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11margin — 1) The profit margin on sales of goods or services. It is often expressed as a percentage of revenue. See gross profit; gross profit percentage; net profit; net profit percentage See also contribution; mark up 2) The difference between the prices …
12margin trading — Buying securities, in part, with borrowed money. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * An investor pays a certain amount of cash to fund a transaction and borrows the remainder from a broker at a rate of interest. Margin trading provides… …
13margin — 1) The profit margin on sales of goods or services. It is often expressed as a percentage of revenue. See: gross profit, gross profit percentage, net profit, net profit percentage See also: contribution, mark up 2) The difference between the… …
14Reset Rate — The new percentage of interest that a mortgagor must pay on the principal of an adjustable rate mortgage when the reset date arrives and the prescheduled interest rate change goes into effect. The mortgage contract explains when the rate resets… …
15Teaser Rate — An initial rate on an adjustable rate mortgage (ARM). This rate will typically be below the going market rate, and is used by lenders to entice borrowers to choose ARMs over traditional mortgages. The teaser rate will be in effect for only a few… …
16gross 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… …
17net 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… …
18security 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… …
19Adjustable-rate mortgage — A variable rate mortgage, adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), or tracker mortgage is a mortgage loan with the interest rate on the note periodically adjusted based on an index which reflects the cost to the lender of borrowing on the credit… …
20variation margin — During periods of great market volatility or in the case of high risk accounts, additional margin deposited by a clearing member firm to an exchange. Chicago Board of Trade glossary margin, gross margin, net margin, security margin, variation… …
