Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS COMPANY (DPC) - A subsidiary that exists solely as a secure home for some of its pa...
  
  
• DERIVATIVE SECURITIES - Securities that are created artificially, i.e., derived from other financial in...
  
  
• DERIVATIVE SECURITY - A financial contract whose value derives in part from the value and characteristi...
  
  
• DERIVATIVES - 1. Financial instruments whose value depends upon the values of underlying assets, intere...
  
  
• DEROG - A slang shortening of the word derogatory. Used in reference to information on a credit report.
  
  
• DES - Abbreviation for "Delivered Ex Ship."
  
  
• DESCENDING TOPS - A chart pattern which in which each successive peak in a security's price is lower th...
  
  
• DESCENT - The conveyance of property to those heirs of a deceased person as dictated by the laws of the...
  
  
• DESCRIPTION - Also known as "Legal Description". The manner in which a piece of land is identified. May...
  
  
• DESCRIPTOR - A variable describing assets, used as an element of a risk index. For example, a volatilit...