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T
Fifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol indicating that the stock has warrants or rights.
T+3
The settlement date for securities transactions such as a stock sale. It refers to the obligation in the brokerage business to settle securities trades by the third day following the trade date. The settlement occurs when the seller receives the sales price (the broker's commission) and the buyer receives the shares.
TAA
See Also: Tactical Asset Allocation
TABs
See Also: Tax anticipation bills
Tabulation Report
A proxy tally report detailing the current quorum and vote figures on each proposal.
TAC bonds
See Also: Targeted Amortization Class bonds
Tactical Asset Allocation
active_portfolio_strategy that allows active departures from the normal asset mix according to specified objective measures of value. Often called active management. It involves forecasting asset returns, volatilities, and correlations. The forecasted variables may be functions of fundamental variables, economic variables, or even technical variables.
Tail
The remaining reserves after a project financing has been repaid. Sometimes refers to the residual value.
Tailgating
Purchase of a security by a broker after the broker places an order for the same security for a customer. The broker hopes to profit either because of information which the customer has or because the customer's purchase is of sufficient size to affect security prices. This is an unethical practice.
Taiwan Stock Exchange
Established in 1961, the only centralized securities market in Taiwan.
Take
(1) To agree to buy. A dealer or customer who agrees to buy at another dealer's offered price is said to take the offer. (2) Euro bankers speak of taking deposits rather than buying money.
Take a bath
To sustain a loss on either a speculation or an investment.
Take a flier
To speculate on highly risky securities.
Take a position
To buy or sell short ; that is to own or to owe some amount on an asset or derivative security.
Take a powder
Temporarily cancel an order or indication in a stock, while unrepresented interest still exists. See: Back on the shelf, sidelines.
Take a swing
Execute a trade at a price that the trader feels is higher or more risky than would normally be acceptable, in order to gain market share in the institutional arena.
Take it down
Reduce the offering price or hit others' bids to such an extent as to lower the inside market.
Take me along
"Allow me to participate in the side of a particular trade.
Take off
A sharp increase in the price of a stock, or a positive movement of the market as a whole.
Take the offer
Buy stock by accepting a floor_broker (listed_stocks) or dealer's (OTC)offer at an agreed-upon volume. Antithesis of hit the bid.
Take-and-pay contract
An agreement that obligates the purchaser to take any product that is offered (and pay the cash purchase price) and pay a specified amount if the product is not taken.
Takedown
The share of securities of each participating investment_bank in a new or a secondary offering, or the price at which the securities are distributed to the different members of an underwriting group.
Takeout
A financing to refinance or take out another loan.
Take-out
A cash surplus_funds generated by the sale of one block of securities and the purchase of another, e.g., selling a block of bonds at 99 and buying another block at 95. Also, a bid made to a seller of a security that is designed (and generally agreed) to take the seller away_from_the_market.
Takeover
General term referring to transfer of control of a firm from one group of shareholders to another group of shareholders. Change in the controlling interest of a corporation, either through a friendly acquisition or an unfriendly, hostile_takeover, bid. A hostile takeover (with the aim of replacing current existing management) is usually attempted through a public tender offer.
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