A margin call is triggered when the investor's equity as a percentage of
total market value of securities falls below a certain percentage requirement, which is called the maintenance margin.
Giving away appreciated securities such as stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares offers an additional tax benefit: You can generally take a tax deduction for the
full market value of the securities donated and also avoid paying tax on the capital gains on the investment.
In return, you'll get a tax receipt equal to the fair
market value of the securities donated, and you will not be taxed on the capital gains accrued on those securities, as you would if you sold the securities during your lifetime.
If there was a way to determine the fair
market value of a security simply based on whether it was part of either the dirty or clean economy, wouldn't it be easy to simply trade profitably on that information?
In the context of the NYSE and FINRA, after an investor has bought securities on margin, the minimum required level of margin is 25 % of the
total market value of the securities in the margin account.
It is important to remember that there is a risk associated with purchasing or shorting securities on margin, as fluctuation
in market value of securities could lead to losses in excess of the capital invested.
If you donate appreciated securities that you have owned for more than one year, you get a deduction for the
full market value of the securities, even when it is greater than the amount you paid.
Lending and fail fees - Lending and fail rates will be applied to
the market value of the security borrowed on an actual - over-360 basis.
The market values of securities held in the portfolio will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.
The market values of securities held in the K2 liquid alternatives portfolios will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.
The market values of securities will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.
Like Buffett, Lou is a value investor looking to buy quality businesses below intrinsic value; «Generally, SQ advisers believes that identifying a significant difference between
the market value of a security and the intrinsic value of that security is what defines an investment opportunity.»
Returns typically comprise interest and changes in
the market value of the security.
Allocations may not total 100 % of net assets because the table includes the notional value of derivatives (the economic value for purposes of calculating periodic payment obligations), in addition to
the market value of securities.
«Generally, we believe that identifying a significant difference between
the market value of a security and the intrinsic value of that security is what defines an investment opportunity.
If
the market value of the security basket does fall below 90 % of the ETF's NAV, the fund will ask the swap counterparty to pay the prevailing swap value by posting (or delivering) additional securities to top up the security basket (and thereby increase the collateral held) back to 100 % of NAV and thereby at least temporarily reducing counterparty risk back to zero.
Equity is the combination of cash and
market value of securities in the account in excess of debit balances.
Like SIPC protection, this additional insurance does not protect against a loss in
the market value of securities.
Of course, there is no protection that will cover you for a decline in
the market value of your securities.
In simple words, NAV is
the market value of the securities held by the scheme.
Neither coverage protects against a decline in
the market value of securities, nor does either coverage extend to certain securities that are considered ineligible for coverage.
The maximum loan varies with the investment type and
market value of the securities.
If so, you can generally ignore the dividends and interest for the purposes of calculating your rate of return (these are already included in
the market value of the security).
A margin account allows you to borrow some of
the market value of the securities held in your account to purchase other investments.
(As with all securities firms, this insurance provides protection against failure of a broker - dealer, not against loss of
market value of securities).
The market value of securities not being traded is unknown, by definition.
It just requires totaling the fair
market value of those securities that an individual holds in various traditional IRA accounts at the end of the tax year.