Long (finance)

Long (finance)

In finance, a long position in a security, such as a stock or a bond, or equivalently to be long in a security, means the holder of the position owns the security and will profit if the price of the security goes up.

Similarly, a long position in a futures contract or similar derivative, means the holder of the position will profit if the price of the underlying security goes up.

ee also

* Short (finance)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Long — In general English usage, long is the adjectival form of length. It may also refer to:In geography: * Long, People s Republic of China * Long Island, New York, United States * Long Lake, various lakesIn other fields: * Lóng, the Chinese dragon *… …   Wikipedia

  • Finance D'entreprise — La finance d entreprise est le domaine d activité du service responsable des décisions et opérations financières, outils financiers et équilibres financiers des entreprises pour le compte des apporteurs de capitaux. Dans les entreprises, c est le …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Finance lease — is a type of lease the other being an operating lease. A finance lease (highly similar to a capital lease) effectively allows a firm to finance the purchase of an asset, even if, strictly speaking, the firm never acquires the asset. Typically, a… …   Wikipedia

  • long-dated — ˈlong dated adjective FINANCE long dated bonds/​stocks/​securities bonds, securities etc that will be repaid a long time in the future, usually ten or fifteen years: • Long dated bonds were hardest hit, with the 30 year Treasury falling heavily.… …   Financial and business terms

  • Finance Privée — La finance privée recouvre les activités de gestion des portefeuilles d actifs financiers des particuliers, et plus largement la gestion de l ensemble de leur patrimoine (finance) et des revenus dudit patrimoine, cela du point de vue tant de leur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Finance Publique Internationale — La finance publique internationale est l ensemble des circuits et flux financiers liant les États souverains entre eux pour les dons et transferts, en particulier les transferts organisés par traité au sein d une communauté d États comme l Union… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Finance privee — Finance privée La finance privée recouvre les activités de gestion des portefeuilles d actifs financiers des particuliers, et plus largement la gestion de l ensemble de leur patrimoine (finance) et des revenus dudit patrimoine, cela du point de… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Long — Long, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn out… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Long clam — Long Long, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Long cloth — Long Long, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”