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SPREAD LOSS

Finite reinsurance where premium is paid to an experience account every year for the contracts duration. The account generates a rate that covers loss. If anything is left at maturation it is

STATUTORY BOND

A government requirement that contractors, businesses, and fiduciaries whose work affects public  interest maintain a security bond to ensure sufficient fortification in case the contract individual breaks contract.

STRIPS

A US market Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities.

SYNDICATE AGREEMENT

The contract syndicate members agree to. It designates the structure, rules, and time period. AKA underwriting agreement. Refer to subscription agreement.

TAXABLE EQUIVALENT YIELD

The yield on tax free securities. It is compared with taxable investment opportunities. Refer to yield to maturity, yield to call, simple yield, bond equivalent yield, and discount yield.

THIRD MARKET

A marketplace for trading over the counter interests. Or exchanging between nonmember firms.

TRIANGLE

A chart that looks like a triangle. The price changes are shown as two points on the bottom and one at the top. Any breakout from the triangle indicates a move upward

UNDERINVESTMENT PROBLEM

When a company in financial distress is urged to invest in low risk low return opportunites. This move protects the position of the firm.

UPFRONT COLLATERAL

When an institution takes collateral from the borrower right away to cover losses. Refer to periodic collateral.

WHISTLEBLOWER

An employee who turns against their superiors to bring an problem out in the open.

ZERO COUPON YIELD CURVE

A yield curve showing discounts for maturities from a starting point to present. This is done through stripping the yield curve.

INDEX ARBITRAGE

When index futures are rich buyers keep stocks and sell the futures. When the futures are cheap they sell stock and buy the futures.

INSIDE DIRECTOR

A director of the board who is somehow related to the company they oversee. They are not independant voters as they have personal connections. Refer to outside director.

JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY

A full loan balance is a liability to the signatories as a group or from each of them individually, with enough free assets to satisfy the lender’s claim. The lender may sue

JUNIOR DEBT

Debt claim subordinate to a prior or senior claim. A senior claim of debt is cleared in a debtor’s asset liquidation before any subordinate debt claim is paid. Also known as subordinated

JUSTICE

Protecting rights and punishing wrongs using fairness. It is possible to have unjust laws, even with fair and proper administration of the law of the land as a way for all legal

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