window dressing
making a company look better financially than it really is.
window dressing
Deliberate actions by banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds and portfolio managers and institutional investors to divest of obscure, non glamorous and poorly performing stocks towards the end of the year.
Window dressing
Definition 1.
Trading activity near the end of a quarter or fiscal year that is designed to improve the appearance of a portfolio to be presented to clients or shareholders.
Window Dressing - A strategy used by mutual fund and portfolio managers near the year or quarter end to improve the appearance of the portfolio/fund performance before presenting it to clients or shareholders.
Window Dressing. Sprucing up a balance sheet, financial statement, etc. for a monthly, quarterly, or annual report.
window dressing: A common practice by mutual funds to take or get out of equity positions at the end of the quarter in order to improve perceptions.
withdrawal: Cash or any order with a dollar value taken from an account.
Window dressing - Is the process of making a company look better financially than it really is.
WINDOW DRESSING
A ploy used in documents and pictures to make something appear more attractive than it actually is, often used in advertising, selling and marketing. If a distortion of the facts occur, window dressing may be unethical or illegal.
Window dressing
Used in the context of general equities. Trading activity near the end of a quarter or fiscal year that is designed to dress up a portfolio to be presented to clients or shareholders.
Window Dressing
A strategy often used in advertising, selling and marketing to make a product or service appear more appealing than it actually is (e.g., photos of menu items in a restaurant that don't live up to the actual food item when served).
"Window Dressing", a strategy used by Money managers' whereby they make transactions for the sole purpose of making a portfolio look good to the investor near the end of a reporting period
Drip feed ...
The term “window dressing' has similar meaning when applied to accounts, but is a broader term that can be applied to other areas. In the US it is often used to describe the manipulation of investment portfolio performance numbers.
Another term for dressing up a portfolio is window dressing. The problem with dressing up a portfolio is that stocks are generally sold at large losses and purchased at premiums for dressing up a portfolio.
Money managers' strategy to make transactions for the sole purpose of making a portfolio look good to the investor near the end of a reporting period. See: Window dressing
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Personal Finance Glossary ...
The January Effect is caused by year end selling for tax losses, recognizing capital gains, or effecting portfolio window dressing. Even though the sell off depresses the stocks, it has nothing to do with their basic worth.
3) Sincerity: accountants should remain truthful and accurately express the true financial stability of their client(s) without excessive window dressing and PR.
In fact, it's best to think of those kinds of amenities as window dressing at a retail store; while they may make the house look more appealing, it's not clear that they really add value because they're always a matter of taste.
So long as everything is down, there is really less to worry about. This is the result of panic selling by ETF and open-end mutual fund owners and the beginnings of year-end window dressing by fund managers.
Dressing Up A Portfolio definition :
Money managers' strategy to make transactions for the sole purpose of making a portfolio look good to the investor near the end of a reporting period. See: Window dressing
What's A Spread?
A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated time period (the "window"), usually between 3 and 12 months. All deposits made are guaranteed the same credit rating. Related: Bullet contract.
Window dressing ...
Deliberately causing the last sale for the day in a security to be higher than warranted by the prevailing market conditions (also referred to as window dressing or high closing).
High Water Mark ...
See: Window dressing Drip feed The continual investment of capital in a small and growing company as the company needs it, rather than investing a lump sum at the company's inception. Drive-by VC A type of venture capitalist.
 See also: Expense, Fraud, Write-off, Values, Bills
  
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