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An index based on the average yield of 11 municipal bonds that mature in 20 years and carry an average AA rating. The eleven bonds used to calculate the index are also found in the 20 bond index, which serves as a benchmark in tracking municipal bond yields.
Industry:Financial services
In the BA market, an acceptance may be referred to as eligible because it is acceptable by the Fed as collateral at the discount window and/or because the accepting bank can sell it without incurring a reserve requirement.
Industry:Financial services
Technical market timing strategy that predicts price movements on the basis of historical price wave patterns and their underlying psychological motives. Robert Prechter is a famous Elliott Wave theorist.
Industry:Financial services
A term the host uses to refer to guests on the PBS television show, "Wall Street Week", who are technical analysts attempting to predict the direction of stock prices over the next six months.
Industry:Financial services
An option that is part of the structure of a bond that gives either the bondholder or the issuer the right to take some action against the other party, as opposed to a bare option, which trades separately from any underlying security.
Industry:Financial services
A reserve of cash kept available to meet the costs of any unexpected financial emergencies.
Industry:Financial services
The federal legislation creating the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a partially government-run programme initiated to stimulate the development of a secondary mortgage market and expand mortgages available to veterans and other groups.
Industry:Financial services
A service once offered by the American Stock Exchange to help small growth companies fulfil special listing requirements. The service is no longer available.
Industry:Financial services
A Morgan Stanley Capital International index created to track stock markets in selected emerging markets that are open to foreign investment like Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, and Thailand.
Industry:Financial services
