A list of securities that someone—us as investors, a brokerage firm, the SEC, etc.—wants to keep an extra-close eye on.
Maybe there’s been some unusual trading activity of late. Maybe the SEC suspects that some firms are engaged in shady shenanigans. Maybe a company is seen as a potential takeover target. Or maybe we just like those securities’ style and want to check them out as potential investment opportunities.
Whatever the reason, when a list of securities is put together and then watched, we in the financial community call that a watch list.
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