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1. WACC: See weighted average cost of... more
2. Waiting period: The period after a company prospectus has been filed but prior to the IPO date, and during which... more
3. Waiver of premium: This is used to continue the policy in the event of becoming disabled or ill, and unable to work for... more
4. Warehousing: A process in which a number of investors each buy shares in a company. Yet each keeps their... more
5. Warrant: Warrants are securities issued by a company (often an investment trust) which give their owners... more
6. Warrant bond: A bond with an attached warrant giving the right to buy shares in the company in the... more
7. Warrant premium: The warrant premium measures the extra cost incurred by buying a warrant and exercising the warrant... more
8. Warranty: An agreement between a seller and a buyer in which the former agrees to put right any faulty... more
9. Wash sales: A process in which simultaneous purchases and sales are made in the same commodity futures contract,... more
10. Wasting asset: An asset with a limited expected useful life with a decreasing value over... more
11. Weak market: A stock market where volume is low and the spread is... more
12. Weather derivatives: A financial instrument used by companies to reduce the risks associated with adverse or unexpected... more
13. Wedding insurance: Insurance to give protection against financial loss in relation to a wedding. Items typically... more
14. Wedge: A technical analysis term used to describe a chart on which lines that connect tops and bottoms... more
15. Weekend effect: A theory of stock market growth, claiming that traders optimism normally fades between Friday and... more
16. When issued: A conditional price or transaction as the relevant security has been authorised/promised but not yet... more
17. Whipsaw: When a share price moves in one direction and then abruptly reverses direction. Whipsaws are... more
18. White knight: A company that comes to the rescue of another listed company when it is under siege from an... more
19. Whole life insurance: In the US, a life insurance policy, with level premiums, which provides a stated benefit on the... more
20. Wholesale: Goods sold in large quantities, or the intermediate stage in distribution. Wholesale banking is... more
21. Widow's (or widower's) guaranteed minimum pension: (WGMP) more
22. Will: A document that sets out how a person wishes his/her estate or property to be dispersed after... more
23. Wilshire 5000: A capitalisation weighted index of US companies that provides the broadest measure of US stock... more
24. Windfall profit: A one-off, large and unusual... more
25. Windfall shares: Free shares issued to members of demutualised... more
26. Windfall tax: A one-off tax imposed by government. The UK government applied such a measure in the budget of July... more
27. Winding up: See:... more
28. Wireless Data System: (WDS) New technology for transmitting orders, reports, and administrative messages between brokers and... more
29. With-profits bond: A lump sum investment into a with-profits fund of a life insurance company. With-profits bond funds... more
30. With-profits policy: A UK savings plan, often an endowment linked to a mortgage, that is sold as low risk because the... more

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