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Agency

Definition 1 Name for the arrangement where an Agent intermediates between buyers and sellers and charges a Commission for his Participation. The Agent buys and sells for the Account of the client, but the Client assumes all Risk. Definition 2 More generally, the relationship between a Principal and an agent.

Related Terms: 16 Account, Agent, Buy, Charge, Commission, Client, FIN, Inc., Lien, Participation, Principal, Risk, Range, Rally, Sell, Term
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risk, Discharge of bankruptcy, Discharge of lien, Due-on-sale clause, Deep in the money, Deep out of the money, Deed of Surrender, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Deferred account, Direct participation program, Diversifiable risk, Dogs of the Dow, Depth of market, Downside risk, Eurodollar certificate of deposit, Equity risk premium, Event risk, Either-or order, Effective par, E-mini, Exchange for futures, Exchange for physical, Exchange of spot, Excluded risk, Ex-all, Enrolled agent, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, First In First Out, Fixed-charge coverage ratio, Federal Savings and Loan Association, Frozen account, Fiscal agent, Flow of funds, Fill or kill, Front-ending an order, Forward P/E, Factors of production, Favorable balance of trade, Federal Trade Commission, Fee-for-service, Form 8-K, Form S-1, Friends and family offering, Finance charge, Financial risk, Full faith and credit, Family of funds, Fund of funds, Free and clear, Flexible spending 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close order, Medium of exchange, Mortgage lien, Money at call, Mortgage risk, Mixed account, Negotiable certificate of deposit, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal, Nostro account, Notice of Sale, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, Null and void, No-lien affidavit, Notice of Default, Notional principal amount, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Normal retirement age, Off the books, One time charge, Other long term liabilities, Office of Thrift Supervision, Out-of-favor, Over-the-Counter, On-floor order, On margin, Option account, Or better, Omnibus account, Opinion of title, On account, On-the-spot loan, Original principal balance, Out of the money, Old age, survivors, and disability insurance, On-balance volume, Odd lot buy/sell ratio, On close, On open, On the opening, Pooling of interests, Profit and loss statement, Par bond, Participation certificate, Paying agent, Payment-in-kind security, Price Value of a Basis Point, Prior lien bond, Payment for order flow, P&L, Provision for income taxes, Power of Attorney, Participation, Participation loan, Prepayment risk, Principal, Principal amount, Principal balance, Principal risk, Prioritization of debt, Paid-in capital, Paid-in surplus, Private Investment in Public Equity, Preservation of capital, Point-and-figure chart, Painting the tape, Price range, Reports and Records, Return of capital, Return on Capital, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets, Risk adjusted return, Risk, Reading the tape, Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U, Restricted account, Round of funding, Rule 15c3-1, Rules of Fair Practice, Rate of exchange, Reciprocal of European terms, Range, Reinvestment risk, Regulation A, Right of first refusal, Right of rescission, Remaining principal balance, Revolving line of credit, Right of recourse, Rule of 78, Registered options principal, Real estate agent, Right of 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