Soft Dollars
A means of paying brokerage firms for their services through commission revenue, as opposed to through normal direct payments (hard dollar fees).
Soft dollars
The value of research services that brokerage houses supply to investment managers "free of charge" in exchange for the investment manager's business commissions.
opposite of soft dollars. hard goods Products that aren't consumed or quickly disposed of, and can be used for several... hard landing When the economy goes directly from a period of expansion to a recession. This...
Cash payment to a brokerage firm for goods or services provided by the firm. Thus, individual investors are usually required to pay cash for a market letter. Compare soft dollars.
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Hard dollars
Actual separate payments made by a customer for services, including research, provided by a brokerage firm. Antithesis of soft dollars.
Securities industry: arrangement by a firm using institutional research that it will execute all trades based on that research with the firm providing it, instead of directly paying for the research. This is known as paying in Soft Dollars.
See Small Order Execution System soft dollars
Payment for brokerage services, such as research, through commissions or directed underwriting rather than fees. specialist ...
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