red herring
Definition 1
General: Irrelevant issue or point, raised often as a distraction.
Definition 2
Securities: Popular term for preliminary official statement.
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red herring is in the Negotiating & Conflict Resolution and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
red herring appears in the definitions of the following terms: prospectus and preliminary official statement (POS)
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