Allotment
The portion of a new securities issue which is assigned to each member of a Syndicate, for Underwriting and distribution.
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Allowance for depreciation,
ACH,
Accrual of discount,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
Allied member,
All or any part,
Associate member,
At best,
At call,
At risk,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assign,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Assets under management,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System,
Away from the market,
Below the line,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Buy the book,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Banking syndicate,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
CAT bond,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Current issue,
Clearing member,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cash and carry trade,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost-of-living rider,
Capital gains distribution,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Contract for deed,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cloud on title,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Child and dependent care credit,
Coefficient of determination,
Cup and handle,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Distribution date,
Drawn securities,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Distribution period,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Distribution stock,
Distributing syndicate,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
Doing business as,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
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,
Dogs of the Dow,
Dead cat bounce,
Depth of market,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Either-or order,
ECU,
E-mini,
Exchange for futures,
Exchange for physical,
Exchange of spot,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Excess distribution,
Exchange distribution,
First In First Out,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Fee-for-service,
Form S-1,
Friends and family offering,
Fully distributed issue,
Full faith and credit,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free and clear,
Free right of exchange,
Government securities,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation,
General Securities Representative Examination,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Growth and income fund,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Hot issue,
Holder in due course,
Home equity line of credit,
Head and shoulders,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
In escrow,
International Securities Identification Number,
Issue date,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Income distribution,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
I/O strip,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jointly and severally,
Jumping the gun,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Lessee member,
Limit-on-close order,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Lump sum distribution,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Lognormal distribution,
Level I quotes,
Member bank,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Member firm,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Money at call,
Minimum distribution,
Marketable securities,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
New York Stock Exchange,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
National Securities Clearing Corporation,
National Securities Trade Association,
New York Futures Exchange,
Negotiated underwriting,
New issue,
Null and void,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nonperiodic distribution,
Normal distribution,
New high,
Off the books,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Original Issue Discount,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Original issue stock,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
On-balance volume,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Profit and loss statement,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Payment for order flow,
Public Securities Association,
P&L,
Provision for income taxes,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Premature distribution,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Pre-syndicate bid,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Point-and-figure chart,
Probability distribution,
Painting the tape,
Reports and Records,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Required Minimum Distribution,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
SEC filing,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Savings and Loan,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
SEC,
Secondary distribution,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
SEC fee,
Securities analyst,
Securities Industry Association,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
Securities loan,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Syndicate,
Syndicate bid,
Syndicate manager,
Syndicate member,
Standard of living,
Second-to-die insurance,
Severally but not jointly,
Statute of Limitations,
Sue,
Sale and leaseback,
Satisfaction of debt,
Securities lending,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Securities fraud,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stop and reverse,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Take a bath,
U.S. Government Agency Security,
U.S. Savings Bond,
U.S. Treasury,
U.S. Treasury Bill,
U.S. Treasury Bond,
U.S. Treasury Note,
U.S. Treasury Securities,
Unseasoned issue,
Underwriting,
Underwriting agreement,
Underwriting group,
Underwriting spread,
Uniform Securities Act,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Waiver of premium,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares