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Rollover
Definition: Means that a loan is periodically repriced at an agreed spread over the appropriate, currently prevailing rate. Most term loans in the Euromarket are made on a rollover basis as to current LIBOR rate.
Rollover IRA
Definition: A traditional individual retirement account holding money from a qualified plan or 403(b) plan. These assets, as long as they are not mixed with other contributions, can later be rolled over to another qualified plan or 403(b) plan. Also known as a conduit IRA.
Ross, Stephen
Definition: Developer of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory. Finance professor at MIT.
Rotation
Definition: An active asset management strategy that tactically overweighted and underweighted certain sectors, depending on expected performance. Sometimes called sector rotation.
Roth IRA
Definition: Individual Retirement Account that allows contributors to make annual contributions and to withdraw the principal and earnings tax-free under certain conditions. Maximum annual contributions are $3,000 per year (phasing up to $4,000 per year in 2005 and $5,000 per year in 2008.
Round Lot
Definition: A trading order typically of 100 shares of a stock or some multiple of 100. Related: odd lot.
Round Turn
Definition: A completed transaction involving both a purchase and a liquidating sale, or a sale followed by a covering purchase.
Round-trip Trade
Definition: The purchase and sale of a security within a short period of time.
Round-trip Transactions Costs
Definition: Costs of completing a transaction, including commissions, market impact costs, and taxes.
Round-turn
Definition: Procedure by which the long or short position of an individual is offset by an opposite transaction or by accepting or making delivery of the actual financial instrument or physical commodity.
Royalty
Definition: Payment for the right to use intellectual property or natural resources.
RU
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
RUB
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the Russian Rouble.
Rubber Check
Definition: A check that bounces for lack of funds.
Rug Pull
Definition: A scam where developers abandon a project and run off with investors’ money. Common in shady DeFi or NFT projects.
Rule 13-d
Definition: Often used in risk arbitrage. Requirement under Section 13-d of the Securities Act of 1934 that a form must be filed with the SEC within ten business days of acquiring direct or beneficial ownership of 5% or more of any class of equity securities in a publicly held corporation. The purchaser of such stock must also file a 13-d with the stock exchange on which the shares are listed (if any) and the company itself. Required information includes the way the shares were acquired, the purchaser's background, and future plans regarding the target company. The law is designed to protect against insidious takeover attempts and to keep the investing public aware of information that could affect the price of their stock. See: Williams Act.
Rule 14-d
Definition: Often used in risk arbitrage. Regulations and restrictions covering public tender offers and related disclosure requirements.
Rule 144
Definition: Restricts solicitation of buyers to complete the sell order of an insider (unless the firm is already a buyer); signified by a flashing "E" on Quotron.
Rule 144a
Definition: SEC rule allowing qualified institutional buyers to buy and trade unregistered securities.
Rule 405
Definition: NYSE codification of "know your customer" rules, which require that a customer's situation is suitable for any investment being made.
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