The cost of trading in an asset or security which will vary according to the broker you use and.

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

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

A person entrusted to manage the assets and interests of another. For example, an executor in a.

The government department which collects customs and excise duties and.

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

A strategy employed in a futures market to reduce risk.

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

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

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

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

A security such as a bond or note with specified interest, representing a loan which is repayable at.

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

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

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

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

The date on which a dividend is declared by a company's directors. Once declared the dividend.

see 'balance of.

In the US, a board of Directors comprised of seven members which directs the federal banking system,.