open market transactions

Open market operations — (also known as OMO) is the buying and selling of government bonds on the open market by a central bank. It is the primary means of implementing monetary policy by a central bank. The usual aim of open market operations is to control the short… …   Wikipedia

open market value — In the context of property transactions, the best price that might reasonably be expected for property, or an interest in property, from an unconnected third party on a certain date. A valuer would normally base such a valuation on an average of… …   Law dictionary

Open market — The term open market is used generally to refer to a situation close to free trade and in a more specific technical sense to interbank trade in securities. Use of the term in economic theory In a general sense used in economics and political… …   Wikipedia

Open-market purchase operation — A systematic program of repurchasing shares of stock in market transactions at current market prices, in competition with other prospective investors. The New York Times Financial Glossary …   Financial and business terms

open-market purchase operation — A systematic program of repurchasing shares of stock in market transactions at current market prices, in competition with other prospective investors. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …   Financial and business terms

Non-Open Market — Describes an agreement to purchase or sell shares made directly with the company. Non open market transactions, as the name suggests, don t take place on a market exchange like most purchase and sale transactions, but instead are private… …   Investment dictionary

Federal Reserve System Open Market Account — The Federal Reserve System Open Market Account(SOMA) is one of monetary policy tool used by Federal Reserve System. It consists of the Federal Reserve s domestic and foreign portfolios. The SOMA domestic portfolio consists of U.S. Treasury… …   Wikipedia

Federal Open Market Committee — The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a component of the Federal Reserve System, is charged under U.S. law with overseeing open market operations in the United States, and is the principal tool of US national monetary policy. (Open market… …   Wikipedia

OPEN — Period (OPEN) The period that defines when the trading service is opened. London Stock Exchange Glossary * * * ▪ I. open open 1 [ˈəʊpən ǁ ˈoʊ ] adjective [not before a noun] 1. COMMERCE if a shop, bank, restaurant etc is open, it is allowing… …   Financial and business terms

Market value — For values of entire markets, see Market size. Market value is the price at which an asset would trade in a competitive auction setting. Market value is often used interchangeably with open market value, fair value or fair market value, although… …   Wikipedia

market — marketer, n. /mahr kit/, n. 1. an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers market. 2. a store for the sale of food: a meat market. 3. a meeting of people for selling and… …   Universalium