Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• TRAILING - in time periods, is the most recently completed time period. For example, trailing twelve mo...
  
  
• TRAILING EARNINGS - Past earnings. Often used in the context of the price earnings ratio. This ratio is...
  
  
• TRAILING SALES - Past sales. Often used in the valuation of companies that have negative cash flows or ...
  
  
• TRAILING STOP - A stop-loss order that follows the prevailing price trend.
  
  
• TRAINS - Refers to investment trusts which are populated by corporate bonds. In October 2001, Morgan St...
  
  
• TRAINT ON ALIENATION - Any limit on the ability of an owner to sell or transfer property.
  
  
• TRAN - See tax and revenue anticipation notes. Also see TAN and BAN.
  
  
• TRANCHE - one of the classes, portions or segments of a bond or mortgage-backed security, such as a Col...
  
  
• TRANCHES - related securities that are offered at the same time but have different risk, reward, and/or...
  
  
• TRANS UNION - One of the three major credit-reporting agencies.