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MERCADO SECUNDARIO [3 records]

Record 1 2010-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

[A] market for transactions in existing securities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Marché public sur lequel se négocient les titres déjà placés.

CONT

Au Canada, le marché secondaire comprend les bourses de valeurs, où se négocient les titres cotés, et le marché hors cote, sur lequel se traitent les valeurs non admises à la cote officielle d'une bourse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
DEF

Mercado de intercambio de títulos-valores previamente emitidos y que ya figuran en posesión de los inversores. El mercado de acciones, excluidas las ampliaciones de capital, es un mercado secundario.

OBS

mercado secundario: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2001-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

In the secondary options market, an existing options holder or writer may decide he wishes to unwind his option position prior to the option's expiry. He does so by executing an offsetting closing transaction which has the effect of extinguishing his previous option position. The table on this page illustrates this procedure, which is common to both puts and calls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Sur le marché secondaire, un acheteur ou un vendeur initial peut décider de liquider sa position avant l'expiration de l'option. Pour ce faire, il effectue une transaction liquidative ou compensatrice qui a pour effet d'annuler sa position-option.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
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Record 3 1998-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

Public offering of previously issued securities held by large investors, usually corporations, institutions others, as opposed to issue of new stock, where the seller is the issuing corporation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
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