Joint Stock Company
A company which has some features of a corporation and some features of a partnership.
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Asset/equity ratio,
Above par,
Accrual of discount,
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Alien corporation,
At risk,
Aggregate corporation,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
As is,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
At the money,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Bank holding company,
Banking Act of 1933,
Below par,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion ratio,
Clearing corporation,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cash and carry trade,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Closed corporation,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Controlled company,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Call ratio backspread,
Class of options,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cloud on title,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
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,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend payout ratio,
Division of labor,
Domestic corporation,
Doing business as,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Due-on-sale clause,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Efficiency ratio,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Either-or order,
Effective par,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Exchange ratio,
Exercise ratio,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Exclusion ratio,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Foreign corporation,
Form S-1,
Friends and family offering,
Finance company,
Full faith and credit,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free and clear,
Free right of exchange,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
Growth and income fund,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
House of issue,
Hedge ratio,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Holding company,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Head and shoulders,
Held at the opening,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In-process research and development,
Investment company,
I/O strip,
Income replacement ratio,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
Jointly and severally,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Joint Stock Company,
Liquidity ratio,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Limited company,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-value ratio,
Limited Liability Company,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Mutual company,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Medium of exchange,
Money at call,
Management company,
Master limited partnership,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
National Securities Clearing Corporation,
Net capital ratio,
Null and void,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nonstock Corporation,
Overhead ratio,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Offshore company,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Open-end management company,
Options Clearing Corporation,
Out of the money,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Profit and loss statement,
Par bond,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Provisional call feature,
Public limited partnership,
Payout ratio,
P&L,
Public company,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
Private company,
Preservation of capital,
Put ratio backspread,
Point-and-figure chart,
Profit ratio,
Put/call ratio,
Private limited partnership,
Reports and Records,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reserve ratio,
Regulation D,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulated investment company,
Ratio,
Registered Company,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Ratio analysis,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Resyndication limited partnership,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Savings and Loan,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
Segregation of securities,
Standard of living,
Stock life insurance company,
Short interest ratio,
Stock Clearing Corporation,
Statute of Limitations,
Sale and leaseback,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
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,
Stop and reverse,
Silent partner,
T-Bill,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Trust company,
Tenancy at will,
Title company,
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,
Variable ratio write,
Variable ratio plan,
Venture capital limited partnership,
Waiver of premium,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Y shares