- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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The fee applied to an investment at the time of initial purchase, e.g., on a mutual fund purchased from a broker or mutual fund company.
Industry:Financial services
The chance there will be unexpected changes in a financial price, including currency (foreign exchange) risk, interest rate risk, and commodity price risk.
Industry:Financial services
The fee initially paid by the buyer upon entering a split-fee option contract.
Industry:Financial services
Public relations division of a company charged with cultivating positive investor relations and proper disclosure information.
Industry:Financial services
Refers to revenue generating sales personnel in a brokerage, insurance, or other financial services operation.
Industry:Financial services
A risk structure that spreads investor's risks across low-, medium-, and high-risk vehicles. The bulk of the assets are in safe, low-risk investments that provide a predictable return (base of the pyramid). At the top of the pyramid are a few high-risk ventures that have a modest chance of success.
Industry:Financial services
Entering into options or futures contracts with advance knowledge of a block transaction that will influence the price of the underlying security to capitalize on the trade. This practice is expressly forbidden by the SEC.
Industry:Financial services
The result of dividing one financial statement item by another. Ratios help analysts interpret financial statements by focusing on specific relationships.
Industry:Financial services
A disciplinary action taken by the Federal Reserve Board for some violation of Regulation T, an individual investor cannot sell securities until they are paid for in full and certificates delivered.
Industry:Financial services
The risk that the cash flow of an issuer will not be adequate to meet its financial obligations. Also referred to as the additional risk that a firm's stockholder bears when the firm uses debt and equity.
Industry:Financial services
