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D: Fifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is a new issue, such as the result of a reverse split.
D/A: See Also: Documents against acceptance
D/P: Abbreviation for Documents Against Payment.
Daily price limit: The level within many commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose a daily price limit on each contract.
Daisy chain: Manipulation of the market by traders to create the illusion of active volume to attract investors.
Date of issue: Used in the context of bonds to refer to the date on which a bond is issued and when interest beings to accrue to the bondholder. Used in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.
Date of payment: Date dividend checks are mailed.
Date of record: Date on which holders of record in a firm's stock ledger are designated as the recipients of either dividends or stock rights.
Dated date: The date one uses to calculate accrued interest on various debt instruments, specifically bonds.
Dates convention: Treating cash_flow as being received on exact dates-date 0, date 1, and so forth-as opposed to the end-of-year convention.
Dating: Credit extension beyond normal terms of a credit supplier.
Dawn raid: A term of British origin used to describe the purchase of all available shares of a target company at the market's open by a raider. A dawn raid is a surprise technique that allows the raider to gain a substantial share of the target company before the target company knows what is happening.
Day around order: A day order that supersedes (cancels and replaces) the previous order by altering its size or price limit.
Day loan: A loan from a bank to a broker prior to the delivery of securities. Upon the delivery of the securities, a day loan becomes a regular broker call loan for which securities serve as collateral.
Day of deposit to day of withdrawal account: A bank account that pays interest according to the number of days that the money is actually on deposit.
Day order: In the context of general equities, request from a customer to either buy or sell stock, that, if not canceled or executed the day it is placed, expires automatically. All orders are day orders unless otherwise specified. Traders often make calls before the opening to check for renewals.
Day trade: Also known as a "daylight trade." The purchase and sale or the short sale and cover of the same security in a margin account on the same day.
Day trading: Establishing and liquidating the same position or positions within one day's trading.
Days in receivables: Average collection period.
Days' sales in inventory ratio: The average number of days' worth of sales that is held in inventory.
Days' sales outstanding: Average collection period.
DCF: See: Discounted Cash Flows
DDM: The ISO 4217 currency code for former East Germany Ostmark.
DDM: See: Discounted Dividend Model
DE: The ISO 3166 country code for GERMANY.

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