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tender offer

Financial services; General Finance

General offer made publicly and directly to a firm's shareholders to buy their stock at a price well above the current market price.

separate customer

Financial services; General Finance

Method of allocating insurance by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Each account that is under the name of a different person or group of people is entitled to maximum protection.

spread position

Financial services; General Finance

The status of an account after a spread order has been carried out.

symbol book special

Financial services; General Finance

Illiquid, inactively traded stock not familiar market

tender offer premium

Financial services; General Finance

The premium offered above the current market price in a tender offer.

separate tax returns

Financial services; General Finance

Tax returns of married persons who choose to file their returns individually, usually because this approach produces lower overall tax payments.

spread strategy

Financial services; General Finance

A strategy that involves a position in one or more options so that the cost of buying an option is funded entirely or in part by selling another option in the same underlying. Also called spreading.