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11Floating Price — The leg of a swap that is based on a fluctuating interest rate. In a plain vanilla interest rate swap, there are two streams of cash flows. Each stream is based on the same amount of notional principal, but one stream pays interest on that… …
12Public Offering Price - POP — The price at which new issues of stock are offered to the public by an underwriter. Because the goal of an IPO is to raise money, underwriters must determine a public offering price that will be alluring to investors. When underwriters determine… …
13Opening Price — The price at which a security first trades upon the opening of an exchange on a given trading day. A securities opening price is an important marker for that day s tarding activity, especially for those interested in measuring short term results …
14Commodity price index — A commodity price index is a fixed weight index or (weighted) average of selected commodity prices, which may be based on spot or futures prices. It is designed to be representative of the broad commodity asset class or a specific subset of… …
15Average Wholesale Price — The average wholesale price (AWP) is a prescription drugs term referring to the average price at which wholesalers sell drugs to physicians, pharmacies, and other customers. While it the term is intended as such, in practice, it is a figure… …
16Adjusted Exercise Price — 1. An option s strike price after adjustments have been made for stock splits to its underlying security. 2. A term used to describe the strike prices for options written on Ginnie Mae pass through certificates. 1. Anytime changes occur on… …
17Volume Weighted Average Price - VWAP — A trading benchmark used especially in pension plans. VWAP is calculated by adding up the dollars traded for every transaction (price multiplied by number of shares traded) and then dividing by the total shares traded for the day. The theory is… …
18S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index — An index that measures the change in value of the U.S. residential housing market. The S P/Chase Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index tracks the growth in value of real estate by following the purchase price and resale value of homes that have… …
19Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners And Clerical Workers - CPI-W — A variation of the consumer price index, as complied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States, that measures the consumer prices certain workers are exposed to. The index is primarily used on an annual basis, to reflect changes in… …
20Fixed Price — The leg of a swap that is based on an unchanging interest rate. A plain vanilla interest rate swap is an exchange of two streams of cash flows. Both streams are based on the same amount of notional principal, but one stream pays interest on that… …
