Housing starts
The number of residential building construction projects begun during a specific period of time, usually a month;
a key Economic indicator.
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10-K,
Average collection period,
Accrual of discount,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
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,
Average price per share,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
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,
Book value per share,
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,
Basic earnings per share,
Balance of payments,
Base period,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
B shares,
Blackout period,
Buy-side,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
CAT bond,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
CUSIP number,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Coincident indicator,
Confidence indicator,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Contract month,
CINS number,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Cure period,
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,
Distribution period,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Deferred month,
Delivery month,
De-escalation clause,
De facto,
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,
Dogs of the Dow,
Dead cat bounce,
Depth of market,
Economic surplus,
Economic value,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Either-or order,
ECI,
Economic,
Economic cycle,
Economic growth,
Economic growth rate,
Economic indicator,
Economic sanctions,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Ex-all,
Expiration time,
Economic rent,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
First In First Out,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Forward P/E,
Fully diluted earnings per share,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Far month,
Furthest month,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Federal ID Number,
Federal Tax Identification Number,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Grace period,
Gun jumping,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Holder in due course,
Home equity line of credit,
Holding period,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
In escrow,
International Securities Identification Number,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Indicator,
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,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Lagging indicator,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Leading indicator,
Letter of comment,
Lockup period,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Make a market,
Market if touched order,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Monetary indicator,
Most distant month,
Money at call,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
No limit order,
No quote,
Nearby month,
Next month,
Notice period,
No-Fault,
No-Action Letter,
No-lien affidavit,
Notice of Default,
No-load,
Non-resident alien tax,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
No-load stock,
No book,
Off the books,
One time charge,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
On-balance volume,
Overbought/oversold indicator,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Pro forma,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
P&L,
Primary earnings per share,
Per stirpes,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Payback period,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Quiet period,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reading the tape,
Real-time trade reporting,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Real economic growth rate,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Residential mortgage,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Redemption period,
Residential property,
Residential rental property,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Real-time,
Ring,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Segregation of securities,
Sell-side analyst,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Supply-side economics,
Spot month,
Second-to-die insurance,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
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,
Time deposit,
Time draft,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Time order,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Time note,
Truth in Lending,
Time spread,
Tenancy at will,
Time-sharing,
The Street,
Time stop,
Timing the market,
Tax identification number,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Technical indicator,
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,
Vesting period,
Whisper number,
Waiver of premium,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares