Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• LEAD MANAGER - The investment banking firm that handles the principal responsibilities for coordinating...
  
  
• LEAD PIPE - Used in the context of general equities. Virtually certain that trade will take place; lead...
  
  
• LEAD REGULATOR - A leading self-regulatory organization that over sees compliance with a particular sec...
  
  
• LEAD TIME - The length of time between the placement of an order for an inventory item and when the ite...
  
  
• LEAD UNDERWRITER - The head of a syndicate of financial firms that are sponsoring an initial public off...
  
  
• LEAD-GENERATION SITE - A mortgage web site designed to provide leads (potential customers) to lenders. ...
  
  
• LEAD-TIME - the time between the initial stage of a project or policy and the appearance of results, fo...
  
  
• LEADER - A stock or group of stocks that is the first to move in a market upsurge or downturn.
  
  
• LEADING - Strategy used by a firm to accelerate payments, normally in response to exchange rate expecta...
  
  
• LEADING AND LAGGING - Refers to timing of cash flows within a corporation.