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Bond Dividend

A type of liability dividend that is paid to stockholders in the form of bonds. In this sense, stockholders become...

Bond Ex-Dividend

The interval between the announcement of a coupon and the payment date. If a bond trades during this period of...

Bellwether

A stock, index, bond, or other financial instrument that signifies, foretells or spearheads the direction of a market, industry or...

Bellwether Bond

A government bond (or a broadly a bond) that is generally considered to signify the probable future movement or direction...

Decompounding

A technique which is used to convert an interest rate of a given period into an interest rate of a...

Drop-Lock Floating-Rate Note

A floating-rate note (FRN) which has a rate trigger allowing the interest to convert to a specified fixed rate for...

Downside Gamma

The change in the delta of a convertible with a given downward move in the underlying share. It is typically...

Discount Bond

A bond that accrues interest over its life. Accrued interest is only payable at the maturity date of the bond....

Direct Paper

A commercial paper that is sold directly by issuers to individual investors without the intervention of a securities dealer as...

Discount Rate

The interest rate that is used in discounting the cash flows of an instrument, firm or project to determine its...