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Ticker tape: Computerized device that relays to investors around the world the stock symbol and the latest price and volume on securities as they are traded.
Ticket: An abbreviation of order ticket.
Tick-test rules: SEC-imposed restrictions on when a short sale may be executed, intended to prevent investors from destabilizing the price of a stock when the market price is falling. A short sale can be made only when either (1) the sale price of the particular stock is higher than the last trade price (referred to as an uptick_trade trade) or (2) if there is no change in the last trade price of the particular stock, the previous trade price must be higher than the trade price that preceded it (referred to as a zero uptick).
Tier 1 and Tier 2: Descriptions of the capital adequacy of banks. Tier 1 refers to core capital while Tier 2 refers to items such as undisclosed resources.
TIGER: See Also: Treasury Investors Growth Receipt
Tight: In line with or extremely close to the inside market or last sale in a stock (+/- 1/8). On the money.
Tight market: A market in which volume is high, trading is active and highly competitive, and consequently spreads between bid and asked_price are narrow.
Tight money: When a restricted money supply makes credit difficult to secure. The antithesis of tight money is easy money.
TIIS: See: Treasury inflation-indexed securities
Tiki: Tick of dow_jones_industrial_average Industrial Average component issues.
Tilted portfolio: An indexing strategy y that is linked to active management through the emphasis of a particular industry sector, selected performance factors such as earnings momentum, dividend yield, price-earnings ratio, or selected economic factors such as interest_rate and inflation.
Time decay: Related: Theta
Time deposit: Interest-bearing deposit at a savings_and_loan_association that has a specific maturity. Related: Certificate of deposit.
Time draft: Demand for payment at a stated future date.
Time horizon: The period, usually expressed in years, for which an investor expects to hold an investment.
Time Letter of Credit: See Also: Usance Letter of Credit
Time order: Order that becomes a market or limited price order or is canceled at a specific time.
Time premium: Also called time value, the amount by which an option price exceeds its intrinsic value. The value of an option beyond its current exercise value representing the optionholder's control until expiration, the risk of the underlying asset, and the riskless return.
Time series models: Systems that examine series of historical data; sometimes used as a means of technical forecasting, by examining moving averages.
Time spread strategy: Buying and selling puts and calls with the same exercise price but different expiration dates, and trying to profit from the different premiums of the options.
Time to maturity: The time remaining until a financial contract expires. Also called time until expiration.
Time until expiration: The time remaining until a financial contract expires. Also called time to maturity.
Time value: Applies to derivative products. Portion of an option price that is in excess of the intrinsic value, due to the amount of volatility in the stock; sometime referred to as premium. Time value is positively related to the length of time remaining until expiration.
Time value of an option: The portion of an option's premium that is based on the amount of time remaining until the expiration date of the options_contract, and the idea that the underlying components that determine the value of the option may change during that time. Time value is generally equal to the difference between the premium and the intrinsic value. Related: In the money.
Time value of money: The idea that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future, because the dollar received today can earn interest up until the time the future dollar is received.

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