Business buzzwords

A foreign currency trading at 75.25 and a money market security trading at 75.75 both have ..... of 75.

From 1989, more share-buying opportunities were made available to the British public as a number of financial institutions demutualised; these ..... shares' for members of the societies offered instant cash or the opportunity to continue as a part owner of the newly public entity.

The drop in the stock market might have investors feeling sick, but they have yet to reach the '..... point', according to A. Gary Shilling, attributing the queasy phrase to Dennis Gartman, a Suffolk, Va., investment analyst.

Altria has long been considered a classic widow-and-..... stock: great for its stability and big annual dividend, currently about 4.1 percent.

In his book, 'The Logical Trader', author Mark Fisher discusses techniques for identifying potential market tops and bottoms; one, the '.....', has nothing to do with food, except that it was conceived over lunch where a number of traders were discussing market set-ups.

Style ..... is a serious problem for clients because it distorts asset allocation and undermines performance when styles rotate; value managers who have slowly changed over the past three years toward more favored growth stocks are regretting those moves, but not as much as their clients.

The survivorship ..... problem has increased in recent years as mutual fund families try to bury poor performance; in 1998 alone, 387 stock and bond funds were merged out of existence, an increase of 43% over the previous year.

Using ..... pricing, the producer-processor starts with the sales price of the processed gas or products, and then subtracts certain costs (such as capital, operating, processing, taxes and transportation) to determine value of the gas when production is complete.

A golden ..... is an exceptional compensation package offered by an acquiring company to the top executives of the company being bought, meant to keep them interested in retaining their positions; but it may not be in the best interests of shareholders.

Bridge Mobile Alliance provides a regional ..... shop that supports enterprises with regional mobile needs; this means that instead of having to liaise with multiple parties, you can approach any alliance member to consolidate all your needs and requirements.