Credit agency
A company which collects information about the creditworthiness of individuals and corporations and provides it for a fee to interested parties.
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Allowance for depreciation,
Asset/equity ratio,
Above par,
Accrual of discount,
Accrued interest,
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Alien corporation,
At risk,
Aggregate corporation,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Adoption credit,
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,
Bank credit,
Bank holding company,
Banking Act of 1933,
Below par,
Benchmark interest rate,
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,
Base interest rate,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Bailing out,
Business credit,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Capitalized interest,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Credit order,
Compound interest,
Credit card,
Credit union,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion ratio,
Credit analyst,
Credit risk,
Clearing corporation,
Closed out,
Code of procedure,
Credit balance,
Capitalization of income,
Capital formation,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Credit squeeze,
Cash and carry trade,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost-of-living rider,
Credit insurance,
Credit life insurance,
Certificate of stock,
Closed corporation,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Contract for deed,
Cancellation of debt,
Cash credit,
Cash-out refinancing,
Certificate of Claim,
Closed-end credit,
Commercial credit,
Commitment fee,
Consumer credit,
Consumer interest,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Credit,
Credit agency,
Credit default swap,
Credit derivative,
Credit enhancement,
Credit limit,
Credit line,
Credit score,
Crowding out,
Controlled company,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Call ratio backspread,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Credit spread,
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,
Close out,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Curbs out,
Deferred credit,
Deficit net worth,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Deferred interest bond,
Dual currency bond,
Dual listing,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Dividend payout ratio,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Domestic corporation,
Dual life insurance,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
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,
Dual-purpose fund,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Efficiency ratio,
Effective annual interest rate,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Exact interest,
Escrowed to maturity,
Either-or order,
Effective par,
E-mini,
Exchange for futures,
Exchange for physical,
Exchange of spot,
Exchange ratio,
Explicit interest,
Exit fee,
Exercise ratio,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Exclusion ratio,
Earned income tax credit,
Education credit,
First In First Out,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
Form 10-Q,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fictitious credit,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Foreign corporation,
Fee-for-service,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Friends and family offering,
Fair Credit Reporting Act,
Finance company,
Forward interest rate,
Full faith and credit,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free and clear,
Free right of exchange,
Federal ID Number,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
Growth and income fund,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Hedge ratio,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Holding company,
Holder in due course,
Hang out loan,
High credit,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Hope credit,
Head and shoulders,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Interest-bearing,
In escrow,
Interest rate collar,
Interest rate risk,
Interest rate swap,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Interest rate futures,
Individual policy pension trust,
Insurable interest,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Interest,
Interest expense,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
Inter vivos trust,
Impaired credit,
Imputed interest,
Interest deduction,
Interest-only loan,
Interest rate,
Interest rate cap,
Interest rate ceiling,
Interest rate floor,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Investment company,
Interest rate option,
I/O strip,
Inchoate interest,
Interest-only strip,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
Individual tax return,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
Individual investor,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jointly and severally,
Jumping the gun,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Joint Stock Company,
Knock-out option,
Last In First Out,
Liquidity ratio,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Limit order information system,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Loose credit,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Limited company,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Lifetime learning credit,
Limited Liability Company,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Mutual company,
Maintenance fee,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Money at call,
Mortgage interest deduction,
Management company,
Net interest margin,
National Credit Union Administration,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Non-interest-bearing note,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
National Securities Clearing Corporation,
Net capital ratio,
Null and void,
Non-revolving credit card,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nonstock Corporation,
Off the books,
Overhead ratio,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Ordinary interest,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Open interest,
Offshore company,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Open-end credit,
Origination fee,
Open-end management company,
Options Clearing Corporation,
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,
Pro forma,
Par bond,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Payment for order flow,
Payout ratio,
P&L,
Provision for income taxes,
Public company,
Power of Attorney,
Personal interest,
Prepaid interest,
Prioritization of debt,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private company,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Put ratio backspread,
Point-and-figure chart,
Profit ratio,
Painting the tape,
Priced out,
Put/call ratio,
Reports and Records,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Real interest rate,
Reserve ratio,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulated investment company,
Ratio,
Red herring,
Registered Company,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Redemption fee,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Ratio analysis,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Sales fee,
Savings and Loan,
Sight letter of credit,
Simple interest,
S&L,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Series EE bond,
SEC fee,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Second-to-die insurance,
Stock life insurance company,
Short interest,
Short interest ratio,
Stock Clearing Corporation,
Statute of Limitations,
Sale and leaseback,
Satisfaction of debt,
Secured credit card,
Security interest,
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,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stop and reverse,
Stopped out,
Tangible net worth,
Times interest earned,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Two-sided market,
Two-way market,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Trust company,
TED spread,
Truth in Lending,
Two-step mortgage,
Tenancy at will,
Title company,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Top out,
Take a bath,
Thin market,
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,
Unearned interest,
Unified Tax Credit,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Variable ratio write,
Variable ratio plan,
With interest,
Wrap fee,
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