Tag: purchase
Sales Price Variance
What is 'Sales Price Variance' The difference between the amount of money a business expects to sell its products or services for...
Stop-Loss Order
A stop loss order is an order that is placed with a broker because a stock has reached a certain price. This is basically...
Badwill
What is 'Badwill' The negative effect felt by a company when shareholders and the investment community find out that is has done...
Backstop Purchaser
What is 'Backstop Purchaser' An entity that agrees to purchase all the remaining, unsubscribed securities from a rights offering. The backstop purchaser...
Back Up The Truck
What is "backing up the truck?"
Backing up the truck refers to the purchase of a large position in a stock or other financial asset...
Calendar Spread
DefinitionIn finance, a calendar spread is a spread trade involving the simultaneous purchase of futures or options expiring on a particular date and the...
Canceled Order
What is 'Canceled Order' 1. A previously submitted order to purchase or sell a security that is canceled before it has been...
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
What is CMHC and what do they do
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is a Canadian Crown corporation that provides mortgage loan insurance,...
Call Warrant
What is a 'Call Warrant' A call warrant is a financial instrument that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying...
Capital Gain
DefinitionA capital gain refers to profit that results from a sale of a capital asset, such as stock, bond or real estate, where the...