Tag: securities
Qualifying Investment
What is 'Qualifying Investment' An investment purchased with pretax income. Money invested in a qualifying investment trust, annuity or plan is exempt...
Qualified Special Representative Agreement (QSR)
What is 'Qualified Special Representative Agreement - QSR' An agreement between broker-dealers to clear trades without the interaction of the NASDAQ ACT...
Quiet Period
DefinitionIn United States securities law, the quiet period has "historically , a quiet period of time extended from the time a company files a...
Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2)
What is 'Quantitative Easing 2 – QE2' The second round of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy used to stimulate the U.S. economy...
Quarterly Income Debt Securities (QUIDS)
What is 'Quarterly Income Debt Securities - QUIDS' A debt instrument offering guaranteed quarterly payments directly to the shareholder by the parent...
Quantitative Trading
What is 'Quantitative Trading'
Quantitative trading consists of trading strategies based on quantitative analysis, which rely on mathematical computations and number crunching to identify trading...
Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB)
What is a 'Qualified Institutional Buyer - QIB' A qualified institutional buyer (QIB) is a corporation that is deemed to be an...
Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor – QFII
DefinitionThe Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor program, one of the first efforts to internationalize the RMB, represents China's effort to allow, on a selective basis,...
Variable Rate Demand Bond
What is 'Variable Rate Demand Bond' A bond with floating coupon payments that are adjusted at specific intervals. The bond is payable...
Variable Rate Demand Note (VRDN)
What is 'Variable Rate Demand Note - VRDN' A debt instrument that represents borrowed funds that are payable on demand and accrue...