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Financial services
Related to any service provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of organisations that deal with the management of money.
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insider trading
Financial services; Stocks & securities
The trading of a corporation's stock or other securities by individuals with access to non-public information about the company. This may be legal, if done in a way that does not ...
derivative
Financial services; Stocks & securities
A security whose price is dependent upon or derived from one or more underlying assets. The derivative itself is merely a contract between two or more parties. Its value is ...
swap
Financial services; Stocks & securities
A financial derivative in which counterparties exchange certain benefits of financial instruments, such as assets, cash flows, investments, liabilities or payments. The most ...
option
Financial services; Stocks & securities
A financial derivative that represents a contract sold by one party (option writer) to another party (option holder). The contract offers the buyer the right, but not the ...
call option
Financial services; Stocks & securities
An agreement that gives an investor the right (but not the obligation) to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.
employee stock option
Financial services; Stocks & securities
An employee stock option is a call option on the common stock of a company, issued as a form of non-cash compensation.
warrant
Financial services; Stocks & securities
In finance, a warrant is a security that entitles the holder to buy the underlying stock of the issuing company at a fixed exercise price until the expiry date.
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