Glossary

A method of electing corporate directors, where each common share held carries one vote.

A leveraged buyout in which prebuyout management ends up with a substantial equity position.

A section in the Annual report in which the company describes about the performance of the prior period and the outlook for present & future. 

Funds that an option writer must maintain on deposit with his broker to assure his ability to fulfill his financial obligation to make or take delivery of the underlying shares. Since the buyers of equity options, pay the entire option premium when the option is purchased, they have no further financial obligations and are not subject to a margin requirement. However, if an option buyer exercises his right to acquire the underlying shares, he would then become subject to the margin requirements applicable to the shares acquired. Margin is called from the time the option is exercised until the transaction is settled.

The market value of a quoted company, which is calculated by multiplying its current share price by the number of shares in issue.

The total market value of a firm. It is defined as the product of the company's stock price per share and the total number of shares outstanding. The market cap should not be confused with the float, which is the amount of shares in circulation. A company's market cap can greatly exceed the float, especially in the case of a new publicly traded company.

The market value of a company is determined by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of the stock.

The market price at which an asset trades.

Security that has ability to be converted into cash quickly and easily at fair price.

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