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Working Capital Management
Definition: The deployment of current assets and current liabilities so as to maximize short-term liquidity.
Definition: The deployment of current assets and current liabilities so as to maximize short-term liquidity.
Working Control
Definition: Control of a corporation by a shareholder or shareholders having less than 51% voting interest because of the wide dispersion of share ownership.
Definition: Control of a corporation by a shareholder or shareholders having less than 51% voting interest because of the wide dispersion of share ownership.
Working Order
Definition: Standing order in the marketplace, through which a broker bids or offers to fill the order in a series of lots at opportune times in hopes of obtaining the best price.
Definition: Standing order in the marketplace, through which a broker bids or offers to fill the order in a series of lots at opportune times in hopes of obtaining the best price.
Workout
Definition: Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors.
Definition: Informal repayment or loan forgiveness arrangement between a borrower and creditors.
Workout Market
Definition: Market indicating prices at which it is believed a security can be bought or sold within a reasonable length of time.
Definition: Market indicating prices at which it is believed a security can be bought or sold within a reasonable length of time.
Workout Period
Definition: Realignment of a temporarily misaligned yield relationship that sometimes occurs in fixed income markets.
Definition: Realignment of a temporarily misaligned yield relationship that sometimes occurs in fixed income markets.
World Bank
Definition: A multilateral development finance agency created by the 1944 Bretton Woods, (New Hampshire) negotiations. It makes loans to developing countries for social overhead capital projects that are guaranteed by the recipient country. See: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Definition: A multilateral development finance agency created by the 1944 Bretton Woods, (New Hampshire) negotiations. It makes loans to developing countries for social overhead capital projects that are guaranteed by the recipient country. See: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
World Equity Benchmark Series (WEBS)
Definition: The World Equity Benchmark Series are similar to SPDRs. WEBS trade on the AMEX, and track the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) country indexes. WEBS are available for: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia Free, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Definition: The World Equity Benchmark Series are similar to SPDRs. WEBS trade on the AMEX, and track the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) country indexes. WEBS are available for: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia Free, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
World Investible Wealth
Definition: The part of world wealth that is traded and is therefore accessible to investors.
Definition: The part of world wealth that is traded and is therefore accessible to investors.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Definition: A multilateral agency that administers world trade agreements, fosters trade relations among nations, and solves trade disputes among member countries.
Definition: A multilateral agency that administers world trade agreements, fosters trade relations among nations, and solves trade disputes among member countries.
Wrap Account
Definition: An investment consulting relationship for management of a client's funds by one or more money managers, that bills all fees and commissions in one comprehensive fee charged quarterly.
Definition: An investment consulting relationship for management of a client's funds by one or more money managers, that bills all fees and commissions in one comprehensive fee charged quarterly.
Wraparound
Definition: A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. The creditor combines or "wraps" the remainder of the old loan with the new loan at the intermediate rate.
Definition: A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. The creditor combines or "wraps" the remainder of the old loan with the new loan at the intermediate rate.
Wraparound Annuity
Definition: An investment that allows the annuitant the choice of underlying investments tax-deferred.
Definition: An investment that allows the annuitant the choice of underlying investments tax-deferred.
Wraparound Mortgage
Definition: A second mortgage that leaves the original mortgage in force. The wraparound mortgage is held by the lending institution as security for the total mortgage debt. The borrower makes payments on both loans to the wraparound lender, which in turn makes payments on the original senior mortgage.
Definition: A second mortgage that leaves the original mortgage in force. The wraparound mortgage is held by the lending institution as security for the total mortgage debt. The borrower makes payments on both loans to the wraparound lender, which in turn makes payments on the original senior mortgage.
Write Out
Definition: The procedure used when a specialist makes a trade involving his own inventory, on one hand, and a floor broker's order, on the other. The broker must first complete the trade with the specialist, who then transacts a separate trade with the customer.
Definition: The procedure used when a specialist makes a trade involving his own inventory, on one hand, and a floor broker's order, on the other. The broker must first complete the trade with the specialist, who then transacts a separate trade with the customer.
Write-down
Definition: Reducing the book value of an asset if its is overstated compared to current market values.
Definition: Reducing the book value of an asset if its is overstated compared to current market values.
Write-off
Definition: Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, such as through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets.
Definition: Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, such as through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets.
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