- Industry: Financial services
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Synonymous with the term margin. A cash amount that must be deposited with the broker for each contract as a guarantee of fulfillment of the futures contract. It is not considered as part payment or purchase. Related: Margin.
Industry:Financial services
A method of purchasing a large block of stock on the NYSE by advertising a client's large buy order, and matching it up with a number of other traders' smaller sell orders.
Industry:Financial services
Funding provided by a government or other entity that is available at a below-market interest rate.
Industry:Financial services
Rules enacted by the SEC to assist in the regulation of US financial markets.
Industry:Financial services
A business owned by a single individual. A sole proprietor pays no corporate income tax but has unlimited liability for business debts and obligations.
Industry:Financial services
A provision in a bond indenture that restricts the issuer's future borrowing by subordinating future lenders' claims on the firm to those of the existing bondholders.
Industry:Financial services
A special broker margin account used only for transactions in US government bonds, municipals, and eligible listed and unlisted non-convertible corporate bonds.
Industry:Financial services
A method for hedging price risk that uses debt market instruments, such as interest rate futures, or that involves selling borrowed securities as the primary assets.
Industry:Financial services
Legislation that created the SEC, outlawing dishonest practices in the trading of securities.
Industry:Financial services
