Meaning SETTLEMENT DATE: The date on which payment is made to settle a trade. For stocks traded on U.S. exchanges, settlement is currently three business days after the trade. For mutual funds, settlement usually occurs in the U.S. the day following the trade. In some regional markets, foreign shares may require months to settle
More terms such as Settlement date in Dictionary S.
- Definition Savings Deposits:
- Examples Accounts that pay interest, typically at below-market interest rates, that do not have a specific maturity, and that usually can be withdrawn upon demand settlement date definition.
- Definition Stock Dividend:
- Examples corporate dividend in the form of stock rather than cash. The stock dividend may be additional shares in the company, or it may be shares in a subsidiary being spun off to shareholders. Stock settlement date explain.
- Definition Short Bonds:
- Examples Bonds with short (not much time to maturity) current maturities settlement date what is.
- Definition Swap:
- Examples An arrangement in which two entities lend to each other on different terms, e.g., in different currencies, and/or at different interest rates, fixed or floating settlement date meaning.
- Definition Security Deposit (Initial):
- Examples term margin. A cash amount that must be deposited with the broker for each contract as a guarantee of fulfillment of the futures contract. It is not considered as part payment or purchase. Related settlement date abbreviation.
