TIGHT MARKET Definition

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TIGHT MARKET is a market in which the spread, or dif­ference, between the bid and asked price of a security is extremely small. It is usually an indication that there is an abundant supply of the security and it is being actively traded. See THIN MARKET.

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SPLIT ACCOUNTING, under IAS 39, provides that if certain conditions are met the 'embedded derivative' in a 'hybrid (combined) financial instrument' (i.e, a financial instrument which includes a non-derivative 'host contract' as well as an embedded derivative) must be accounted for separately from the 'host contract'.

DISCRETIONARY COST can be increased or decreased at the discretion of the decision maker (e.g., advertising and business travel).

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