- Industry: Financial services
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An option that is part of the structure of a bond that gives either the bondholder or the issuer the right to take some action against the other party, as opposed to a bare option, which trades separately from any underlying security.
Industry:Financial services
A reserve of cash kept available to meet the costs of any unexpected financial emergencies.
Industry:Financial services
The federal legislation creating the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a partially government-run program initiated to stimulate the development of a secondary mortgage market and expand mortgages available to veterans and other groups.
Industry:Financial services
A service once offered by the American Stock Exchange to help small growth companies fulfill special listing requirements. The service is no longer available.
Industry:Financial services
A Morgan Stanley Capital International index created to track stock markets in selected emerging markets that are open to foreign investment like Argentina, Chile, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, and Thailand.
Industry:Financial services
A mutual fund that invests primarily in countries with developing economies (that is, those that are becoming industrialized). Emerging markets funds tend to be more volatile than domestic stock funds due to currency fluctuation and political instability. Consequently, fund prices can fluctuate dramatically.
Industry:Financial services
An employee's own deposit to a company retirement plan.
Industry:Financial services
The law that regulates the operation of private pensions and benefit plans.
Industry:Financial services
A firm-sponsored program that enables employees to purchase shares of the firm's common stock on a preferential basis.
Industry:Financial services
