Glossary, H-M

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

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Initial Public Offering, or IPO for short, represents the first opportunity for the public to purchase shares of a company. It is also referred to as a private company “going public”.

Options

In The Money

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In-The-Money refers to an option whose underlying’ asset’s price changes in such a way that it becomes profitable to exercise the option at the given strike price. For example: Stock price is lower than the strike price specified in a put option contract.