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The illegal practice in which traders Buy and Sell a specific security among themselves, creating the illusion of High trading Volume and significant investor Interest , which can attract unsuspecting investors who might then Buy the stock and enable the traders to Profit .
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10-K ,
52-week high ,
19c3 stock ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued interest ,
Agency security ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Adjustable rate preferred stock ,
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 ,
Average daily volume ,
Ad valorem ,
After-hours trading ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Accredited investor ,
Angel investor ,
Below the line ,
Book profit ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Benchmark interest rate ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Block trade ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buy ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
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 ,
Base interest rate ,
Board of Governors ,
Basis trading ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Borrowed stock ,
Buy-side ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Capitalized interest ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Compound interest ,
Cabinet security ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Common stock equivalent ,
Convertible security ,
Code of procedure ,
Crossed trade ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cyclical stock ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Certificated stock ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ,
Commodity Trading Advisor ,
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 ,
Consumer interest ,
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 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Direct profit ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Deferred interest bond ,
Digested security ,
Droplock security ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Daily trading limit ,
Derivative security ,
Deal stock ,
Defensive stock ,
Distribution stock ,
Donated stock ,
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 ,
Dirty stock ,
Distressed security ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Down volume ,
Daily high ,
Daylight trade ,
Day trade ,
Day trader ,
Depth of market ,
Dollar volume ,
Effective annual interest rate ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Exact interest ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
ECI ,
Edge Act ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Employee stock repurchase agreement ,
Explicit interest ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
First In First Out ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Fill or kill ,
Floor trader ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Federal Trade Commission ,
Free trade ,
First preferred stock ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Full stock ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Forward interest rate ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act ,
FICA ,
Free right of exchange ,
Forward trade ,
Gross profit ,
Gross profit margin ,
Graduated security ,
Glass-Steagall Act ,
Growth stock ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
High-grade bond ,
High yield ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High ,
High-flyer ,
High-tech stock ,
Holder in due course ,
High credit ,
High-ratio mortgage ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
Head and shoulders ,
High-low index ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Historical trading range ,
Holding the market ,
Interest-bearing ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Interest rate collar ,
Interest rate risk ,
Interest rate swap ,
Investment security ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Income stock ,
In line ,
Interest rate futures ,
International trade ,
Insurable interest ,
Insider trading ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Interest ,
Interest expense ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Investor relations ,
Indication of interest ,
In intestacy ,
Inter vivos trust ,
Imputed interest ,
Interest deduction ,
Interest-only loan ,
Interest rate ,
Interest rate cap ,
Interest rate ceiling ,
Interest rate floor ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Interest rate option ,
I/O strip ,
Inchoate interest ,
Interest-only strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
Institutional investor ,
In sympathy ,
Intermarket Trading System ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Last In First Out ,
Legal list ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Last trading day ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Loan stock ,
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 ,
Marketable security ,
Matrix trading ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Make a market ,
Market if touched order ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Marginable stock ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage interest deduction ,
Net interest margin ,
Net profit ,
Net profit margin ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Negotiable security ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Non-interest-bearing note ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
Nonvoting stock ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
Non-qualified stock option ,
Non-statutory stock option ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
No-load stock ,
Negative Volume Index ,
Net volume ,
New high ,
Nonaccredited investor ,
Off the books ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Ordinary interest ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Operating profit margin ,
Open interest ,
Optionable stock ,
Original issue stock ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
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 ,
Open trade equity ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-depreciation profit ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Profit margin ,
Pro forma ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Preferred stock ,
Prior preferred stock ,
P&L ,
Profit warning ,
Position trader ,
Power of Attorney ,
Personal interest ,
Prepaid interest ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Pairs trade ,
Profit-sharing ,
Prudent Expert Act ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Passive investor ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Program trading ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Profit ratio ,
Painting the tape ,
Paper profit ,
Paper trading ,
Positive Volume Index ,
Profit-taking ,
Qualified institutional investor ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Real interest rate ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
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 ,
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 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Realized profit ,
Real rate of return ,
Retail investor ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
Simple interest ,
S&L ,
Stock association ,
SEC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Sell ,
Stamped security ,
Stock buyback ,
SEC fee ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell limit order ,
Sell order ,
Sell plus ,
Sell-side analyst ,
Sell the book ,
Significant order ,
Stock loan ,
Second preferred stock ,
Stock dividend ,
Standard of living ,
Single stock futures ,
Spot trading ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Secondary stock ,
Short interest ,
Short interest ratio ,
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 ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Stock fund ,
Selling the spread ,
Short leg ,
Synthetic stock ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Stock list ,
Story stock ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Swing trade ,
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 ,
Small investor ,
Sophisticated investor ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Suspended trading ,
Times interest earned ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Trade ,
Trading ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Trader ,
Trading authorization ,
Trailing P/E ,
Trade barrier ,
Trade deficit ,
Trade surplus ,
Trade house ,
Trading range ,
Treasury Stock ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tenancy at will ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Trading profit ,
Trading Index ,
Take a bath ,
Trade date ,
Trading costs ,
Trading curb ,
Trading floor ,
Trading halt ,
Trading session ,
Trading volume ,
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 ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Unlisted trading ,
Unappropriated profit ,
Underlying security ,
Unearned interest ,
Up volume ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Unrealized profit ,
Value stock ,
Vetoing stock ,
Volume ,
Voting stock ,
With interest ,
Williams Act ,
World Trade Organization ,
Waiver of premium ,
Watered stock ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares