- Industry: Financial services
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Certificates or book entries representing ownership in a corporation or similar entity.
Industry:Financial services
A mutual fund that seeks current income exempt from federal and a specific state's income taxes.
Industry:Financial services
SEC-imposed restrictions on when a short sale may be executed, intended to prevent investors from destabilizing the price of a stock when the market price is falling. A short sale can be made only when either (1) the sale price of the particular stock is higher than the last trade price (referred to as an uptick trade) or (2) if there is no change in the last trade price of the particular stock, the previous trade price must be higher than the trade price that preceded it (referred to as a zero uptick).
Industry:Financial services
The maximum number of shares of stock of a company allowed in the articles of incorporation, which may be changed only by a shareholder vote. See: Issued and outstanding.
Industry:Financial services
The interest rate expressed as a per year percentage, by which interest payments are determined. See: Annual percentage rate.
Industry:Financial services
An abbreviation assigned to a security for trading purposes.
Industry:Financial services
Often used in risk arbitrage. Examples are golden parachutes, poison pills, safe harbor, and scorched-earth policy. Porcupine provision. Amendment to company charter intended to protect it against takeover.
Industry:Financial services
