GREENSHEET
Document circulated by an underwriter summarizing the primary components of a new issue or initial public offering (IPO). An internal marketing document, it is collated by a new issue's underwriter and distributed to brokers and institutional sales desks of the underwriting company. Normally, a greensheet has initial pricing, firm details, and benefits of ownership. It aims to prepare salesperson to effectively market a new issue to the public and identify the clients that might be interested in becoming a huge volume buyers of the new issue. It gives a primer to a new security issue but not comprehensive in nature.
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Short Leg
Short Leg is a contract where an individual holds a short position. The contract is in the option spread created by the trader by purchasing a put ...
Borrowing Base
Money a lender will loan to a company. The borrowing base is usually determined by a method called margining, where the lender determines a discoun ...
Swaziland Lilangeni
Currency abbreviation for the Swaziland Lilangeni, the official currency of Swaziland. The currency is comprised of 100 cents and presented with th ...
Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian - DWAC
A method of electronically transferring new shares or paper share certificates from the Depository Trust Company (DTC), which acts as a clearinghou ...
Economic Stimulus
Plans to financially stimulate an economy. It implements monetary or fiscal policy changes to bolster a lagging or struggling economy. Governments ...
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To fully grasp the essence of what economics is, we must first understand the concept of scarcity along with the branches of study under economics ...
Ethical Investing: Activism and Advocacy of Shareholders
Activist investors are not contented with just purchasing stocks and supporting its actions or decisions. They want to change the norms of targeted ...
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Now that you’ve learned the basics of banking and the importance of it, you are now ready to put your money in a bank. But which bank should ...
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Trading is an active participation in the financial markets. Those who partake in buy-and-hold investing are called traders. Also called market pla ...
Principles of Trading: Record Keeping and Taxation
It is imperative for every trader to maintain a precise, organized, and latest trading-related records. Hence, traders should keep both hard and di ...
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