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
Allowance – done
deduction from the value of an invoice permitted by a seller of goods to cover…
Allotment – done
amount of Securities assigned to each of the participants in Investment Banking Syndicate form to…
All Ordinaries Index done
a market capitalization Wade index the index represent 500 of the largest companies listed on…
All or None done
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All In done
underwriting shorthand for all included referring to an issuer’s interest rate after giving effect to…
Alligator Spread done
read in options Market that eats the investor alive with high commission cost the term…
Allied Member – done
a person who is not a member of the New York Stock Exchange but who…
Alimony Payment – done
Money Paid to a separated or divorced spouse as required by a divorce decree or…
Alien Corporation – done
Company Incorporated under the laws of a foreign country regardless of where it operates alien…
Airport Revenue Bond
tax-exempt Bond issued by a city county state or Airport Authority to support the expansion…
Air Pocket Stock
talk that fall sharply usually in the wake of such negative news as unexpected Port…
Adjusted Basis
base price from which to judge capital gains or losses upon sale of an asset…
Adjusted Balance Method
formula for calculating finance charges based on account balance remaining after adjusting for payments and…
Adjustable-Rate Preferred Stock( ARPS)
preferred stock whose dividend it said of being fixed is adjusted usually quarterly based on…
Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM)
mortgage agreement between a financial institution in a real estate buyer stipulating predetermined adjustments of…
Agreement Among Underwriters
contract between participating members of an investment banking Syndicate sometimes called Syndicate contract or purchase…
Aging Schedule
classification of trade accounts receivable by date of sale usually prepared by a company’s auditor…
Aggressive Growth Mutual Fund
mutual fund holding stocks of rapidly growing companies while these companies maybe large or small…
Aggregation
in general: any bringing together of parts or units to form a collective hole in…
Aggregate Supply
in macroeconomics the total amount of goods and services supply to the market at alternative…
Aggregate Exercise Price
in stock options trading the number of shares in a put or call contract normally…
Agent
individual authorized by another person called the principal to act in the ladders behalf in…
Agency Securities
securities issued by US Government sponsored entities( gse’s) end federally related institutions GS he’s currently…
Agency
in general: relationship between two parties one a principal and the other an agent who…
Aged Fail
contract between two broker-dealers that is still not settled 30 days after the settlement date…
Against The Box
short sale by the holder of a long position in the same stock box refers…
After-tax Real Rate of Return
amount of money adjusted for inflation that an investor can keep how do the income…
After-tax Basis
basis for comparing the Returns on a corporate taxable Bond and a municipal tax free…
After Market
trading activity immediately following an initial public offering( ipo) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle…
After Hours Dealing or Trading
trading of stocks and bonds after regular trading hours on organized exchanges this may occur…
After Acquired Clause
clause in a mortgage agreement providing that any additional mortgage mortgaging a property acquired by…
Affordability Index
standard established by the National Association of Realtors( Nar) to gauge the financial ability of…
Affirmative Obligations
financial industry regulatory Authority( finra) requirement that market-makers quote firm prices make continuous two-sided markets…
Affinity Card
credit card code issued by a bank and a sponsoring organization that gets a percentage…
Affiliated Person
individual in a position to exert direct influence on the actions of a corporation among…
Affiliated Corporation
corporation that is an affiliate (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
Affiliate
in general: two companies are affiliated when one owns less than the majority of the…
Affidavit of Domicile
affidavit made by the executor of an estate that certifies The Descendants place of residence…
Affidavit
written statement made under oath before an authorized person such as a notary public (adsbygoogle…
Advisory Letter
new sliding I mean to offer Financial advice 2 subscribers The Letter may offer a…
Advisory Account
brokerage account in which Brokers discretion in making investment decisions is limited to goals to…
Adverse Selection
tendency of people with significant potential to file claims wanting to obtain insurance coverage for…
Advance Refunding
government securities exchange of return government securities prior to their due date for issues with…
Adverse Opinion
opinion expressed by a company’s independent Auditors that the firm’s financial statements do not accurately…
Advance decline (AD)
measurement of the number of stocks that have advanced and a number that have declined…
Advanced detection systems ( ADS)
financial industry regulatory Authority (finra) automated surveillance system used to monitor member firms trading and…
Advance
employee benefit caps given to an employee before it is needed or earned a travel…
Adjusted Or Modified Book Value
book value adjusted for market value on the balance sheet (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});…
Ad Valorem
Latin term meaning according to value and referring to a way of assessing duties or…
Administrator
court-appointed individual or bank charged with carrying out the Court’s decisions with respect to a…
Adjustment Date
effective date of rate change on an adjustable rate mortgage(arm) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});…
Adjustment Bond
Bond issued in exchange for outstanding bonds when Recapitalizing a corporation that faces bankruptcy authorization…
Adjusted Gross Income( AGI)
income on which an individual or couple computes federal income tax AGI is determined by…
Adjusted Debt Balance
formula for determining the position of a margin account as required under regulation T of…
Adjusted Exercise Price
term used to put and call options on government National Mortgage Association Ginnie Mae contracts…
Adjustable Life Insurance
life insurance that gives a policyholder power to change the face amount premium coverage. Or…
Adequacy of Coverage
test of the extent to which the value of an asset such as real property…
Add On
privilege offered by some issuers of certificate of deposit CDs where by funds can be…
Additional Voluntary Contributions
contributions made by an employee into a tax-deferred savings account such as a 401k or…
Additional Bonds Test
test limiting the amount of new bonds that can be issued since bonds are secured…
Actuary
mathematician employed by an insurance company to calculate premiums reserves dividends and insurance pension and…
Actuals
any physical commodity such as gold soy beans or pork bellies. trading in actuals Ultimate…
Act of State Doctrine
principal followed by federal courts in the United States that domestic actions of a Sovereign…
Act of God
unavoidable destructive event caused by natural forces and that may excuse parties to a contract…
Activist Investor
an individual or group such as a hedge fund that takes a significant position in…
Active Market
heavy volume of trading in a particular stock Bond or commodity the spread between bid…
Active Management
Investment Management where the portfolio manager actively makes investment decisions and initiates buying and selling…
Active Box
collateral available for securing Brokers loans or customers margin positions in the place or box…
Active Account
account at a bank or brokerage firm in which there are many transactions an active…
Acting In Concert
two or more investors working together to achieve the same investment goal for example all…
Across The Board
movement in the stock market that affects almost all stocks in the same direction when…
Acquisition Cost
Finance: Price Plus closing cost to buy a company real estate or other property Investments:…
Acquisition
one company taking over controlling interest in another company investors are always looking out for…
Acquired Surplus
uncapitalized portion of the net worth of a successor company in a pooling of Interest…
Acknowledgement
verification that a signature on a banking or brokerage document is legitimate and has been…
Aces Pass-Through
run by the financial industry regulatory Authority (finra) Aces passes through automate straight between order…
Accumulation Period
Years during which a working person is making contributions to a deferred account (adsbygoogle =…
Accumulation Bond
term used occasionally to describe a bond issued at an original issue discount (oid) with…
Accumulation Area
price range within which buyers accumulate shares of a stock technical analysis spot accumulation areas…
Accumulation
corporate finance: prophets that are not paid out as dividends but are instead added to…
Accumulated Profit Tax
Surtax on earnings retained in a business to avoid the higher personal income taxes they…
Accumulated Dividend
dividend due, usually to Holders a cumulative preferred stock but not paid it is carried…
Accumulated Benefit Obligation (abo)
estimated liability of a pension plan assuming immediate termination differs from projected benefit obligation which…
Accrued Market Discount
increase in market value of a discount bond that occurs because of its approaching maturity…
Accrued Interest
interest that has accumulated between the most recent payment and the sale of a bond…
Accrued Benefits
pension benefits that an employee has earned based on his or her years of service…
Accrual Bonds
bonds that do not make periodic interest payments but instead accrue interest until the bond…
Accrual Basis
accounting method whereby income and expense items are recognized as their earned or incurred even…
Accretion
asset growth through internal expansion acquisition or sweats causes as aging of whiskey or growth…
Accredited Investor
under the Securities Act of 1933 a company may be exempt from registration requirements when…
Account Statement
in general: any record of transactions and their effect on charge or open account balances…
Accounts Receivable Turnover
ratio obtained by dividing total credit sales by accounts receivable the ratio indicates how many…
Accounts Receivable Financing
short-term financing whereby accounts receivable serve as collateral for working capital advances (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle…
Accounts Receivable
accounts receivable money owed to a business for merchandise or Services sold on open account…
Accounts Payable
amounts owing on open account to creditors for goods and services analysts look at the…
Account Reconciliation
the process of adjusting the balance in your checkbook to match your bank statement your…
Account Balance
net of debits and credits at the end of a reporting period. Term applies to…
Accountant’s Opinion
statement signed by an independent public accountant describing the scope of the examination of an…
Account
in general: contractual relationship between a buyer and a seller under which payment is made…
Accommodative Monetary Policy
Federal Reserve policy to increase the amount of money available for Lending by Banks when…
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