: A circular area on the trading floor of an exchange where traders and brokers stand while executing futures trades. Some exchanges use pits rather than rings.
Definition: A circular area on the trading floor of an exchange where traders and brokers stand while executing futures trades. Some exchanges use pits rather than rings.
Rings
Definition: Trading arenas located on the floor of an exchange in which traders execute orders. Sometimes called a pit.
Definition: Trading arenas located on the floor of an exchange in which traders execute orders. Sometimes called a pit.
Rising Bottoms
Definition: Chart pattern showing an increasing trend in the daily low prices of a security or commodity.
Definition: Chart pattern showing an increasing trend in the daily low prices of a security or commodity.
Risk
Definition: Often defined as the standard deviation of the return on total investment. Degree of uncertainty of return on an asset. In context of asset pricing theory. See: Systematic risk.
Definition: Often defined as the standard deviation of the return on total investment. Degree of uncertainty of return on an asset. In context of asset pricing theory. See: Systematic risk.
Risk Arbitrage
Definition: Traditionally, the simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale of stock of the acquirer. Modern risk arbitrage focuses on capturing the spreads between the market value of an announced takeover target and the eventual price at which the acquirer will buy the target's shares.
Definition: Traditionally, the simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale of stock of the acquirer. Modern risk arbitrage focuses on capturing the spreads between the market value of an announced takeover target and the eventual price at which the acquirer will buy the target's shares.
Risk Controlled Arbitrage
Definition: A self-funding, self-hedged series of transactions that generally use mortgage securities (MBS) as the primary assets.
Definition: A self-funding, self-hedged series of transactions that generally use mortgage securities (MBS) as the primary assets.
Risk Factor
Definition: In arbitrage pricing theory or the multibeta capital asset pricing model, the set of common factors that impact returns, e.g., market return, interest rates, inflation, or industrial production.
Definition: In arbitrage pricing theory or the multibeta capital asset pricing model, the set of common factors that impact returns, e.g., market return, interest rates, inflation, or industrial production.
Risk Indexes
Definition: Categories of risk used to calculate fundamental beta, including (1) market variability, (2) earnings variability, (3) low valuation, (4) immaturity and smallness, (5) growth orientation, and (6) financial risk.
Definition: Categories of risk used to calculate fundamental beta, including (1) market variability, (2) earnings variability, (3) low valuation, (4) immaturity and smallness, (5) growth orientation, and (6) financial risk.
Risk Lover
Definition: A person willing to accept lower expected returns on prospects with higher amounts of risk.
Definition: A person willing to accept lower expected returns on prospects with higher amounts of risk.
Risk Management
Definition: The process of identifying and evaluating risks and selecting and managing techniques to adapt to risk exposures.
Definition: The process of identifying and evaluating risks and selecting and managing techniques to adapt to risk exposures.
Risk Premium
Definition: The reward for holding the risky market portfolio rather than the risk-free asset. The spread between Treasury and non-Treasury bonds of comparable maturity.
Definition: The reward for holding the risky market portfolio rather than the risk-free asset. The spread between Treasury and non-Treasury bonds of comparable maturity.
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