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Public
Definition 1
Having shares available to retail investors in the open Market .
Definition 2
The retail investors themselves (as opposed to institutional investors).
Definition 3
Widely known, not secret. opposite of private.
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10-K ,
12b-1 funds ,
Available assets ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
Amortization of premium ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
American Depositary Share ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
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 ,
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 ,
Away from the market ,
Accredited investor ,
Angel investor ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond market ,
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 ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
B shares ,
Bearer share ,
Bonus share ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull market ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Current market value ,
Code of procedure ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash market ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Contract market ,
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 ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Choice market ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Del credere agency ,
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 ,
Directed share program ,
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 ,
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 ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Double auction market ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
E-mini ,
Exchange of spot ,
Emerging market ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
First In First Out ,
Financial institution ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Fill or kill ,
Fractional share ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
FIN ,
Fourth market ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Gather in the stops ,
Graveyard market ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Housing Market Index ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
In escrow ,
In-house ,
Institutional brokerage ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inverted market ,
Internal market ,
Identified shares ,
Inside market ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Investor relations ,
Indication of interest ,
Institutional pot ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Institutional fund ,
Institutional shares ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Imbalance of orders ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
Institutional investor ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jumping the gun ,
Know Your Customer ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Letter of comment ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
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 ,
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 ,
Mixed market ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
NOW ,
National Market System ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
No limit order ,
No quote ,
Normal market ,
No-Fault ,
No-Action Letter ,
No-lien affidavit ,
Notice of Default ,
No-load ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
No-load stock ,
Narrow market ,
National Market Advisory Board ,
Negotiated market ,
No book ,
Nonaccredited investor ,
Off the books ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Open order ,
Or better ,
Open economy ,
Open market operation ,
Open interest ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open mortgage ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
Own ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open ,
Open market ,
Open position ,
Open repo ,
Open trade equity ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Private banking ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Private sector pass-through ,
Private placement ,
Preference shares ,
Preferred shares ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Private debt ,
Physical market ,
PPO ,
Private Mortgage Insurance ,
Primary market ,
Power of Attorney ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Private Market Value ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Passive investor ,
Private company ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Private letter ruling ,
Painting the tape ,
Private equity ,
Private limited partnership ,
Qualified institutional investor ,
Qualifying share ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Retail banking ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Retail brokerage ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Retail Price Index ,
Retail sales index ,
Redeemable shares ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Retail lending ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Retail investor ,
SEC filing ,
SG&A ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
SEC ,
Secondary market ,
SEC fee ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Standard of living ,
Series 3 ,
Spot market ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Share ,
Stock market ,
Severally but not jointly ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Share appreciation mortgage ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Share price ,
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 ,
Small investor ,
Sophisticated investor ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
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 ,
Take a bath ,
Thin market ,
Third market ,
Tight market ,
Transparent market ,
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 ,
VAT ,
Waiver of premium ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Z shares