Glossary of Financial Terms: O
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Glossary of Financial Terms: O
- Objective (Mutual Funds)
The fund's investment strategy category as stated in the prospectus. There are more than 20 standardized categories. - Opening purchase
A transaction in which the purchaser's intention is to create or increase a long position in a given series of options. - Opening sale
A transaction in which the seller's intention is to create or increase a short position in a given series of options. - Open interest
The number of outstanding option contracts in the exchange market or in a particular class or series. - Option
Gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell stock at a set price on or before a given date. Investors, not companies, issue options. Investors who purchase call options bet the stock will be worth more than the price set by the option (the strike price), plus the price they paid for the option itself. Buyers of put options bet the stock's price will go down below the price set by the option. - Other current assets
Value of non-cash assets, including prepaid expenses and accounts receivable, due within 1 year. - Other long term liabilities
value of leases, future employee benefits, deferred taxes and other obligations not requiring interest payments that must be paid over a period of more than 1 year. - Other sources
Amount of funds generated during the period from operations by sources other than depreciation or deferred taxes. Part of Free Cash Flow calculation. - Out of the money
A call option is out-of-the-money if the strike price is greater than the market price of the underlying security. A put option is out-of-the-money if the strike price is less than the market price of the underlying security. - 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.
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