Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
ERISA. The federal law which established Legal guidelines for private Pension plan administration and investment practices.
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401(k) plan,
403(b) plan,
457 plan,
Allowance for depreciation,
Asset/equity ratio,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Automatic reinvestment plan,
At risk,
Add-on service,
As is,
Attorney in fact,
Applicable federal rate,
A shares,
Automatic investment plan,
At the money,
Age-weighted plan,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Ad valorem,
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,
Bottom line,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Brought over the wall,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Buy the book,
Breaking the syndicate,
By the book,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Benefits administration,
Balanced investment strategy,
Beat the gun,
Capital investment,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion ratio,
Cash and carry trade,
Chasing the market,
Commodities Exchange Act,
Common-law voting,
Contract for deed,
Credit line,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Call ratio backspread,
Close to the money,
Cloud on title,
Cafeteria plan,
Cash-balance plan,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Collectively bargained plan,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Constant dollar plan,
Child and dependent care credit,
Cup and handle,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Deposit in transit,
Del credere agency,
Division of Investment Management,
Dividend in arrears,
Dividend payout ratio,
Dividend Reinvestment Plan,
Dividend rollover plan,
Desk (the),
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Due-on-sale clause,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Defined benefit plan,
Defined contribution plan,
Defensive investment strategy,
Dogs of the Dow,
Efficiency ratio,
Ex-legal,
Either-or order,
Edge Act,
E-mini,
Exchange for futures,
Exchange for physical,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
Exchange ratio,
Exercise ratio,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
ERISA,
Exclusion ratio,
First In First Out,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Federal funds,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Fed funds,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Federal National Mortgage Association,
Federal Reserve Note,
Federal Call,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Fed,
Fed bias,
Fed Chairman,
Federal Reserve Bank,
Federal Reserve Board,
Federal Reserve Discount Rate,
Federal Reserve requirement,
Federal Trade Commission,
Fed pass,
Foreign direct investment,
Fee-for-service,
Form S-1,
Friends and family offering,
Fair Credit Reporting Act,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
Federal Housing Administration,
Full faith and credit,
Free and clear,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act,
Flexible benefit plan,
Frozen plan,
Fixed investment trust,
Federal ID Number,
Federal Tax Identification Number,
Federal tax lien,
Guaranteed Investment Contract,
Glass-Steagall Act,
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,
Hedge ratio,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Holder in due course,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act,
Head and shoulders,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Investment flows,
In escrow,
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,
Individual policy pension trust,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Investment company,
Investment fund,
Investment objective,
Investment policy,
Investment trust,
I/O strip,
Investment property,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
Investment philosophy,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jointly and severally,
Jumping the gun,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Keogh Plan,
Last In First Out,
Liquidity ratio,
Legal list,
Law day,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Legal,
Legal age,
Legal entity,
Legal risk,
Legal assets,
Line of credit,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Leg,
Long leg,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Municipal investment trust,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Money at call,
Net investment,
National Credit Union Administration,
Net capital ratio,
Null and void,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Non-investment property,
Non-contributory plan,
Non-insured plan,
Non-qualified retirement plan,
Off the books,
Overhead ratio,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
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,
Profit and loss statement,
Private banking,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Private sector pass-through,
Payment for order flow,
Private placement,
Payout ratio,
P&L,
Provision for income taxes,
Private debt,
Periodic payment plan,
Private Mortgage Insurance,
Private Market Value,
Pension,
Pension benefit,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
Pension fund,
Pension plan,
Pension reversion,
Plan asset,
Plan sponsor,
Prototype plan,
Prudent Expert Act,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private company,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Put ratio backspread,
Private letter ruling,
Point-and-figure chart,
Profit ratio,
Painting the tape,
Put/call ratio,
Private equity,
Private limited partnership,
Qualified retirement plan,
Reports and Records,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reserve ratio,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Regulated investment company,
Registered Retirement Savings Plan,
Ratio,
Regulation A,
Revolving line of credit,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Ratio analysis,
Return on Capital Employed,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Straight line depreciation,
Savings and Loan,
S&L,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Sell the book,
Short interest ratio,
Stock bonus plan,
Stock option plan,
Statutory investment,
Sale and leaseback,
Systematic investment plan,
Selling the spread,
Short leg,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees,
Self-employed pension,
SEP Plan,
Simplified Employee Pension IRA,
Single-employer plan,
Summary plan description,
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 Exchange Act of 1934,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stop and reverse,
Top line,
T-Bill,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
Top hat plan,
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,
Uniform Securities Act,
Underfunded pension plan,
Unit Investment Trust,
Voluntary accumulation plan,
Variable ratio write,
Variable ratio plan,
VAT,
Vertical line charting,
Williams Act,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Zero-investment portfolio