Glossary
Blue Index CFD glossary, dictionary or encyclopedia, where we supply a comprehensive list of terms, phrases, events, words and people that have bearing or influence on the world stock markets, both past and present. We add new definitions each week, so please do revisit for more definitions. Our aim is to make this CFD glossary as comprehensive as possible over time. Below is a glossary of CFD related terms. Please click on the glossary phrase for a more comprehensive or detailed definition.
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- After hours
- Times that fall outside of standard dealing times. Although markets have fixed guaranteed dealing times, certain issues can be traded outside of these times. We have supplied the known trading hours for the major world exchanges below. All times are quoted as GMT (UTC 0) and some are subject to daylight savings time.
- At Best
- An order to deal at the best buying or selling price available in the market at the time. Also known as ‘at market’
- At market
- An order to deal at the best buying or selling price available in the market at the time
- Accounting basis
- Differentiated balancing systems.
- Accrued liabilities
- Also known as 'Provisions' - a liability position on the Balance Sheet According to trading law, Provisions are liabilities, losses or expenses that are unpredictable in terms of accrual or amount.
- Acquisition
- An acquisition is the purchase of one company by another with no new company being formed.
- Active accrued items
- Active accrued items are expenses prepaid within the current business year which must be economically imputed partially or entirely to the new business year.
- At the money
- An order to deal at the best buying or selling price available in the market at the time
- A-Share(s)
- A class of common or preferred shares that have more voting rights than other forms of shares that may have been created OR A standard way in which sales charges or costed on US mutual fund investments OR Shares traded in Chinese Renminbi on the Peoples Republic of China's stock exchanges as opposed to foreign currency
- accredited trader
- Accredited investor is a US term referring to investors that need to prove that fulfil criteria relating to their experience of trading in the financial markets before they can trade in higher risk or specialised markets, such as hedge funds.
