Tag: security
Hardening
What is 'Hardening' 1. A term used to describe a price of commodity or futures contracts that is gradually stabilizing. ...
Hard-To-Borrow List
What is a Hard-To-Borrow List
A hard to borrow list is inventory utilized by brokerages to identify securities that are not available for borrowing for...
Hard Stop
What is 'Hard Stop' A price level that, if reached, will trigger an order to sell an underlying security. Hard stops are...
Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA)
What is 'Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act - HIPAA' An act created by the U.S Congress in 1996 that amends both...
Hardship Withdrawal
What is 'Hardship Withdrawal' An emergency withdrawal from a retirement plan that may be subject to certain tax or account penalties. In...
Yield To Average Life
What is 'Yield To Average Life' The yield on a fixed-income security when the average maturity is substituted for the maturity date...
Yield Pickup
What is 'Yield Pickup' The additional interest rate an investor receives when selling a lower-yielding bond in exchange for a higher-yielding bond....
Yield Equivalence
What is 'Yield Equivalence' The interest rate on a taxable security that would render a return equivalent to that of a tax-exempt...
Yield-Based Option
What is 'Yield-Based Option' A type of debt-instrument-based option that derives its value from the difference between the exercise price and the...
Yield Elbow
What is 'Yield Elbow' The point on the yield curve indicating the year in which the economy's highest interest rates occur. The...