Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• DATUM - A horizontal plane from which heights and depths are measured.
  
  
• DAWN RAID - A term of British origin used to describe the purchase of all available shares of a target ...
  
  
• DAX - A stock performance index (dividends added in) composed of the 30 most actively traded German blu...
  
  
• DAX FUTURES - A cash-settled Futures contract based on the DAXâ (q.v.) stock performance index. (Source...
  
  
• DAX FUTURES OPTION - An American option that settles into a DAXâ Futures (q.v.) contract. Payment of th...
  
  
• DAX OPTION - A cash-settled, European option on the DAXâ (q.v.) stock performance index. (Source: http:...
  
  
• DAY AROUND ORDER - A day order that supersedes (cancels and replaces) the previous order by altering it...
  
  
• DAY BASIS - See accrual convention.
  
  
• DAY COUNT BASIS - See accrual convention.
  
  
• DAY HIGH - This is the highest price that a security has traded at during the day.