securities

Cultural  

1. Written evidence of ownership or creditorship, such as bonds and stock certificates.

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Example Sentences

These securities are opaque and may be riskier than most, but to the extent you’re selling to institutions people don’t care that much.

From The Wall Street Journal

The debt securities are backed by a pool of assets such as mortgage loans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over time, higher yields translate into increased interest costs for the government as new bonds replace maturing securities.

From The Wall Street Journal

The first token-settled trades could go live as early as the end of this September — the first time tokenized securities trade on a major U.S. exchange.

From MarketWatch

Seeking such an asymmetric performance trade-off—less upside for more downside protection—is typical for investors in the hybrid securities known as convertible bonds External link, which have qualities of both stocks and bonds.

From Barron's

Related Words

• balance
• bond
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• mortgage
• stock
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