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1. Flash Trading- for a fee, traders Opens at 9:30AM and closes at 4:00PM
are allowed to see incoming buy eastern time
or sell orders milliseconds earlier
than general market traders. IEX Group, Inc.- uses speed bumps
2. Naked access- allows some (350 millionths of a second)
traders to rapidly buy and sell Stock market index- composite value of
stocks directly on exchanges a group of secondary market traded
using a broker’s computer code stocks.
without exchanges or regulators
always knowing who is making Market efficiency- the speed with
the trades. which financial security prices adjust to
3. Dark pools of liquidity- trading unexpected news pertaining to interest
networks that provide liquidity but rates or a stock-specific characteristics.
that do not display trades on
Weak form market efficiency- current
order books.
stock prices reflects all historic price and
Penny stocks- stocks that trade for less volume information about a company.
than $5 per share
Semistrong form of market efficiency-
OTC Bulletin board- means for brokers focuses on the speed with which public
and dealers to get and post current price information is impounded into stock
quotes over a computer network. prices.
-least liquid asset items; major sources *Net write offs- actual loan losses less
of credit and liquidity risk for most banks loan recoveries.
*Unsecured loan- (or junior debt) gives Deposits- demand deposits are
the lender only a general claim on the transaction accounts held by individuals,
assets of the borrower should default corporations, partnerships, and
occur. governments that generally pay no
explicit interest.
Real estate loans- are primarily
mortgage loans and some revolving NOW Accounts- negotiable order of
home equity loans. withdrawal accounts are similar to
demand deposits but pay interest when
*Adjustable rate- the mortgage rate a minimum balance is maintained.
differs according to whether the
MMDAs-money market deposit
accounts with retail savings accounts
and some limited checking account Commercial letters of credit (LCs)-
features. contingent guarantees sold by an FI to
underwrite the trade or commercial
Other savings deposit- all savings performance of the buyers of the
accounts other than MMDAs. guarantees.
Retail CDs- major categories of time Standby letters of credit (SLCs)-
deposits; fixed maturity instruments with guarantees issued to cover
face values under $100,000. contingencies that are potentially more
Wholesale CDs- time deposits with face severe and less predictable than
value of $100,000 or more. contingencies covered under trade-
related or commercial letters of credit.
Negotiable instrument- an instrument
whose ownership can be transformed in Loans sold- loans originated by the bank
the secondary market. and then sold to other investors that can
be returned to the originating institution.
Brokered deposits- wholesale CDs
obtained through a brokerage house. Recourse- the ability to put an asset or
loan back to the seller should the credit
Core deposits- deposits of the bank that quality of the asset deteriorate.
are stable over short periods of time and
thus provide a long-term funding source Total operating income- the sum of the
to a bank. interest income and noninterest income.
Up-front fee- the fee charged for making Equity multiplier- EM; Measures the
funds available through a loan extent to which assets of the FI are
commitment. funded with equity relative to debt.
Commitment fee- the fee charged on the Profit margin- measures the ability to
unused component of a loan pay expenses and generate net income
commitment. from interest and noninterest income.
Asset utilization- measures the amount or indirectly purchase securities
of interest and noninterest income by investing in mutual or pension
generated per dollar of total assets. funds managed directly or
indirectly by CBs.
Net interest margin-interest income 6. Entry and chartering regulation-
minus interest expense divided by entry and activity regulations limit
earning assets. he number of CBs in any given
Spread- the difference between lending financial services sector, thus
and borrowing rates. impacting the charter values of
CBs operating in that sector.
Overhead efficiency- a bank’s ability to
generate noninterest income to cover
noninterest expense.
REGULATION OF
COMMERCIAL BANKS