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Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS)

Floating rate preferred stock, the dividend on which is adjusted every
seven weeks through a Dutch auction.

Commercial draft

Demand for payment.

Net advantage of refunding

The net present value of the savings from a refunding.

Post

Particular place on the floor of an exchange where transactions in stocks listed on the exchange occur.

Regulatory surplus

The surplus as measured using regulatory accounting principles (RAP) which may allow
the non-market valuation of assets or liabilities and which may be materially different from economic surplus.

Second pass regression

A cross-sectional regression of portfolio returns on betas. The estimated slope is the
measurement of the reward for bearing systematic risk during the period analyzed.

Short straddle

A straddle in which one put and one call are sold.

Time to maturity

The time remaining until a financial contract expires. Also called time until expiration.

Treasuries

Related: treasury securities.

Variance minimization approach to tracking

An approach to bond indexing that uses historical data to
estimate the variance of the tracking error.

Weak form efficiency

A form of pricing efficiency where the price of the security reflects the past price and
trading history of the security. In such a market, security prices follow a random walk. Related: Semistrong
form efficiency, strong form efficiency.

Intangible fixed assets

Non-physical assets, e.g. customer goodwill or intellectual property (patents and trademarks).

sensitivity analysis

a process of determining the amount of change that must occur in a variable before a different decision would be made

Maturity Date

Date on which a debt is due for payment.

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