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W: Fifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol indicating that this particular stock is a warrant.
W-8: Certificate of Foreign Status form required by the IRS to tell the payer, transfer agent, broker or other middleman that an employee is a nonresident alien or foreign entity that is not subject to U.S. tax reporting or backup withholding rules.
W-9: Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification form required by the IRS to furnish the payer, transfer agent, broker or other middleman with an employee's social security or taxpayer identification number, in order that the employee not be subject to backup withholding because of under-reporting of interest and dividends on his or her tax return.
WACC: See Also: Weighted average cost of capital
Wage assignment: A loan agreement provision allowing the lender to deduct payments from an employee's wages in case of default.
Wage-push inflation: Inflation caused by skyrocketing wages.
Waiting period: Time during which the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) studies a firm's registration statement. During this time the firm may distribute a preliminary prospectus.
Waiver of premium: A provision in an insurance policy that allows payment of insurance premiums to be permanently or temporarily stopped in the event the policyholder becomes incapacitated.
Walk away: To take and maintain a position in a stock after going to the floor to consummate a trade. Antithesis of trade me out, buy them back.
Wall Street: Generic term for the securities industry firms that buy, sell, and underwrite securities.
Wall Street analyst: Related: Sell-side analyst
Wallflower: Stock that has fallen out of favor with investors; stock that tends to have a low P/E (price-to-earnings ratio).
Wallpaper: A security with no monetary value.
Wanted for cash: A statement displayed on market tickers indicating that a bidder will pay cash for same-day settlement of a block of a specified security.
War babies: Slang term for the stocks and bonds of corporations in the defense industry.
War chest: Cash kept aside for a takeover or for defense against a takeover bid.
War Risk Insurance: Separate insurance coverage against loss or damage due to acts of war (including objects left over from previous wars).
Warehouse receipt: Evidence that a firm owns goods stored in a warehouse.
Warehousing: The interim holding period from the time of the closing of a loan to its subsequent marketing to capital market investors.
Warrant: A security entitling the holder to buy a proportionate amount of stock at some specified future date at a specified price, usually one higher than current_market_value price. Warrants are traded as securities whose price reflects the value of the underlying_security. Corporations often bundle warrants with another class of security to enhance the marketability of the other class. Warrants are like call_option, but with much longer time spans-sometimes years. And, warrants are offered by corporations, while exchange-traded call_option are not issued by firms.
Warranty: A guarantee by a seller to a buyer that if a product requires repair or remedy of a problem within a certain period after its purchase, the seller will repair the problem at no cost to the buyer.
Warsaw Stock Exchange: The major securities market of Poland.
Wash: Gains equal losses.
Wash sale: Purchase and sale of a security either simultaneously or within a short period of time, often in order to recognize a tax loss without altering one's position. See Also: Tax selling
Wasting asset: An asset that has a limited life and thus decreases in value (depreciates) over time. Also applies to consumed assets, such as oil or gas, and termed "depletion."

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