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Wiener B? (Austrian Stock Exchange)

Financial services; General Finance

Established in 1771, the major securities market of Austria.

wild card option

Financial services; General Finance

The right of the seller of a Treasury bond futures contract to give notice of intent to deliver at or before 8:00 p.m. Chicago time after the closing of the exchange (3:15 p.m. Chicago time) when the ...

Williams Act

Financial services; General Finance

Federal legislation enacted in 1968 (and now constituting Rules 13d and 14d of the Security Exchange Act of 1934) that imposes requirements with respect to public tender offers.

wilshire indexes

Financial services; General Finance

Widely followed performance measurement indexes measuring performance of all U.S.-headquartered equity securities with readily available price data, created by Wilshire Associates, Inc.

windfall profit

Financial services; General Finance

A sudden unexpected profit uncontrolled by the profiting party.

vest

Financial services; General Finance

Become applicable or exercisable. A term mainly used on the context of employee stock ownership or option programs. Employees might be given equity in a firm but they must stay with the firm for a ...

vesting

Financial services; General Finance

Nonforfeitable ownership (or partial ownership) by an employee of the retirement account balances or benefits contributed on the employees behalf by an employer. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 ...