Move up in a particular stock.

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In an indexing strategy, the difference between the performance of the benchmark and the replication portfolio.

On an exchange, the member firm that is designated as the market maker (or dealer for a listed common stock). Member of a stock exchange who maintains a "fair and orderly market" in one or m [..]

Occurs when a person sells stocks he or she does not yet own. Shares must be borrowed, before the sale, to make "good delivery" to the buyer. Eventually, the shares must be bought back to cl [..]

Selling a stock not actually owned. If an investor thinks the price of a stock is going down, the investor could borrow the stock from a broker and sell it. Eventually, the investor must buy the stock [..]

The date the fund determines who its shareholders are, "shareholders of record" who will receive the fund's income dividend and/or net capital gains distribution.

A contract between two parties in which one party, the holder, has the option to either buy or sell a security to the other party, the writer.

The right but not the obligation to sell an underlying security at a particular price (strike price) on or before the expiration date of the contract.

Unmanaged index of the National Market system which includes over 5,000 stocks traded only over-the-counter.