Purchase
To obtain ownership of a security or other Asset in Exchange for Money or value. also called Buy.
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1035 exchange,
Active asset,
Allowance for depreciation,
Asset,
Asset/equity ratio,
Asset management account,
Accreted value,
Accrual of discount,
Agency security,
American Stock Exchange,
Amortization of premium,
Amortized value,
Asset-backed security,
Asset swap,
All or any part,
At call,
Active money,
All-risks coverage,
Asset acquisition,
Asset class,
Asset financing,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Asset-based finance,
Asset-based lending,
Asset conversion loan,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Asset allocation fund,
Asset turnover,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Assessed value,
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,
Barren money,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
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,
Broad money,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Beneficial owner,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Breakup value,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Buy-side,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Capital asset,
Cash asset ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Cabinet security,
Call,
Call date,
Called away,
Called bond,
Call price,
Call protection,
Call risk,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion value,
Convertible security,
Current market value,
Call money rate,
Code of procedure,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Commodities Exchange Act,
Commodities Exchange Center,
Commodity Exchange,
Cash surrender value,
Cash value,
Cash value life insurance policy,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Contract for deed,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
C shares,
Call option,
Call ratio backspread,
Call swaption,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Covered call,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cloud on title,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Capital Asset Pricing Model,
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,
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,
Derivative security,
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,
Distressed security,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Earning asset,
Economic value,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Exchange,
Exchangeable security,
Exempt security,
Ex-legal,
Either-or order,
Exchange seat,
ECU,
Exchange rate,
Extended broad money,
E-mini,
Exchange against actuals,
Exchange for futures,
Exchange for physical,
Exchange of spot,
Exchange versus cash,
Ex-pit transaction,
Ex-all,
Exchange ratio,
Equitable owner,
Exchange fund,
Exchange privilege,
Exchange-traded option,
Ex-warrants,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Ex-rights,
Ex-rights date,
Exchange distribution,
Financial asset,
First In First Out,
Fixed asset,
First call date,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Federal Call,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Fiat money,
Floating exchange rate,
Foreign exchange,
Foreign exchange rate,
Forward exchange rate,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Fee-for-service,
Fair market value,
Form S-1,
Floating security,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Fair value,
Graduated security,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Gather in the stops,
Hidden asset,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House call,
House of issue,
Hang Seng Index,
Holder in due course,
Hang out loan,
Home equity line of credit,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Imputed value,
Inactive asset,
Intangible asset,
In escrow,
Inflation-indexed security,
Intrinsic value,
Investment security,
Investment value,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
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,
Joint ownership,
Last In First Out,
Liquidation value,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Letter security,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Long Market Value,
Lawful money,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Loan value,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Like-kind exchange,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Money center bank,
Money order,
Marketable security,
Maturity value,
Mortgage-backed security,
Mortgage pass-through security,
Maintenance call,
Make a market,
Margin call,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Money management,
Medium of exchange,
Money,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Money at call,
Money factor,
Market-value weighted index,
Money flow,
Net book value,
Noncurrent asset,
Non-financial asset,
Near money,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Negotiable security,
New York Stock Exchange,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Nominal asset,
New York Futures Exchange,
Net Asset Value,
Nonperforming asset,
Notice of Default,
Naked call,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nominal value,
Net change,
Off the books,
One time charge,
Other current assets,
Other long term liabilities,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Other income,
One-share one-vote rule,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Owner financing,
Out of the money,
Own,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
One man picture,
On open,
On the opening,
Option exchange,
Owner-employee,
Pooling of interests,
Payment-in-kind security,
Premium over bond value,
Premium over conversion value,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Provisional call feature,
Payment for order flow,
P&L,
Provision for income taxes,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Purchase-money mortgage,
Private Market Value,
Plan asset,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Public ownership,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Primary exchange,
Put/call ratio,
Real asset,
Replacement value,
Residual value,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Registered security,
Residual security,
Restricted security,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
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,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Regional exchange,
Salvage value,
SEC filing,
SG&A,
Stranded asset,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
SEC,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Stamped security,
Straight value,
SEC fee,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Standard of living,
Second-to-die insurance,
Surrender value,
Stock exchange,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Security interest,
Security loan,
Senior security,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
Short market value,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees,
Social Security,
Social Security Tax,
Shareholder value,
Security analysis,
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,
Smart money,
S&P phenomenon,
Tangible asset,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security,
Trust-preferred security,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tight money,
Total asset turnover,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Theoretical value,
The Street,
Timing the market,
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,
Underlying security,
Uncovered call,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Value stock,
Value averaging,
Value investing,
Value Added Tax,
Written-down value,
Waiver of premium,
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