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English Language Tests-Intermediate level's archive Business buzzwords: Last increment bidding 1.. The data clearly illustrate that some of the participants in the PJM market are biddin

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Business buzzwords: Last increment bidding

1 The data clearly illustrate that some of the participants

in the PJM market are bidding their capacity at well above

production costs; the bids include prices approaching

1,000 $/MW, and they also show the so-called ' stick'

bidding of the last increment of capacity at a very high

price

carrot

hockey

popsicle

swizzle

2 I tell my broker, "Buy Soybeans at 662.50," but then I

find out I was filled at 663.00, two ticks off my price: the

two ticks is called

luggage

overage

selvage

slippage

3 When the pot is , the underwriter has no more of

the issue to sell to interested investors; if there is still

interest in the issue and nothing left for an underwriter to

offer, it is probable that the issue was underpriced and

oversubscribed

burnt

clean

dry

gone

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5 The All Industry index may spark some interest, but the

most meaningful event will not come from the calendar but

rather from the completion of the G-20 meeting: if the

make any aggressive comments about yen

weakness, $/JPY may be in for more selling as the week

progresses

FinMins

ForMins

LabMins

LanMins

6 Here, we emphasize the reaction of holders of preferred

stock to the call announcement, and examine their

decision to sell the convertible rather than convert it; this

effect explains the increase in trading volume and

also has important spillover effects into the market-making

activity in the underlying common stock

clientele

cumulative

rebound

redound

7 Firms are throwing millions of dollars at university IP

portfolios without regard to what is actually in the portfolio

— are we seeing another investment strategy that

will take us to another nanotech bubble bursting because

they are ill-informed and believe nanotech is still so far off

for ROI that only IP is available?

copycat

daydream

deadend

lemming

8 A Pork is an arrangement on the floor of the

NYSE whereby clerks cover the booth of a floor broker

and accept orders, phone calls, and associated tasks; this

arrangement is beneficial to the floor brokers as it allows

them to handle business outside the floor while still taking

orders and maintaining trading requirements

Barrel

Chop

Pie

Rind

9 Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

stipulates that once someone obtains five percent of a

firm's stock, that person has 10 days to file a disclosure

form; but during this period, the potential bidder can

continue to make open market purchases, so

purchases may be larger than 5% of a target firm

knife edge

pintail

toehold

wedge end

10 RBC Dominion Securities is accused of trading

in shares of the firm's parent, Royal Bank of Canada; four

of its traders are accused of buying and selling $33 million

worth of shares at the same time — improperly taking both

sides of the trades — to cut risks they faced because of a

series of trading errors and misunderstandings

back

flipside

offset

wash