Initial Public Offering
IPO. The first sale of stock by a company to the Public.
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10-K,
19c3 stock,
Accrual of discount,
American Stock Exchange,
Amortization of premium,
All or any part,
Adjustable rate preferred stock,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
Assignment to creditors,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
At the money,
Across the board,
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,
Bank holding company,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
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,
Certified Public Accountant,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Certificate of Participation,
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,
Contract sale,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Controlled company,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cash sale,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Deal stock,
Defensive stock,
Distribution stock,
Donated stock,
Direct Public Offering,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
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,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
Employee stock repurchase agreement,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
First In First Out,
First call date,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
First board,
First notice day,
First preferred stock,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Full stock,
Finance company,
First mortgage,
Forward sale,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
First-round financing,
Growth stock,
Going public,
Group sale,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
High-tech stock,
Holding company,
Home equity line of credit,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Income stock,
Initial Public Offering,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
IPO,
Investment company,
I/O strip,
Imbalance of orders,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Joint Stock Company,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Limited company,
Loan stock,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Leading the market,
Limited Liability Company,
Last sale,
Level I quotes,
Mutual company,
Make a market,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Marginable stock,
Management company,
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,
Notary Public,
Notice of Default,
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,
Offshore company,
Optionable stock,
Original issue stock,
Opinion of title,
On-the-spot loan,
Open-end management company,
Out of the money,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Public bond,
Public offering,
Public purpose bond,
Public limited partnership,
Public Securities Association,
Preferred stock,
Prior preferred stock,
P&L,
Public goods,
Public sector,
Public company,
Public offering price,
Power of Attorney,
Preforeclosure sale,
Prioritization of debt,
Percent held by institutions,
Private company,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Public,
Public equity,
Public ownership,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Public book,
Return of capital,
Reading the tape,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulated investment company,
Restricted stock,
Registered Company,
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,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Stock association,
Stock buyback,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Stock loan,
Second preferred stock,
Stock dividend,
Standard of living,
Single stock futures,
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,
Sale and leaseback,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
Stock fund,
Selling the spread,
Synthetic stock,
Stock list,
Story stock,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
Short sale rule,
S Corporation,
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,
Trust company,
Title company,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
Tax sale,
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,
Wash sale rule,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares