Business / Finance Glossary

Outside Market: Used in the context of general equities. Outside the inside market (above the lowest offering and below the highest bid).

Outside Of You: Used for listed equity securities. Another order bidding for or offering stock at the same price that the trader has put on the floor himself, represented by another broker in the trading cr . . . View Full Definition

Outsourcing: Purchasing a significant percentage of intermediate components from outside suppliers.

Outstanding: Used in the context of general equities. Stock held by shareholders (verses the company's treasury stock).

Outstanding Share Capital: Issued share capital less the par value of shares that are held as the company's treasury stock.

Outstanding Shares: Shares that are currently owned by investors.

Over-The-Counter (OTC): A decentralized market (as opposed to an exchange market) where geographically dispersed dealers are linked by telephones and computer screens. The market is for securities not listed on a s . . . View Full Definition

Overage: Apples mainly to convertible securities. Difference between how much common stock one party must sell and the other wishes to buy for the same amount of convertible in a swap.

Overall Market Price Coverage: Total assets less intangibles divided by the total of the market value of the security issue and the book value of liabilities and issues having a prior claim. This is used to determine how . . . View Full Definition

Overbought: Used in the context of general equities. Technically too high in price, and hence a technical correction is expected. See: Heavy. Antithesis of oversold.

Overbought-Oversold Indicator: An indicator that attempts to define when prices have moved too far and too fast in either direction and thus are vulnerable to reaction.

Overdraft: Provision of instant credit by a lending institution.

Overfunded Pension Plan: A pension plan that has a positive surplus (i.e., assets exceed liabilities).

Overhang: Used in the context of general equities. Sizable block of securities or commodities contracts that, if released on the market, would put downward pressure on prices; prohibits buying activit . . . View Full Definition

Overhead: The expenses of a business that are not attributable directly) the production or sale of goods.

Overheating: An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation.

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 willingness to sell on the bid side of the market and buy on the offer side.

Overlapping Debt: The portion of debt of political subdivisions or neighboring special districts that a municipality is responsible for.

Overlay Strategy: A strategy of using futures for asset allocation by pension sponsors to avoid disrupting the activities of money managers.

Overnight Delivery Risk: A risk brought about because differences in time zones between settlement centers require that payment or delivery on one side of a transaction be made without knowing until the next day whe . . . View Full Definition

Overnight Position: A broker-dealer's position in a security at the end of a trading day.

Overnight Repo: A repurchase agreement with a term of one day.

Overperform: To appreciate at a rate faster than appreciation of the overall market.

Overreaching: Used in the context of general equities. Creating artificial volume in a stock through activity not generated by normal/natural buyers and sellers in the market.

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