Investingport understands a straddle in stock option as a way for an investor to take a wining and a losing position in a stock option at the same time. This means the investor buys a call and a...
Investinport explains Stop order as a way for an investor to put a stop to a pending transaction or exit a position by setting a certain price level in place. By definition, a stop is a type of o...
The best way to see this is, some company can pay you in stocks instead of cash. By definition, A Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) is a way of paying employees without paying them cash. Freque...
Standard deviation is a mathematical measure which approximates the average deviation of any given data point from the mean of the entire data set. For example, if a data set of 100 has a standard dev...
A spread is the term used for the difference in price between two assets, or the difference in the buy and sells price of a single asset.For single assets, a more liquid asset will have a tighter spre...
A Special-Purpose Vehicle or SPV is a subsidiary of a company which is bankruptcy remote from the main organisation (i.e. protected even if the parent organisation goes bankrupt). ...
A Special Investment Vehicle, or SIV, is a collection of investments that earns a profit on the difference in price (spreads) between structured financial products (CDOs, MBS's etc.) and sho...
A small-cap (small capitalization) stands for investment vehicles with a market capitalization of under $2 billion. This figure is an approximation and may change over time or be defined differently a...
Short Term Investments are an accounting concept referring to the value of any liquid investments which are not held for a long time (i.e. options, shares, bonds etc). Short Term Investments is found ...
STIR means Short-Term Interest Rate and it is used to describe the interest rate on fixed income assets with a maturity of less than one year. It is usually lower than the interest rate on longer...