Glossary
| Vault Cash | Cash kept on hand in a depository institution's vault to meet day-to-day business needs. |
| Vertical Acquisition | Buying or taking over a firm in the same industry in which the acquired firm and the acquiring firm represent different steps in the production process. |
| Vertical Merger | When one firm acquires another firm that is in the same industry but at another stage in the production cycle. |
| Volatility | A measurement of the change in price over a given period. |
| Volume |
The number of purchases or sales of securities contracts made during a specific time period, often the total transactions for one trading day or week. |
| Voting Rights | The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. |
| Voting Stock |
The shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to vote. |
