LONG THE BASIS
A situation by which an individual or company that own or has bought a commodity such as oil, gold, and lumber, hedges its position by selling futures contracts on the commodity possessed. This provides commodity holders a guaranteed price that they can sell the commodities if the market price goes against their underlying position.
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Cross-Sell
Selling or recommending related or complementary goods to a prospect or client. In finance, it pertains to selling several types of investments to ...
Dummy Director
Individual on a firm’s board of directors acting and voting on the interests or on behalf of a non-board member. These are most commonly used ...
Comparable Transaction
Process of valuating a firm for sale. It takes into the account the previous sales of same companies, as well as the market value of publicly trade ...
Gambling Loss
Money lost from games of chance or wagers on events with unsure results (gambling). Such losses can only be claimed against gambling income, which ...
Essential Health Benefits
Set of benefit requirements that must be included in some health insurance plans. It is made up of 10 general benefit categories, which must be par ...
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