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Held-To-Maturity Debt Security

A debt security that an entity purchases and holds until maturity (as opposed to available for sale securities or trading...

Ordinary Share

A security (share) that represents an ownership interest in a publicly-held company whereby a stockholder is eligible to participate in...

Thinly Traded Security

A security (e.g., a bond, stock, etc.) that trades with low volume, and as such is associated with a high...

Replacement Cost Risk

The risk that arises from a party to a transaction failing to meet its obligation on the settlement date, so that…

Principal Risk

The risk of losing part or all of the principal of a financial asset. It is the risk that the...

Residential Mortgage-Backed Security

A debt security that pays out based on payments from a pool of individual residential mortgages. It is asset-backed security...

RMBS

It stands for residential mortgage-backed security; a debt security that pays out based on payments from a pool of individual...

MBS

It stands for mortgage-backed security; a security (specifically, a type of asset-backed security, ABS) which is secured by a mortgage...

Mortgage Backed Security

A security (specifically, a type of asset-backed security, ABS) which is secured by a mortgage or pool of mortgages. The...

Inactive Security

A security that is not considered active in trading. In other words, the trading activity and turnover of an inactive...