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Holding the market
The Activity of placing and/or maintaining Buy orders to create price Support for a commodity or security in a downward Trend . The Activity is usually illegal, except in certain circumstances, such as when the SEC has given approval to an Underwriter to hold the Market in a New issue .
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Activity , Buy , Buy order , Dow , ECU , Legal , Leg , Market , New issue , Order , Own , PPO , SEC , Sue , Support , Trend , Underwriter , Write , Writer
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10-K ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
Agency security ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
Alternative order ,
At best ,
At call ,
Automated Order Entry System ,
Adjusted futures price ,
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 ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Activity ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Average down ,
Average up ,
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 ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond market ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buy ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buy limit order ,
Buy minus ,
Buy minus order ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy order ,
Buy stop order ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bust-up takeover ,
Back-end load ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Buy-side ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull market ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Credit order ,
Cabinet security ,
Call price ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Commodity-backed bond ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
Convertible security ,
Current issue ,
Current market value ,
Code of procedure ,
Contingency order ,
Contingent order ,
Capitalization of income ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash commodity ,
Cash market ,
Cash price ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Commodity Exchange ,
Commodity futures ,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ,
Commodity paper ,
Commodity pool ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Commodity Trading Advisor ,
Contract market ,
Chartered Life Underwriter ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Closed-end credit ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Closed-end fund ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
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 ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Closing price ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Digested security ,
Dollar price ,
Droplock security ,
Day order ,
Designated Order Turnaround ,
Discretionary order ,
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 ,
Durable goods orders ,
Delivery price ,
Derivative security ,
Dow ,
Dow Jones Averages ,
Dow Jones Industrial Average ,
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 ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Down payment ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Distressed security ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Double up ,
Dow dividend theory ,
Down volume ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Double auction market ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
Edge Act ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Emerging market ,
Ex-all ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Even up ,
First In First Out ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Forward price ,
Futures price ,
Fee-for-service ,
Front-end load ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fully distributed issue ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act ,
Free right of exchange ,
Fourth market ,
Graduated security ,
Glass-Steagall Act ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
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 ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
Housing Market Index ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
Hunkering down ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Investment security ,
Issue date ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inverted market ,
Internal market ,
Inside market ,
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 ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Last In First Out ,
Legal list ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Lead underwriter ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit order ,
Limit order book ,
Limit order information system ,
Limit price ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Limit down ,
Limit up ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal ,
Legal age ,
Legal entity ,
Legal risk ,
Legal assets ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Leg ,
Long leg ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Money order ,
Marketable security ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Make a market ,
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 ,
Money at call ,
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 ,
Matching orders ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Mixed market ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
National Market System ,
Negotiable security ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
No limit order ,
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 ,
Off the books ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offering price ,
Original Issue Discount ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
Off-floor order ,
On-floor order ,
Open order ,
Or better ,
Order ,
Order flow ,
Order ticket ,
Open market operation ,
Original issue stock ,
Opinion of title ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Option price ,
Option writer ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
Own ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
On the opening ,
Open market ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Order book official ,
Order imbalance ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Pro forma ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Payment for order flow ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Parity price ,
Physical commodity ,
Physical market ,
Price limit ,
PPO ,
Primary market ,
Public offering price ,
Power of Attorney ,
Paid up ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Private Market Value ,
Price spread ,
Prudent Expert Act ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Redemption price ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
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 ,
Retail Price Index ,
Reduced paid-up insurance ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Ratio write ,
Roll down ,
Roll up ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
SEC ,
Secondary market ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Stamped security ,
Step-up bond ,
SEC fee ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell limit order ,
Sell order ,
Sell the book ,
Significant order ,
Small Order Execution System ,
Split order ,
Stop-limit order ,
Stop order ,
Stop price ,
Standard of living ,
Settlement price ,
Soft commodity ,
Spot commodity ,
Spot market ,
Spot price ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock market ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sue ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short leg ,
Short market value ,
Step-up warrant ,
Step-down lease ,
Step-up lease ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Share price ,
Split-adjusted price ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Support ,
Scale order ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Time order ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Trickle-down theory ,
Trend ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tenancy at will ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Top-down ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Target price ,
Thin market ,
Third market ,
Tight market ,
Transparent market ,
Trend reversal ,
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 ,
Unseasoned issue ,
Underwriter ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Underlying security ,
Up volume ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Variable ratio write ,
Write down ,
Written-down value ,
Williams Act ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
War chest ,
Write ,
Writer ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
When issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares