- The universe of securities refers to a complete set of securities that have some common features or traits.
- An unlisted security is a financial instrument that is not traded on an official exchange because it does not meet the listing requirements.
- Unlisted trading privileges (UTP) refer to the rules for trading securities that do not qualify for listing on an exchange.
- Unpaid dividends exist because there is a difference between the time a company announces its dividends and the time those dividends are paid.
- The up/down ratio is the volume traded by rising and falling stocks on a given trading day.
- On Issuance (WI) - A transaction that is conditional because the security has been authorized but not yet issued.
- Shares of widows and orphans are stocks with low volatility, but bringing high dividends.
- “XD” appears as a footnote, subscript, superscript, or suffix to the ticker symbol to indicate that the stock is ex-dividend.
- XRT is an extension printed after the stock ticker that indicates that the stock is trading on an ex-rights basis.
- YOC is a measure of dividend yield based on the original price paid for the investment.