Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION - When firms in the same industry merge. Also referred to as horizontal merger
  
  
• HORIZONTAL MERGER - A merger involving two or more firms in the same industry that are both at the same...
  
  
• HORIZONTAL PRICE MOVEMENT - Stock price movement within a narrow price range over an extended period of...
  
  
• HORIZONTAL SPREAD - Is a spread which is composed of two puts or two calls on the same underlying instr...
  
  
• HOSPITAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE - Pays a set amount for a hospital stay based on daily, weekly or monthly ...
  
  
• HOSPITAL REVENUE BOND - A bond issued to finance construction of a hospital by a municipal or state age...
  
  
• HOST SECURITY - The security to which a warrant is attached.
  
  
• HOSTILE - Often refers to an unsolicitated and unwanted bid by the target company. It rejects this bid ...
  
  
• HOSTILE TAKEOVER - occurs when a company attempts to buy out another whether they like it or not. A hos...
  
  
• HOT - Used in the context of general equities. Active, usually with positive price implications.