cushion stock
1Cushion Theory — The theory used when many investors have taken a short position in a stock. It is based on the idea that the price of the stock must eventually go up because those short positions must eventually be covered by actual purchases of the stock. As… …
2cushion theory — The theory that a stock with many short positions taken in it will rise, because these positions must be covered by the stock. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
3Accounting Cushion — The overstatement of a company’s expense provision, in order to create a cushion for future results. A company can use this to artificially understate income in the current period by overstating liability or allowance accounts. This will… …
4value stock — stocks with low price/book ratios or price/earnings ratios. Historically, value stocks have enjoyed higher average returns than growth stocks (stocks with high price/book or P/E ratios) in a variety of countries. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary *… …
5gum stock — Rubber compounds containing only the necessary ingredients for vulcanizing. Reinforcing fillers are not present in gum stock. Also see cushion gum …
6Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …
7Net capital rule — The uniform net capital rule is a rule created by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) in 1975 to regulate directly the ability of broker dealers to meet their financial obligations to customers and other creditors.[1] Broker… …
8Subprime mortgage crisis — Part of a series on: Late 2000s financial crisis Major dimensions …
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10bank — bank1 /bangk/, n. 1. a long pile or heap; mass: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. 2. a slope or acclivity. 3. Physical Geog. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs. 4. a broad elevation of the sea… …
