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Buying on margin
A risky technique involving the Purchase of securities with borrowed Money , using the shares themselves as Collateral . Usually done using a margin Account at a Brokerage , and subject to fairly strict SEC regulations.
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Account , Broker , Brokerage , Borrow , Collateral , ECU , Margin , Margin account , Money , Owe , Purchase , Risk , SEC , Share
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
Account ,
Account statement ,
Account aggregation ,
Account balance ,
Active account ,
Alternate account ,
Asset management account ,
Accrual of discount ,
Amortization of premium ,
At par ,
Account executive ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Active money ,
American Depositary Share ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
After-acquired collateral ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Average price per share ,
At the money ,
Age-weighted plan ,
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 ,
Book value per share ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Barren money ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Blue Sky Laws ,
Broker ,
Brokerage ,
Brokerage firm ,
Brokerage house ,
Broker loan ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Broad money ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Board of Governors ,
Borrowed reserves ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Borrow ,
Broker loan rate ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Bearer share ,
Bonus share ,
Borrowed stock ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Contra account ,
Contribution margin ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Central assets account ,
Checking account ,
Custodial account ,
Call risk ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Collateral trust certificate ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Credit risk ,
Call money rate ,
Cash account ,
Code of procedure ,
Contra broker ,
Contract broker ,
Capitalization of income ,
Capital account ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Current account ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Country risk ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash collateral ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Collateral ,
Collateral note ,
Collateral surety ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
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 ,
Closing purchase ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Deposit in transit ,
Drawing account ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Drawn securities ,
Deep discount broker ,
Discount broker ,
Discretionary account ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Do Not Reduce ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Directed share program ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Default 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 ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Downside risk ,
EBITDA margin ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
Extended broad money ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Excluded risk ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Ex-all ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
First In First Out ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Frozen account ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Fill or kill ,
Floor broker ,
Front-ending an order ,
Full-service brokerage ,
Fiat money ,
Fractional share ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Financial risk ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Flexible spending account ,
Free right of exchange ,
Fairly valued ,
Fair value ,
Gross margin ,
Gross profit margin ,
Government securities ,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation ,
General account ,
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 account ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High-tech stock ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Inactive account ,
Insured account ,
In escrow ,
Interest rate risk ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Independent broker ,
In-house ,
Institutional brokerage ,
Introducing broker ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Insurance broker ,
Identified shares ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
Institutional shares ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Joint account ,
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 ,
Limited risk ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Lawful money ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal age ,
Legal risk ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Lease-purchase agreement ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Money center bank ,
Money order ,
Make a market ,
Managed account ,
Margin ,
Margin account ,
Margin agreement ,
Margin buying ,
Margin call ,
Margin loan ,
Margin rate ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Money management ,
Medium of exchange ,
Money ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Money at call ,
Money factor ,
Mortgage broker ,
Mortgage risk ,
Marketable securities ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Mixed account ,
Money flow ,
Net interest margin ,
Net margin ,
Net operating margin ,
Net profit margin ,
Near money ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Nostro account ,
Notice of Sale ,
NASD Regulation ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Securities Clearing Corporation ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Normal retirement age ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Operating margin ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
Online broker ,
On margin ,
Option account ,
Or better ,
Outside broker ,
Operating profit margin ,
Omnibus account ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Owe ,
Option margin ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Profit margin ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Purchase ,
Prime broker ,
Prime brokerage ,
Public Securities Association ,
Preference shares ,
Preferred shares ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Purchase-money mortgage ,
Purchase agreement ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Qualifying share ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Revolving collateral ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Regulation Q ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Restricted account ,
Retail brokerage ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Redeemable shares ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Regulation Z ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Real estate broker ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Regulation FD ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Risk capital ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings account ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
SEC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
SEC fee ,
Securities analyst ,
Securities Industry Association ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Securities loan ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Street broker ,
Sweep account ,
Standard of living ,
Systemic risk ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Separate account ,
Share ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Securities lending ,
Share appreciation mortgage ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Self-directed retirement account ,
Share price ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short purchase ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Sin tax ,
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 ,
Smart money ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tight money ,
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 ,
Unlimited risk ,
Undermargined account ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Variation margin ,
With interest ,
Wrap account ,
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 ,
Z shares