Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• OVERHEATING - An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation.
  
  
• OVERINVESTMENT - In corporate finance, this refers to managers not acting in the best interests of the ...
  
  
• OVERISSUE - An excess of issued shares over authorized shares.
  
  
• OVERLAP THE MARKET - Used in the context of general equities. Create a crossed market by expressing a w...
  
  
• OVERLAPPING DEBT - The proportionate share of the general obligation bonds of local governments located...
  
  
• OVERLAY STRATEGY - A strategy of using futures for asset allocation by pension sponsors to avoid disrup...
  
  
• OVERLEVERAGED - a balance sheet condition where the entity is incapable of servicing its debt load (int...
  
  
• OVERNIGHT (O/N) - From today to "tomorrow" (i.e., the next business day).
  
  
• OVERNIGHT DELIVERY RISK - A risk brought about because differences in time zones between settlement cen...
  
  
• OVERNIGHT INDEXED SWAPS - Swaps with a floating rate based on Sonia (q.v.).