soft dollars Definition

soft dollars

Definition

Payments to a full-service brokerage for its services in terms of commission revenue, rather than actual cash payments. opposite of hard dollars.

Reproduction of all or part of this glossary and/or this page, in any format, without written consent is prohibited. If you have questions about this dictionary please feel free to contact us feedback\@\investorguide.com

Popular 'Brokerages' Terms

sell limit order
limit order
broker
investment bank
mark-to-market

account
purchase
buy limit order
underwriting
buying on margin

soft dollars in the news

Tools

Enter your email address to get our free Term of the Day newsletter!

soft dollars is ...

... part of the Brokerages subject.

Nearby Terms

socially responsible fund
SOES
soft commission arrangement
soft commodity
soft currency
soft dollars
soft landing
soft loan
soft market
soft moat
soft money

Search volume for soft dollars

Review the unprecedented moves the Fed & Treasury took to bring the financial markets back from the precipice