BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Hot Money

  • money that has been obtained by dishonest means.
  • money that is moved at short notice from one financial center to another to secure the best possible return
  • See also Money Laundering

Wiktionary Definition for: Hot Money

  • money, or other financial instruments, that move regularly between different markets in search of the best interest rates
  • stolen currency that can be easily traced via serial numbers
  • the largest total of money staked on a race etc
  • Ex:The '''hot money''' is on Fishface to win the 3:30

Additional Resources

China revaluation to aid ties with US but won't curb hot money: analysts
BEIJING, AFP — China's move to revalue its currency is not likely to fend off further destablising inflows of "hot money" flows into the boooming economy but it could remove a key bone of contention ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States, analysts said. Although the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, appreciation, China, economist, Government, inflow, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-07-22
Unseasonably hot money. (foreign exchange problem) (Finance)
Unseasonably hot money AS THE Bank for International Settlements BIS held its annual meeting on June 12th, the powerlessness of central bankers to control currencies was aptly illustrated by the continued surge in the dollar--to almost 150 [yen] and DM2.03. Since the start of...
Tags: America, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, foreign-exchange, inflation
Research articles 1989-06-17
China pours cold water on hot money.
Aug 25, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The People's Bank of China is continuing to resist growing international pressure for it to float the yuan. Despite evidence that China is being targeted by inflows of "hot money", as occurred ...
Tags: Bank of China
Research articles 2003-08-25
Keaton, Queen Latifah take 'Mad Money' and run
'MAD MONEY," a genial remake of a British TV movie called "Hot Money," is surprising in that it's not nearly as heinous as its advertising campaign would suggest. Directed by Callie Khouri, best known as the writer of "Thelma & Louise," this comedy about a trio of...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Kansas
Research articles 2008-01-18
China:New regulations on Money Flows
Michael Pettis submits: For a couple of weeks now there have been rumors and reports about new foreign exchange regulations being put into place, partly to limit hot money inflows and partly, once these begin to reverse, to make it more difficult for money to leave.  Yesterday SAFE announced...
Tags: China
External links 2008-08-07
EMCORE (EMKR) SqueezeTrigger Price Is $6.00. Short Sellers Are Down Approximately $22 Million After CNBC Mad Money James Cramer Reiterates Positive Comments.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 April 2006-BUYINS.NET: EMCORE EMKR SqueezeTrigger Price Is $6.00. Short Sellers Are Down Approximately $22 Million After CNBC Mad Money James Cramer Reiterates Positive Comments.C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21042006 BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that the 4.41 million shares declared...
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., CNBC, FINANCE, General Electric Co., Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., network, NETWORKING, security, stock, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, video, wireless
Research articles 2006-04-21
China to crack down harder on 'hot money': govt
BEIJING AFP — China will launch a forex monitoring system to scrutinise checks on the authenticity of export transactions, the government said, in its latest move to crack down on speculative capital inflows. Exporters must have their revenues audited by banks before they can exchange the money into the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, authenticity, bank, China, FINANCE, foreign-exchange, inflow
Research articles 2008-07-02
How NOT to Lose a Hot Prospect
How NOT to Lose a Hot ProspectRE: How NOT to Lose a Hot ProspectHaha the letter is funny. It could be in Mandarin? "Sleep with both eyes closed".RE: How NOT to Lose a Hot ProspectExactly, get them on the phone. The product has options, frame the letter with questions,...
Tags: Hot Prospect, Internal Revenue Service
Discussion threads 2008-10-16
Renasant Corporation F1Q08 (Quarter End 03/31/2008) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Please stand by for our first question. Our first question comes from the line of Barry McCarver. You may proceed sir. Barry McCarver – Stephens, Inc. Robin, my first question is I wonder if you could touch a little bit on what gross loan production...
Tags: Renasant Corp.
Earnings calls 2008-04-16
AdweekMedia's Magazine Hot List Only Lukewarm This Year
You know things are bad in the magazine business when six out of 10 titles on AdweekMedia's so-called annual "Hot List" of the top magazines post ad revenue declines, and two post circulation declines. (By comparison, no magazine on last year's list dropped in any category, though a few posted...
Tags: Advertisement, AdweekMedia, Catharine P. Taylor
Blog posts 2009-03-23
Q&A: ValueClick's Ardis on Where Client Money Is Going
ValueClick announced a decline in revenue for the third quarter today -- a depressing sign that online advertising may not be as recession-proof as everyone says it is. A couple of weeks before the earnings call, BNET spoke to ValueClick's vice president of corporate strategy, John Ardis, about his outlook...
Tags: Advertisement, Media, ROI, Online Advertising, Target.com, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2008-10-29
New Season Will Test Hot Topic's Fire
Hot Topic isn’t feeling the chill winds of recession, as its teenage customers have warmed to its edgy fashions, and in the span from December to January the company actually turned up the heat, which suggests the economy can’t smother all of the other factors that drive retail. ...
Tags: Mike Duff, Retail, Retail Company, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy
Blog posts 2009-02-04
Future of Opel is hot topic in Germany
General Motors Co. has waded directly into Germany's fevered election politics in its effort to secure financial support for its German carmaker, Adam Opel. GM hoped to line up investors for cash-strapped Opel by mid-July. But as sale talks drag on, the carmaker's fate is turning into a hot-button issue...
Tags: General Motors Corp.
News items 2009-08-26
WALKING ON HOT COALS
You've got to hand it to them. Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank and COO Nigel Morris are putting their money where their mouths are, or you might say they're walking on hot coals. That's especially risky nowadays for executives, such as Capital One's, wh You've got to hand it to...
Tags: Capital One Financial Corp., coal
Research articles 2001-12-03
For the summer, NBC is sticking with a tried-and-true reality slate to keep summer hot.(The Show Business)(Brief Article)
For the summer, NRC is sticking with a tried-and-true reality slate to keep summer hot. Returning are BRUCE NASH's For Love or Money and Who Wants To Marry My Dad? as well as JAY MOHR'S last Comic Standing. A new addition to NBC's summer reality sl ...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 2004-04-12
Digital Hot List 2009
Outlandish boasts aside, Mark Zuckerberg is a pretty smart guy. Though the founder and CEO of Facebook lost a bit of credibility in 2008 when he foolishly declared his Beacon ad model would change advertising for the next 100 years, he's easily regained it all back on the strength of...
Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Twitter Inc.
News items 2009-10-25
Is Hot Desking a Cool Idea -- or a Catastrophe?
My brother, a muckety-muck for storage vendor Sepaton, stopped by yesterday en route to Red Herring 100, where he's part of a panel discussing clean technology. Over lunch he told me that one of the speakers would be discussing new software to enable hot desking. Hot...
Tags: Desk, CC Holland, Hardware, Storage, Thin Clients, Files
Blog posts 2008-05-13
Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
Even smart people make financial moves that are downright illogical. Emotions and superstitions have a sneaky way of keeping you from rational financial decisions. But dumb choices can have serious, real-world consequences. Here are some of the biggest blunders we all make, plus tips from the experts on how to...
Tags: Financial, Stock, Credit Card, Money, MoneyWatch, Financial Accounting, Sales Channel, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Sales, Kathy Kristof, Dumb, Dumbest, Mistakes, Fear, Greed, Emotion, Spending, Investing, Hoarding, Parents, Financial Infidelity, Brad Klontz, Bonnie Eaker Weil, Matt Wallaert, Laura Tarbox, Frank Presson, Online Banking
Articles 2009-11-18
Hot Foot Hottie and Poor Hubby Need More Money Cause Board's Crummy [Class War]
A hot sexxxy foot model's hot feet got too hot for her fancy Upper East Side neighbors, once she married a hot doorman in her building, alleges the hottest new tabloid class war story to hit hot type! You probably know Christina...
Tags: story, Class
News items 2009-11-20
Money managers down $5 billion: Big losses for insurance shareholders; Marsh & McLennan, AIG and Aon still look good to value managers despite it all.(News)
Byline: Vince Calio Money managers have lost at least $5 billion in their stock portfolios since three insurers landed in Eliot Spitzer's hot seat. Despite the losses, some value managers are bullish on insurance stocks. Mr. Spitzer, New York...
Tags: Aon Corp., Eliot Spitzer, insurance, shareholder, stock
Research articles 2004-11-01