DefinitionAn "oil field" or "oilfield" is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically...
What is 'Oil Services Industry ETF' A sector exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in companies engaged in providing services such as drilling...
What is 'Old Lady' An eighteenth century nickname for the Bank of England. The full name is the Old Lady of Threadneedle...
What is 'Oil Stabilization Fund (Iran)' A government-controlled sovereign wealth fund managed for the government of Iran. The funds deposited with the...
What is 'Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund' One of the two trust funds managed by the Social Security Administration, the...
What is the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)?
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is a federal regulator of savings and loan associations, savings banks,...
What is 'One-Cancel-All Order (OCA)'
A One-Cancel-All (OCA) order is a type of options order that gives the trader the ability to place multiple options...
What is 'Odd-Days Interest' Interest that is earned from a mortgage or other loan with closed-end installments that contain a nonstandard payment...
What is 'Office Audit' An examination of a taxpayer's records by the Internal Revenue Service to ensure the taxpayer's compliance with tax...
What is 'Off-The-Run Treasury Yield Curve' The U.S. Treasury yield curve derived using off-the-run treasuries. Off-the-run treasuries refer to U.S. government bonds...