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Back up(1) When bond yields rise and prices fall, the market is said to backup. (2) An investor who swaps out of one security into another of shorter current maturity is said to back up.Back up Similar MatchesBuybackBuybackThe covering of a short position by purchasing a long contract, usually resulting from the short sale of a commodity. See: Short covering, stock buyback. Also used in the context of bonds. The purchase of corporate bonds by the issuing company at a discount in the open market. Also used in the context of corporate finance. When a firm elects to repurchase some of the shares trading in the market. "Buy them back""Buy them back"Used for listed equity securities. "Cover my Cover. Backward bendingBackward bendingRefers to a curve that reverses direction, usually if, after moving out away from an origin or axis, it then turns back toward it. The term is used most frequently to describe supply curves for which the quantity supplied declines as price rises above some point, as may happen in a labor supply curve, the supply curve for foreign exchange, or an offer curve. Loss Carry Back (Carry Forward)Loss Carry Back (Carry Forward)A tax provision that allows operating losses to be used as a tax shield to reduce taxable income in prior and future years. Losses can be carried backward for up to three years and forward for up to 15 years under current tax codes. Net operating loss carrybacksNet operating loss carrybacksThe application of losses to offset earnings in previous years. Further SuggestionsPiggyback registrationReachback Discounted payback period rule Dividend clawback back end load Holdback Leaseback Feedback Systems Backup Line of Credit buy back Plow back Backwardation Kickback Odd Lot Buy Back Backdating Duty drawback "Back up the truck" Backward linkage backspread clawback Lehman Brothers Mortgage Backed Securities Index Discounted payback Payback Clawback Cashback mortgages |
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