摘要: Newly issued securities that have not seen much interest, or subscriptions, from investors ahead of the issue date or have not been offered by brokerages. If you wanted to own the newly issued shares,[阅读全文:]
摘要: When a trade in a listed stock is not executed through the listing exchange.
Historically, in an upstairs trade buyers and sellers would negotiate the price and conditions of the trade i[阅读全文:]
摘要: Operations stages in the oil and gas industry that involve exploration and production.
Most oil companies are known as "integrated" because they combine upstream activities with downst[阅读全文:]
摘要: A business or marketing statement that summarizes why a consumer should buy a product or use a service. This statement should convince a potential consumer that one particular product or service will [阅读全文:]
摘要: An acronym that attempts to describe the cost of decision making and consumption. "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (TANSTAAFL) expresses the idea that even if something seems like it is [阅读全文:]
摘要: An asset that cannot easily be sold or exchanged for cash without a substantial change in price. Thinly-traded securities in the financial markets are exchanged in low volumes and often have a limited[阅读全文:]
摘要: The 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Geithner was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by a 60-34 Senate vote. He took office on January 26, 2009. The Secretary of the Treasu[阅读全文:]
摘要: A purchase of less than 5% of a target company's outstanding stock made by an acquiring company.
Companies are free to purchase up to less than 5% of any company. But once a company purchases [阅读全文:]
摘要: A written advertisement placed by investment bankers in a public offering of a security. It gives basic details about the issue and, in order of importance, the underwriting groups involved in the dea[阅读全文:]
摘要: The rate at which the group of leading companies, whether in industries or in market indexes, changes over time. This phenomenon is usually attributed to increased global competition and technology, a[阅读全文:]