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Information costsTransactions costs that include the assessment of the investment merits of a financial asset. Related: Search costs.Information costs Similar MatchesFor your information (FYI)For your information (FYI)A prefix to a security price indicating that the quote is for information purposes only, and not an offer to trade. Information RatioInformation RatioThe ratio of annualized expected residual return to residual risk. A central measurement for active management, value added is proportional to the square of the information ratio. Technical InformationTechnical InformationInformation related to the momentum of a particular variable. In market analysis, technical information is information related to market dynamics and crowd behavior only. Insider informationInsider informationPrice-sensitive information about a company that has not yet been made public.People who use the information either to make a profit for themselves or for someone else are committing a criminal offence (insider dealing).The inside dealer does not have to work for the company for his dealing to be an offence. So a stockbroker, or merchant banker, who knows about an impending takeover deal who buys shares in the target company with the intention of making a profit, is guilty. If he gets a friend to buy the shares, he is still guilty. In theory, the net is cast quite wide. In practice, insider dealing prosecutions are rare, and successful ones rarer still because the allegations are so hard to prove.Note the difference between insider dealing (an offence) and directors dealings (not an offence). Limit order information systemLimit order information systemThe electronic system supplying information about securities traded on participating exchanges so that the best securities prices can be found. Further SuggestionsFundamental InformationStatement of Additional Information (SAI) Information asymmetry Expected value of perfect information Complete information Asymmetric information Informational efficiency Nonpublic information Insider information Information Coefficient (IC) Information content effect Incomplete information Information Agent Information architecture Asymmetric information Information services Informational efficiency price sensitive information Intermarket Surveillance Information System (ISIS) London Market Information Link |
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