SHORT COUPON - See: ODD COUPON. SHORT POSITION - A trading inventory position reflecting a sale by a broker-dealer of securities that it did not own at the time of sale. See: SHORT SALE.
Short coupon A bond payment covering less than six-months' interest, because the original issue date is less than six months from the first scheduled interest payment. A bond with a short time to maturity, usually two years or less.
Short Coupons: Bonds and notes with short current maturities. Short Interest: SKU: Stock Keeping Unit. The number of one specific product available for sale.
short coupon A bond interest payment covering less than the usual six-month period, often the bond's first coupon. short cover The repurchasing of a previously sold contract. Also known as cover.
See also: Issuer, Life, Property, Maturity, Interest Rates
 
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