In the context of financial markets, the term 'Floating Supply' refers to the total number of securities, such as municipal bonds or stocks, which are presently available for purchase by investors in the open market.
A computerized system that provides brokers and dealers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter (OTC) as well as for many New York Stock Exchange-listed securities. NASDAQ quotes are published in the financial pages of most newspapers.
Regulation T is a regulation enforced by the Federal Reserve Board that sets the minimum amount of credit that securities brokers and dealers can extend to customers for the initial purchase of regulated securities.
A repurchase agreement, or repo, is a form of short-term borrowing for dealers in government securities. The dealer sells the government securities to investors, usually on an overnight basis, and buys them back the following day.
