Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WHEN-ISSUED (WI) - New securities issues announced by the issuer but not yet sold or issued. Securities...
  
  
• WHIPLASH - Alternating buy and sell signals that result in losses.
  
  
• WHIPSAW - Losing money on both sides of a price swing.
  
  
• WHIPSAWED - Buying stocks just before prices fall and selling stocks just before prices rise in a volat...
  
  
• WHISPER NUMBER - A whisper number is an unofficial earnings estimate for a particular company that a st...
  
  
• WHISPER NUMBER OR FORECAST - An unofficial earnings estimate of a company given to clients by a securit...
  
  
• WHISPER STOCK - A stock rumored to be the target of a takeover bid, drawing speculators who hope to mak...
  
  
• WHISTLE BLOWER - A person who has knowledge of fraudulent activities inside a firm or government agency...
  
  
• WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD - trying to keep up one’s courage
  
  
• WHITE ELEPHANT - slang for property or a business that is so costly to maintain or operate that it is i...