Stocks and other liquid securities.
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Simple Moving Average (SMA)
This is the average stock price over a certain period of time.
Small Cap
Company with market capitalization less than $1 billion.
Special Terms
Orders which must trade under special conditions. For example, a cash order will be settled sooner than the usual three-day settlement period.
Special Trading Session
A session during which trading in a listed security is limited to the execution of transactions at a single price.
Speculator
Someone prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace for attractive potential returns.
Split Shares
Capital and preferred shares issued by a split-share corporation. A split-share corporation holds common shares of one or more companies. The corporation then issues two classes of shares – capital shares and preferred shares. The objective is to generate fixed, cumulative, preferential dividends for the holders of preferred shares and to enable the holders of the capital shares to participate in any capital appreciation (or depreciation) in the underlying common shares.
Relative Dividend Yield
dividend yield of a stock compared the dividend yield of the S&P 500.
Relative Position Report
A TSX report that ranks each Participating Organization’s/Member’s trading activity relative to the total market and the other POs/Members. It is produced monthly for each TSX Group PO/Member.
Research and Development (R&D)
Costs of developing new products and services.