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Distressed security
A security of a company undergoing or expected to undergo bankruptcy or restructuring in an effort to avoid insolvency. As investments, distressed securities are usually very risky because the company might not recover.
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10-K ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Agent bank ,
Accrual of discount ,
Agency security ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asset-backed security ,
All or any part ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Assets under management ,
Automatic investment plan ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Average up ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Away from the market ,
Bank reconciliation ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Bank credit ,
Bank draft ,
Bank holding company ,
Bank Holiday ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bank Note ,
Bank Trust Department ,
Bank-eligible issues ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Blue Sky Laws ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Bank Rate ,
Board of Governors ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bankrupt ,
Bank term loan ,
Bust-up takeover ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Balanced investment strategy ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Capital investment ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Commercial bank ,
Consumer bank ,
Cabinet security ,
Call risk ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Convertible security ,
Credit risk ,
Code of procedure ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
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 ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Controlled company ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Cover ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Dealer bank ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Digested security ,
Drawn securities ,
Droplock security ,
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 ,
Derivative security ,
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 ,
Default risk ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Distress termination ,
Distressed security ,
Defensive investment strategy ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Double up ,
Depth of market ,
Downside risk ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
European Central Bank ,
Export-Import Bank ,
Excluded risk ,
Ex-all ,
Expected return ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Even up ,
First In First Out ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Federal Reserve Bank ,
Forward cover ,
Foreign direct investment ,
Fee-for-service ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Floating security ,
Finance company ,
Financial risk ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Fixed investment trust ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
Government securities ,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation ,
Graduated security ,
Guaranteed Investment Contract ,
General Securities Representative Examination ,
G-7 ,
G-8 ,
Going public ,
Gather in the stops ,
Going long ,
Going short ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Holding company ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Investment flows ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Interest rate risk ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Investment bill ,
Investment-grade bond ,
Investment letter ,
Investment security ,
Investment value ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment bank ,
Investment banker ,
Investment Bankers Association ,
Investment banking ,
Investment banking group ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Investment multiplier ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
Investment company ,
Investment fund ,
Investment objective ,
Investment policy ,
Investment trust ,
I/O strip ,
Investment property ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Investment philosophy ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Limited risk ,
Lending at a rate ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Limit up ,
Limited company ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal risk ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Leading the market ,
Limited Liability Company ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Member bank ,
Money center bank ,
Mutual company ,
Mutual Savings Bank ,
Marketable security ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Municipal investment trust ,
Make a market ,
Mark-to-market ,
Merchant bank ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Mortgage risk ,
Management company ,
Marketable securities ,
Net investment ,
National Bank ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Negotiable security ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Securities Clearing Corporation ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
No limit order ,
No quote ,
No-Fault ,
No-Action Letter ,
Null and void ,
No-lien affidavit ,
Notice of Default ,
No-load ,
NSO ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Non-investment property ,
No-load stock ,
No book ,
Off the books ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
OID ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
Or better ,
Offshore company ,
Opinion of title ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end management company ,
Out of the money ,
On the opening ,
Pooling of interests ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Payment for order flow ,
Public Securities Association ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Public company ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Paid up ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private company ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Painting the tape ,
Return of capital ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Regional bank ,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Risk ,
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 ,
Regulated investment company ,
Reduced paid-up insurance ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Registered Company ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Roll over ,
Rule of 78 ,
Roll up ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Ring ,
Risk capital ,
SEC filing ,
SG&A ,
Savings bank ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
State bank ,
SEC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Stamped security ,
Step-up bond ,
SEC fee ,
Securities analyst ,
Securities Industry Association ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Securities loan ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Standard of living ,
Systemic risk ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Severally but not jointly ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory investment ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Securities lending ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Systematic investment plan ,
Selling the spread ,
Step-up warrant ,
Special use property ,
Step-up lease ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Short cover ,
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 ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Trust company ,
TED spread ,
Truth in Lending ,
Title company ,
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 ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Underlying security ,
Unit Investment Trust ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Up volume ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Void ,
World Bank ,
Waiver of premium ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Zero-investment portfolio