An option which gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase a stated quantity of.

In general terms, the increase in value of an asset. As far as shares are concerned,.

(ERISA)In the US, a federal law introduced for the protection of participants in private pension.

See: 'cancellation.

In the US, a distribution of interest or dividends to the shareholders of a mutual.

A term previously given to the shares of smaller companies traded far less frequently on the London.

Family income assurance in which the assured may, if he or she chooses, increase premiums in line.

In the US, this refers to a bond that is secured by a blanket mortgage on the issuing company's.

A spread strategy that decreases the account's cash balance when it is established. A bull spread.

A term used in permanent health insurance which refers to a period, prior to payment by the.

Money owed by an individual or company to another individual or.

Shares bought in anticipation of an above average income being produced. Also referred to.

Futures contracts where the underlying instruments are financial such as shares, interest rates,.

In technical analysis, what happens when the short moving average price of a stock (say, its.

The government department which collects customs and excise duties and.

Life insurance in which the death benefit decreases over the term of the policy although the.

An option is deep in-the-money when it is so far in-the-money that it is unlikely to go.

A call option with an exercise price below the price of the underlying instrument (e.g..

see 'balance of.