Held for trade securities are stocks and bonds that are held with intention of selling in order to generate profits. Therefore there will be a selling price and all unrealized gains and losses are reported on the income statement. The Available for Sale securities are bonds and stocks that are sold with no intention of profit and all unrealized gains and losses are included in Other Comprehensive Income. Both need yearly fair value adjustments.
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"Trading securities are debt and equity securities that the company intends to actively manange and trade for profit." (Chiappetta, Larson, Wild, Fundamental Accounting Principles, 18th Ed., McGraw-Hill 2007, page 589)
Trading businesses and service businesses
A trading account is simply an account that allows you to buy or sell securities and/or company stock. It's what you need if you want to start investing on your own.
The Central Bank makes it mandatory on all commercial banks to invest a certain percentage of their liabilities [(only demand) or (demand and time both)] in government securities viz. T-Bills, Bonds etc which is called Statutory Liquidity Requirement. These securities are parked in an account maintained with the Central Bank which is called Subsidiary General Ledger. The main purpose of this account is the holding and trading of government securities. Why is holding separated from trading? B/c holding is the minimum requirement. Trading comes in case of Excess Securities which can be traded by the commercial banks. For example, if a commercial bank is carrying a short position, and has excess securities available, it will borrow from the interbank against security (called Repo)while comlying with the minimum requirement. This involves movement of SGLA (subsidiary General Ledger accounts). Entry will be as follows: Current Account (commercial bank) debit SGLA credit The Central Bank makes it mandatory on all commercial banks to invest a certain percentage of their liabilities [(only demand) or (demand and time both)] in government securities viz. T-Bills, Bonds etc which is called Statutory Liquidity Requirement. These securities are parked in an account maintained with the Central Bank which is called Subsidiary General Ledger. The main purpose of this account is the holding and trading of government securities. Why is holding separated from trading? B/c holding is the minimum requirement. Trading comes in case of Excess Securities which can be traded by the commercial banks. For example, if a commercial bank is carrying a short position, and has excess securities available, it will borrow from the interbank against security (called Repo)while comlying with the minimum requirement. This involves movement of SGLA (subsidiary General Ledger accounts). Entry will be as follows: Current Account (commercial bank) debit SGLA credit
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In securities trading, margin is the amount of money borrowed from a broker to buy securities, while collateral is the assets or funds used to secure the loan. Margin involves borrowing money to invest, while collateral is the security provided to ensure the loan is repaid.
Foreign OTC securities with 5-letter symbols ending in "f" are not available for trading because they are typically not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States. This lack of registration means they do not meet the regulatory requirements for trading on US exchanges.
insider trading occurs when someone has information not available to the public and uses the information to profit from trading publicly traded securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission protect against insider trading.
Trading blocs are groups of countries that have formed agreements to reduce trade barriers and increase economic cooperation, like the EU or NAFTA. Trading blocks, however, is a term less commonly used and can refer to specific sectors or groups of securities within the trading market. The two terms are distinct and relate to different aspects of trade and markets.
Secondary trading refers to the buying and selling of securities on the open market between investors, as opposed to directly from the issuing company. It allows investors to trade existing securities at current market prices. This type of trading does not involve the company that originally issued the securities.
Selling short and insider trading
trading securities are not necessarily debt securities. trading securities can be defined as securities which investors buy for the purpose of further trade, they can be stocks of any companies, Government securities and debt securities with the intention to trade in near future. debt secrities can be trade or can be hold by investor till maturity. Government securituies can also hold till maturities.
Investors...
Government Securities Market : Consists of securities issued by the State government and the Central government. This include Central Government securities, Treasury bills and State Development Loans. Debt securities market : Is a market for the issuance, trading and settlement in fixed income securities of various types. Fixed income securities can be issued by a wide range of organizations including the Central and State Governments, public bodies, statutory corporations, banks and institutions and corporate bodies.
The Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC for short.
Trading securities