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Firm commitment offering
An arrangement in which an Underwriter assumes the Risk of bringing a new securities issue to Market , by buying the issue from the Issuer and guaranteeing sale of a certain number of shares to investors. More common than Best efforts offering .
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Buy , Best efforts offering , ECU , Guarantee , Issuer , Market , Offer , Offering , Risk , Range , Ring , SEC , Share , Sue , Underwriter , Write , Writer
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10-K ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
Amortization of premium ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
American Depositary Share ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Assets under management ,
Average price per share ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Active market ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Auction market ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Accredited investor ,
Angel investor ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Best ask ,
Best bid ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond market ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buy ,
Best efforts offering ,
Best-execution requirement ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy limit order ,
Buy minus ,
Buy minus order ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy order ,
Buy stop order ,
Buy the book ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Buying power ,
Buying basis ,
Buying hedge ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Blitzkrieg tender offer ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Bearer share ,
Bonus share ,
Buy-side ,
Blow-off top ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull market ,
Buying outright ,
Common-size statement ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Call risk ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Common stock equivalent ,
Credit risk ,
Current issue ,
Current market value ,
CUSIP number ,
Code of procedure ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash market ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Contract market ,
CINS number ,
Country risk ,
Chartered Life Underwriter ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Common-law voting ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Contract sale ,
Customary arrangement ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Creeping tender offer ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Cash sale ,
Choice market ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Cash buying ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Direct issuer ,
Drawn securities ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Directed share program ,
Direct Public Offering ,
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 ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Double auction market ,
Downside risk ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Emerging market ,
Excluded risk ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
First In First Out ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Fractional share ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Fee-for-service ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Firm commitment offering ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fully distributed issue ,
Financial risk ,
Forward sale ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
Federal Tax Identification Number ,
Fourth market ,
Government securities ,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation ,
General Securities Representative Examination ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Group sale ,
Guarantee ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Graveyard market ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
Hot issue ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Housing Market Index ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Historical trading range ,
Holding the market ,
In escrow ,
Interest rate risk ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Issue date ,
Issuer ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inverted market ,
Internal market ,
Identified shares ,
Initial Public Offering ,
Inside market ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Investor relations ,
Indication of interest ,
Intrastate offering ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
Institutional shares ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Imbalance of orders ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
Institutional investor ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
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 ,
Lead underwriter ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Lump sum distribution ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal risk ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Lump sum ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Last sale ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
Make a market ,
Margin buying ,
Market if touched order ,
Market letter ,
Market maker ,
Market maker spread ,
Market on close order ,
Market order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Market economy ,
Managing underwriter ,
Market rate ,
Mortgage risk ,
Management buyin ,
Marketable securities ,
Market cap ,
Market neutral ,
Market portfolio ,
Market timer ,
Market timing ,
Market analysis ,
Market ,
Market inefficiency ,
Market opening ,
Market return ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Market surveillance ,
Market-value weighted index ,
Market Volatility Index ,
Mixed market ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
National Market System ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Securities Clearing Corporation ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
New York Futures Exchange ,
Normal market ,
New issue ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
Narrow market ,
National Market Advisory Board ,
Negotiated market ,
New high ,
Nonaccredited investor ,
Off-balance-sheet financing ,
Off the books ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offer ,
Offering ,
Offering circular ,
Offering price ,
Offering scale ,
Original Issue Discount ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
Off-floor order ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Open market operation ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Original issue stock ,
Offering date ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Option writer ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
Off-board ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open market ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Public offering ,
Payment for order flow ,
Public Securities Association ,
Preference shares ,
Preferred shares ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Physical market ,
Primary market ,
Public offering price ,
Power of Attorney ,
Personal guarantee ,
Preforeclosure sale ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Private Market Value ,
Protective put buying ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Passive investor ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Price range ,
Qualified institutional investor ,
Qualifying share ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Rights offering ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Range ,
Redeemable shares ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Ratio write ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
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 ,
Retail investor ,
Ring ,
Risk capital ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
Signature guarantee ,
S&L ,
SEC ,
Secondary market ,
Secondary offering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Series EE bond ,
Shelf offering ,
Split offering ,
SEC fee ,
Securities analyst ,
Securities Industry Association ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Securities loan ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Standard of living ,
Systemic risk ,
Spot market ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Share ,
Stock market ,
Small corporate offering registration ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sue ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Securities lending ,
Share appreciation mortgage ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Share price ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short sale rule ,
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 ,
Small investor ,
Sophisticated investor ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Trading range ,
Tender offer ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Truth in Lending ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Tax identification number ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Tax sale ,
Take a bath ,
Thin market ,
Third market ,
Tight market ,
Transparent 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 ,
Unlimited risk ,
Unseasoned issue ,
Underwriter ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Variable ratio write ,
Write down ,
Whisper number ,
Waiver of premium ,
Write ,
Writer ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
Wash sale rule ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Z shares