Hammering the market
The selling of large amounts of a stock by speculators who believe that stock will soon fall.
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10-K,
19c3 stock,
Accrual of discount,
American Stock Exchange,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Adjustable rate preferred stock,
All-risks coverage,
At risk,
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,
Amount recognized,
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,
Below the line,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Banking Act of 1933,
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,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
B shares,
Borrowed stock,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Common stock equivalent,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cyclical stock,
Certificated stock,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost-of-living rider,
Callable stock,
Certificate of stock,
Consumer stock,
Control stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cloud on title,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Deal stock,
Defensive stock,
Distribution stock,
Donated stock,
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,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dirty stock,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Either-or order,
ECU,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
Employee stock repurchase agreement,
Ex-all,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
First In First Out,
Face-amount certificate,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Face amount,
First preferred stock,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Full stock,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Growth stock,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
High-tech stock,
Holder in due course,
Home equity line of credit,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
In escrow,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Income stock,
In line,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
I/O strip,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Joint will,
Joint Stock Company,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Loan stock,
Letter of comment,
Living will,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lock-in,
Large cap,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Marginable stock,
Money at call,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
New York Stock Exchange,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Nonvoting stock,
Notice of Default,
Notional principal amount,
Non-qualified stock option,
Non-statutory stock option,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
No-load stock,
Off the books,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Optionable stock,
Original issue stock,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Preferred stock,
Prior preferred stock,
P&L,
Pour-over will,
Power of Attorney,
Principal amount,
Prioritization of debt,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Percent held by institutions,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reading the tape,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Restricted stock,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Stock association,
Sell,
Selling flat,
Stock buyback,
Segregation of securities,
Selling group,
Sell limit order,
Sell order,
Sell plus,
Sell-side analyst,
Sell the book,
Stock loan,
Second preferred stock,
Stock dividend,
Standard of living,
Selling hedge,
Single stock futures,
Speculator,
Second-to-die insurance,
Stock life insurance company,
Secondary stock,
Stock bonus plan,
Stock certificate,
Stock Clearing Corporation,
Stock consolidation,
Stock exchange,
Stock index,
Stock market,
Stock option,
Stock option plan,
Stock power,
Stock screening,
Stock swap,
Stock symbol,
Stock ticker,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
Stock fund,
Selling the spread,
Synthetic stock,
Stock list,
Story stock,
Selling short,
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,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Treasury Stock,
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,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Value stock,
Vetoing stock,
Voting stock,
Waiver of premium,
Watered stock,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares