Financial and business terms. 2012.
Inactive Bond Crowd — A group of exchange members who buys and sells bonds, that are infrequently traded. Limit orders placed by the inactive bond crowd, may take a longer period of time to fill, due to the absence of frequent trading. The opposite of inactive bond… … Investment dictionary
Free-Crowd System — A system of commodity trading in which floor members can make bids and offers simultaneously for personal or customer accounts, which is common in the U.S. The free crowd system allows for the possibility of transactions occurring at different… … Investment dictionary
Cabinet Crowd — Members of the NYSE that typically trade in inactive bonds. Also known as the inactive bond crowd or book crowd. The name cabinet crowd arises from the fact that these members will typically enter limit orders for transacting these bonds which… … Investment dictionary
Active Bond Crowd — The name given to members of the NYSE and their specific bond trading departments that are acknowledged as frequent traders in active bonds. The active bond crowd creates liquidity and can affect the price of bonds traded on the market because… … Investment dictionary
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
CANSLIM — is an acronym for an investment strategy based upon claimed common characteristics shared by best performing stocks. The investing mechanism and process CANSLIM is a growth stock investment strategy formulated from the study of the 500 best… … Wikipedia
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
Lehman Brothers — Industry Investment services Fate Chapter 11 bankruptcy Founded 1850, Montgomery, Alabama, US … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Stock market crash — A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic factors. They… … Wikipedia
