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Asset

Any item of Economic value owned by an individual or corporation, especially that which could be converted to cash. Examples are Cash, securities, Accounts receivable, inventory, office equipment, a House, a Car, and other Property. On a Balance sheet, assets are equal to the sum of liabilities, common stock, Preferred stock, and Retained earnings.

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of directors, Stock fund, Selling the spread, Short market value, Synthetic stock, Special use property, Self-directed retirement account, Shareholder value, Special situation, Stock list, Story stock, 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, Tangible asset, Total assets, Trial balance, T-Bill, Term to maturity, Trust-preferred security, Take a position, Trailing P/E, Trade house, Total asset turnover, Treasury Stock, Tenancy by the entirety, TED spread, Truth in Lending, Theoretical value, Tenancy at will, Top hat plan, The Street, Timing the market, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Tax preference item, Tax Reform Act of 1986, Tax Reform Act of 1993, Take a bath, Term sheet, U.S. Government Agency Security, U.S. Savings Bond, 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