Glossary
- A-Share
- AAA rating
- abs.
- Accrual bond
- Accumulate
- Acquisition currency
- Actively managed fund
- Ad-hoc disclosure
- Additional margin
- Admission of securities to the Regulated Market
- Admission to the exchange
- Admissions Office
- Advance-decline (AD)
- AIBD return (ISMA return)
- AIBD return (ISMA-return)
- All-time high
- All-time low
- Allocation
- Allotment
- Alpha
- American depositary receipt (ADR)
- American depositary share (ADS)
- American-style option
- Annual General Meeting
- AQR (VWAP) executions
- Arbitrage
- Asian option
- Ask
- Ask price
- Asset class
- Asset-backed security
- Asterisk * (price addendum)
- At the money
- Attentism
- Auction principle
- Automatic exercise (warrants)
American-style option
An option that can be exercised at any time prior to maturity
Antonym: European-style option
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