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Prearranged Trading: Possibly fraudulent practice whereby commodities dealers carry out risk-free trades at predetermined prices to acquire tax advantages.

Trading Dividends: Costs of buying and selling marketable securities and borrowing. Trading costs include commissions, slippage, and the bid/ask spread. See: Transactions costs.

Trading Costs: A document (power of attorney) a customer gives to a broker in order that the broker may buy and sell securities on behalf of the customer.

Trading Floor: The trading floor is the active trading area of a stock exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Securities are traded auction-style on an exchange trading floor. That means the . . . View Full Definition

Trading Authorization: Buying and selling securities.

Trading Halt: Maximizing a firm's revenues by purchasing stock in other firms in order to collect the maximum amount of dividends of which 70% is tax-free.

Trading On The Equity: The practice of agreeing to buy real estate and then assigning the purchase agreement to another buyer before closing takes place, thus turning a profit by selling the paper.

Trading: A stock that is very difficult to trade to because of illiquidity.

State Trading Enterprises (Stes): Stes are enterprises authorized to engage in trade (exporting and/or importing) that are owned, sanctioned, or otherwise supported by government. Stes are legitimate trading entities and are . . . View Full Definition

Side-By-Side Trading: Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm.