movement in the stock market that affects almost all stocks in the same direction when the market moves up across the board almost every stop games in price an across-the-board pay increase in a company is a raise of a fixed percent or amount for all employees across-the-board budget cuts to all discretionary Federal programs occurred when sequestration took effect in 2013
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contract between participating members of an investment banking Syndicate sometimes called Syndicate contract or purchase…
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classification of trade accounts receivable by date of sale usually prepared by a company’s auditor…
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mutual fund holding stocks of rapidly growing companies while these companies maybe large or small…
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credit card code issued by a bank and a sponsoring organization that gets a percentage…
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brokerage account in which Brokers discretion in making investment decisions is limited to goals to…
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measurement of the number of stocks that have advanced and a number that have declined…
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financial industry regulatory Authority (finra) automated surveillance system used to monitor member firms trading and…
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book value adjusted for market value on the balance sheet
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income on which an individual or couple computes federal income tax AGI is determined by…
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formula for determining the position of a margin account as required under regulation T of…
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Years during which a working person is making contributions to a deferred account
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term used occasionally to describe a bond issued at an original issue discount (oid) with…
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price range within which buyers accumulate shares of a stock technical analysis spot accumulation areas…
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corporate finance: prophets that are not paid out as dividends but are instead added to…
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dividend due, usually to Holders a cumulative preferred stock but not paid it is carried…
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estimated liability of a pension plan assuming immediate termination differs from projected benefit obligation which…
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increase in market value of a discount bond that occurs because of its approaching maturity…
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interest that has accumulated between the most recent payment and the sale of a bond…
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pension benefits that an employee has earned based on his or her years of service…
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bonds that do not make periodic interest payments but instead accrue interest until the bond…
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accounting method whereby income and expense items are recognized as their earned or incurred even…
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asset growth through internal expansion acquisition or sweats causes as aging of whiskey or growth…
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under the Securities Act of 1933 a company may be exempt from registration requirements when…
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in general: any record of transactions and their effect on charge or open account balances…
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ratio obtained by dividing total credit sales by accounts receivable the ratio indicates how many…
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short-term financing whereby accounts receivable serve as collateral for working capital advances
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accounts receivable money owed to a business for merchandise or Services sold on open account…
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net of debits and credits at the end of a reporting period. Term applies to…
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