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Liquid Asset
Definition: Asset that is easily and cheaply turned into cash-notably, cash itself and short-term securities.
Definition: Asset that is easily and cheaply turned into cash-notably, cash itself and short-term securities.
Liquid Market
Definition: A market allowing the buying or selling of large quantities of an asset at any time and at low transactions costs.
Definition: A market allowing the buying or selling of large quantities of an asset at any time and at low transactions costs.
Liquid Yield Option Note (LYON)
Definition: Zero-coupon, callable, putable, convertible bond developed by Merrill Lynch & Co.
Definition: Zero-coupon, callable, putable, convertible bond developed by Merrill Lynch & Co.
Liquidated Damages
Definition: The amount payable for delays and sub-standard performance under a construction, equipment supply, or Operations & Maintenance contract.
Definition: The amount payable for delays and sub-standard performance under a construction, equipment supply, or Operations & Maintenance contract.
Liquidating Dividend
Definition: Payment by a firm to its owners from capital rather than from earnings.
Definition: Payment by a firm to its owners from capital rather than from earnings.
Liquidation
Definition: Occurs when a firm's business is terminated. Assets are sold, proceeds are used to pay creditors, and any leftovers are distributed to shareholders. Any transaction that offsets or closes out a long or short position. Related: Buy in, evening up, offset liquidity.
Definition: Occurs when a firm's business is terminated. Assets are sold, proceeds are used to pay creditors, and any leftovers are distributed to shareholders. Any transaction that offsets or closes out a long or short position. Related: Buy in, evening up, offset liquidity.
Liquidation By Assignment
Definition: Sale or realization of a debtor firm's assets voluntarily agreed to by its creditors who estimate that the firm's liquidation value exceeds its going-concern value.
Definition: Sale or realization of a debtor firm's assets voluntarily agreed to by its creditors who estimate that the firm's liquidation value exceeds its going-concern value.
Liquidation Rights
Definition: The rights of a firm's securityholders in the event the firm liquidates.
Definition: The rights of a firm's securityholders in the event the firm liquidates.
Liquidation Value
Definition: Net amount that could be realized by selling the assets of a firm after paying the debt.
Definition: Net amount that could be realized by selling the assets of a firm after paying the debt.
Liquidator
Definition: Person appointed by an unsecured creditor in the United Kingdom to oversee the sale of an insolvent firm's assets and the repayment of its debts.
Definition: Person appointed by an unsecured creditor in the United Kingdom to oversee the sale of an insolvent firm's assets and the repayment of its debts.
Liquidity
Definition: A high level of trading activity, allowing buying and selling with minimum price disturbance. Also, a market characterized by the ability to buy and sell with relative ease. Antithesis of illiquidity.
Definition: A high level of trading activity, allowing buying and selling with minimum price disturbance. Also, a market characterized by the ability to buy and sell with relative ease. Antithesis of illiquidity.
Liquidity Diversification
Definition: Investing in a variety of maturities to reduce the price risk to which holding long bonds exposes the investor.
Definition: Investing in a variety of maturities to reduce the price risk to which holding long bonds exposes the investor.
Liquidity Fund
Definition: A California company that buys real estate limited partnership interests at 25% to 35% lower than the current value of the real estate assets.
Definition: A California company that buys real estate limited partnership interests at 25% to 35% lower than the current value of the real estate assets.
Liquidity Preference Hypothesis
Definition: The argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates.
Definition: The argument that greater liquidity is valuable, all else equal. Also, the theory that the forward rate exceeds expected future interest rates.
Liquidity Ratios
Definition: Ratios that measure a firm's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations on time, such as the ratio of current assets to current liabilities.
Definition: Ratios that measure a firm's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations on time, such as the ratio of current assets to current liabilities.
Liquidity Risk
Definition: The risk that arises from the difficulty of selling an asset in a timely manner. It can be thought of as the difference between the "true value" of the asset and the likely price, less commissions.
Definition: The risk that arises from the difficulty of selling an asset in a timely manner. It can be thought of as the difference between the "true value" of the asset and the likely price, less commissions.
Liquidity Theory Of The Term Structure
Definition: A biased expectations theory that asserts that the implied forward rates will not be a pure estimate of the market's expectations of future interest rates because they embody a liquidity premium.
Definition: A biased expectations theory that asserts that the implied forward rates will not be a pure estimate of the market's expectations of future interest rates because they embody a liquidity premium.
Lisbon Stock Exchange (LSE)
Definition: Stock exchange trading stocks, bonds, and unit trusts. The BVL general index is the exchange's official index.
Definition: Stock exchange trading stocks, bonds, and unit trusts. The BVL general index is the exchange's official index.
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