excess security

  • 1excess benefit plan — USA A plan maintained by an employer solely to provide certain employees with benefits that exceed the limits that apply to employee pension benefit plans under Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code. Unfunded excess benefit plans are exempt… …

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  • 2Excess Employer Withholding — When one or more employers withhold more than the aggregate maximum amount of Social Security and/or railroad retirement contributions that should have been withheld from a single taxpayer during a taxation year. Excess employer withholdings are… …

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  • 3security characteristic line — A plot on a graph of the excess return ( excess returns) on a security over the risk free rate as a function of the excess return ( excess returns) on the market. The slope of this line is the security s beta. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 4Security interest — A security interest is a property interest created by agreement or by operation of law over assets to secure the performance of an obligation, usually the payment of a debt.[1] It gives the beneficiary of the security interest certain… …

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  • 5security — /si kyoor i tee/, n., pl. securities, adj. n. 1. freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety. 2. freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well founded confidence. 3. something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense. 4. freedom from financial… …

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  • 6Excess Margin Deposit — Funds deposited in a trading account beyond what is required to fund basic margin requirements. The total balance on the account equals excess margin deposits plus margin. Investors can typically open an account and start trading with only a… …

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  • 7Excess Spread — Remaining net interest payments from the underlying assets of an asset backed security, after all payables and expenses are covered. The excess spread can be deposited into a reserve account in order to enhance the credit of the asset backed… …

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  • 8Security characteristic line — A plot of the excess return on a security over the risk free rate as a function of the excess return on the market. The New York Times Financial Glossary …

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  • 9Excess Returns — Investment returns from a security or portfolio that exceed a benchmark or index with a similar level of risk. It is widely used as a measure of the value added by the portfolio or investment manager, or the manager s ability to beat the market.… …

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  • 10security margin — margin, gross margin, net margin, security margin, variation margin (1) An amount of cash or collateral that a buyer or borrower must provide in excess of value owed to that buyer or borrower by a seller, lender or depositor. Ensures performance… …

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