Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
short-swing profits — USA Profits realized from the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of an equity security of a reporting company by a Section 16 insider in any period of less than six months. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international… … Law dictionary
short swing profits — Profits made by an insider on the purchase and sale of stock of a corporation within a six month period. See insider … Black's law dictionary
short–swing profit — n: a profit made by a corporate insider who purchases stock and sells it or sells stock and purchases it within a prescribed period ◇ Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that a corporation may recover short swing profits … Law dictionary
Short-Swing Profit Rule — A Securities Exchange Commission regulation that requires company insiders to return any profits made from the purchase and sale of company stock if both transactions occur within a six month period. A company insider, as determined by the rule,… … Investment dictionary
Short swing — A short swing rule restricts officers and insiders from making short term profits at the expense of the firm. The rule means that if an officer of a publicly traded company sells stock at a price higher than a subsequent purchase during a given… … Wikipedia
Swing trading — is commonly defined as a speculative activity in financial markets whereby instruments such as stocks, indexes, bonds, currencies, or commodities are repeatedly bought or sold at or near the end of up or down price swings caused by price… … Wikipedia
Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender … Wikipedia
Section 16 — USA Section 16 of the Exchange Act requires the periodic disclosure of equity ownership (and changes in ownership) of Section 16 insiders. Section 16 also requires the disgorgement of any short swing profits realized by Section 16 insiders from… … Law dictionary
Insider trading — is the trading of a corporation s stock or other securities (e.g. bonds or stock options) by individuals with potential access to non public information about the company. In most countries, trading by corporate insiders such as officers, key… … Wikipedia
insider — With respect to federal regulation of purchase and sale of securities, refers to anyone who has knowledge of facts not available to the general public (e.g., officers, directors, key employees, relatives). 15 U.S. C.A. No. 78p(a). An insider is… … Black's law dictionary
