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short-swing — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : tending to close out commitments quickly short swing traders also : short term 2b * * * short swing «SHRT SWIHNG», adjective. U.S. Finance. based on or covering a six month or shorter period in which a transaction is… … Useful english dictionary
short–swing profit — n: a profit made by a corporate insider who purchases stock and sells it or sells stock and purchases it within a prescribed period ◇ Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that a corporation may recover short swing profits … Law dictionary
short swing profits — USA Profits realized from the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of an equity security of a reporting company by a Section 16 insider in any six month period. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms.… … Law dictionary
short-swing profits — USA Profits realized from the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of an equity security of a reporting company by a Section 16 insider in any period of less than six months. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international… … Law dictionary
Short-Swing Profit Rule — A Securities Exchange Commission regulation that requires company insiders to return any profits made from the purchase and sale of company stock if both transactions occur within a six month period. A company insider, as determined by the rule,… … Investment dictionary
short-swing profit — A profit made on the sale of securities held for only a short time after purchase … Ballentine's law dictionary
short swing profits — Profits made by an insider on the purchase and sale of stock of a corporation within a six month period. See insider … Black's law dictionary
short swing speculation — The purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of corporate stock within a period of less than six months. 15 USC § 78p(b) (involving unfair use of information by corporate insiders .) … Ballentine's law dictionary
Swing trading — is commonly defined as a speculative activity in financial markets whereby instruments such as stocks, indexes, bonds, currencies, or commodities are repeatedly bought or sold at or near the end of up or down price swings caused by price… … Wikipedia
swing — [ swiŋ ] n. m. • 1895; mot angl., de to swing « balancer » ♦ Anglic. I ♦ 1 ♦ Boxe Coup de poing donné en ramenant le bras de l extérieur à l intérieur. « Joe Mitchell, d un furieux swing du droit, fendit l arcade sourcilière de son adversaire »… … Encyclopédie Universelle
