B-Note

What is 'B-Note' The secondary tranche in a commercial mortgage-backed security. B notes are a component of A/B financing or A/B/C financing. They have a...

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)

What is 'Qatar Investment Authority - QIA' The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is a government-owned entity charged with managing the sovereign wealth...

FAANG Stocks

What is 'FAANG Stocks' FAANG is an acronym for the five most popular and best performing tech stocks in the market, namely...
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

What is HUD and what does it do HUD is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Cabinet-level agency created in 1965 to...

S&P MidCap 400 Index

What is 'S&P MidCap 400 Index' This Standard & Poor's index serves as a barometer for the U.S. mid-cap equities sector and...

Package Deal

DefinitionPackage Deal is a Canadian television sitcom created by Andrew Orenstein about three brothers and the woman who comes between them. It debuted on...

ICSC-UBS Store Sales

What is 'ICSC-UBS Store Sales' A weekly economic figure published by the International Council of Shopping Centers and UBS Bank, that measures...
naked call

Naked Call

What is a naked call A naked call is an options strategy in which the investor writes (sells) a call option on a security without...
It is a 401k?

It is a 401k?

A 401k plan is a retirement plan that is available through an employer. It allows you to save and grow your nest egg using...

Paid-Up

What is 'Paid-Up' The state of a settlement when all payment obligations for a security have been completed in a customer account....