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Walkaway Clause * Walrasian Market * Warehouse * Warehouse Receipt * Warrant * Warrant Dilution * Warrant-driven Swap * Wash Sale * Wasting Asset * Weak Form * Wealth Relative * Wedding Band Swap * Weekend Effect * Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) * Weighted Average Coupon (WAC) * Weighted Average Life (WAL) * Weighted Average Loan Age (WALA) * Weighted Average Maturity (WAM) * Weighted Average Months Remaining to Maturity (WAR * Weighted Average Rate/Price Option (WARO) * Weighted Collar * When-Issued Option * Whipsaw * White Knight * White Noise * Wholesale Uninsured Financial Institution (WUFI) * Wiener or Wiener/Bachelier Process * Wild Card * Winding-up Risk * Window Warrants * Windsor Declaration * Wing Nuts * Withholding Tax * Withholding Tax Agreement * Work-Out Market * World Equity Benchmark Shares (WEBS) * Worst Case * Worst-Of-Two-Assets Option * Wrap Account * Writer

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