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Stagflation

Stagflation refers to persistent high inflation coupled with high unemployment and stagnant demand /growth in economy. High Inflation + Low Economic Growth {or conditions of recession} + Low...

December 17, 2010

Spot Delivery Contract

A contract which provides for (a) actual delivery of securities and the payment of a price therefore either on the same day as the date of the contract...

December 17, 2010

Spoofing

Spoofing refers to a deceptive practice in which an individual, system, or entity falsifies information to appear as something or someone else. It is used across multiple technological...

December 17, 2010

Spin off

When a company decides that a subsidiary needs to stand on its own, it might do a spin-off, distributing shares of the new entity to existing shareholders, or...

December 17, 2010

Special Delivery

Delivery and payment beyond fourteen days’ limit subject to the exact date being specified at the time of contract and authorised by the Stock Exchange.

December 17, 2010

Single stock derivatives

A single transaction equivalent to the simultaneous sale of a put and purchase of a call for a given stock. Single stock futures essentially allow investors to sell...

December 17, 2010

Short squeeze

A Short Squeeze is a financial market phenomenon that occurs when a heavily shorted stock or other security experiences a rapid increase in its price, forcing short sellers...

December 17, 2010

Short position

A short position is a trading strategy in which an investor sells a security that they do not currently own, with the intention of buying it back later...

December 17, 2010

Shelf Registration

Shelf Registration is a method of public securities offering that allows a company to register a new issue of securities with a regulatory authority and then sell portions...

December 17, 2010

Share transfer agent

Any person, who on behalf of any body corporate maintains the record of holders of securities issued by such body corporate and deals with all matters connected with...

December 17, 2010

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