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Watch list
A list of securities selected for special surveillance by a brokerage, exchange, or regulatory organization ; firms on the list are often takeover targets, companies planning to issue new securities, or stocks showing unusual activity.
Watered stock
A stock representing ownership in a corporation that is worth less than the actual invested capital, resulting in problems of low liquidity, inadequate return on investment, and low market value.
Waybill
A document (that looks like a bill of lading) issued by a carrier that describes the goods to be transported and that details the shipping particulars. Waybills are issued by both air carriers (air waybills) and ship lines (sea waybills). They merely indicate that the stated goods were received by the carrier for transport, they do not convey title.
Weak dollar
A depreciated dollar with respect to other currencies, meaning that more dollars are needed to buy a unit of foreign currency. Antithesis of strong dollar.
Weak market
A market with few buyers and many sellers and a declining trend in prices.
Weak-form efficiency
A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk. Related: Semistrong-form efficiency, strong-form efficiency.
WEBS
See Also: World Equity Benchmark Series
Wedge
A chart pattern composed of two converging lines connecting peaks and troughs. In the case of falling wedges, the pattern indicates temporary interruptions of upward price rallies. In the case of rising wedges, indicates interruptions of a falling price trend.
Weekend effect
The common recurrent low or negative average return from Friday to Monday in the stock market.
Weight
Either Gross Weight, Net Weight, or Tare Weight.
Weighted average cost of capital
Expected return on a portfolio of all a firm's securities. Used as a hurdle rate for capital investment. Often the weighted average of the cost of equity and the cost of debt The weights are determined by the relative proportions of equity and debt in a firm's capital structure.
Weighted average Coupon
The weighted average of the gross interest_rate of mortgages underlying a pool as of the pool issue date; the balance of each mortgage is used as the weighting factor.
Weighted average life
See Also: Average life
Weighted average maturity
The weighted average maturity of an MBS is the weighted average of the remaining term_to_maturity of the mortgages underlying the collateral pool at the date issue, using as the weighting factor the balance of each of the mortgages as of the issue date.
Weighted average portfolio yield
The weighted average of the yield of all the bonds in a portfolio.
Weighted average remaining maturity
The average remaining term of the mortgages underlying a MBS.
Well-diversified portfolio
A portfolio that includes a variety of securities so that the weight of any security is small. The risk of a well-diversified portfolio closely approximates the systematic risk of the overall market, and the unsystematic risk of each security has been diversified out of the portfolio.
WF
The ISO 3166 country code for WALLIS AND FUTUNA.
When distributed
When issued.
When issued
Refers to a transaction made conditionally, because a security, although authorized, has not yet been issued. Treasury securities, new issues of stocks and bonds, stocks that have split, and in-merger situations after the time the proxy has become effective but before completion are all traded on a when-issued basis. With ice.
Whipsawed
Buying stocks just before prices fall and selling stocks just before prices rise in a volatile market, often as the result of misleading signals.
Whisper number or forecast
An unofficial earnings estimate of a company given to clients by a security analyst if there is more optimism or pessimism about earnings than shown in the published number. These are often found on the Internet.
Whisper stock
A stock rumored to be the target_company of a takeover bid, drawing speculators who hope to make a profit after the takeover is completed.
Whistle blower
A person who has knowledge of fraudulent activities inside a firm or government agency, who is protected from the employer's retribution by federal law.
White knight
A friendly potential acquirer sought out by a target firm that is threatened by a less welcome suitor.
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