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Spot Rate Curve
Definition: The graphical depiction of the relationship between the spot rates and maturity.
Definition: The graphical depiction of the relationship between the spot rates and maturity.
Spot Secondary
Definition: Secondary distribution that may not require an SEC registration statement and may be attempted without delay. An underwriting discount is normally included in these offerings.
Definition: Secondary distribution that may not require an SEC registration statement and may be attempted without delay. An underwriting discount is normally included in these offerings.
Spot Trade
Definition: The purchase and sale of a foreign currency, commodity, or other item for immediate delivery.
Definition: The purchase and sale of a foreign currency, commodity, or other item for immediate delivery.
Spot Transaction
Definition: A foregin exchange transaction in which each party promises to pay a certain amount of currency to the other on the same day or within one or two days.
Definition: A foregin exchange transaction in which each party promises to pay a certain amount of currency to the other on the same day or within one or two days.
Spousal IRA
Definition: An individual retirement account in the name of an unemployed spouse.
Definition: An individual retirement account in the name of an unemployed spouse.
Spousal Remainder Trust
Definition: A fixed-term trust from which income is distributed to the beneficiary (such as a child of the grantor) to take advantage of a lower tax bracket, and that at the end of the term passes to the grantor's spouse.
Definition: A fixed-term trust from which income is distributed to the beneficiary (such as a child of the grantor) to take advantage of a lower tax bracket, and that at the end of the term passes to the grantor's spouse.
Spread
Definition: (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. (4) The price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.
Definition: (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. (4) The price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.
Spread (or Straddle)
Definition: The purchase of one futures delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity; the purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity; or the purchase of one commodity in one market against the sale of the commodity in another market, to take advantage of a profit from a change in price relationships. The term spread is also used to refer to the difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity. A spread can also apply to options. See Arbitrage.
Definition: The purchase of one futures delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity; the purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity; or the purchase of one commodity in one market against the sale of the commodity in another market, to take advantage of a profit from a change in price relationships. The term spread is also used to refer to the difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity. A spread can also apply to options. See Arbitrage.
Spread Income
Definition: Also called margin income, the difference between income and cost. For a depository institution, the difference between the assets it invests in (loans and securities) and the cost of its funds (deposits and other sources).
Definition: Also called margin income, the difference between income and cost. For a depository institution, the difference between the assets it invests in (loans and securities) and the cost of its funds (deposits and other sources).
Spread Option
Definition: A position consisting of the purchase of one option and the sale of another option on the same underlying security with a different exercise price and/or expiration date.
Definition: A position consisting of the purchase of one option and the sale of another option on the same underlying security with a different exercise price and/or expiration date.
Spread Order
Definition: An order listing the series of options that the customer wants to buy and sell and the desired spread between the premiums paid and received for the options.
Definition: An order listing the series of options that the customer wants to buy and sell and the desired spread between the premiums paid and received for the options.
Spread Position
Definition: The status of an account after a spread order has been carried out.
Definition: The status of an account after a spread order has been carried out.
Spread Strategy
Definition: A strategy that involves a position in one or more options so that the cost of buying an option is funded entirely or in part by selling another option in the same underlying. Also called spreading.
Definition: A strategy that involves a position in one or more options so that the cost of buying an option is funded entirely or in part by selling another option in the same underlying. Also called spreading.
Spreadsheet
Definition: A computer program that organizes numerical data into rows and columns in order to calculate and make adjustments based on new data.
Definition: A computer program that organizes numerical data into rows and columns in order to calculate and make adjustments based on new data.
Sprinkling Trust
Definition: A trust in which the trustee decides how to distribute trust income among a group of designated people.
Definition: A trust in which the trustee decides how to distribute trust income among a group of designated people.
Squeeze
Definition: Period when stocks or commodities futures increase in price and investors who have sold short must cover their short positions to prevent loss of large amounts of money.
Definition: Period when stocks or commodities futures increase in price and investors who have sold short must cover their short positions to prevent loss of large amounts of money.
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