Rules of Fair Practice
Rules established by NASD to protect the best interests of the securities investor.
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30-day wash rule,
Accrual of discount,
Accrued interest,
Amortization of premium,
All or any part,
At best,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
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,
Accredited investor,
Angel investor,
Below the line,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Banking Act of 1933,
Benchmark interest rate,
Best ask,
Best bid,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Best efforts offering,
Best-execution requirement,
Brought over the wall,
Buy the book,
Balance of payments,
Base interest rate,
Board of Governors,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
B shares,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Capitalized interest,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Compound interest,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Code of procedure,
Customer protection rule,
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,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of 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,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
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,
Deferred interest bond,
Drawn securities,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
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,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Effective annual interest rate,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Exact interest,
Escrowed to maturity,
Either-or order,
ECU,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Explicit interest,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
First In First Out,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Forward P/E,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Form S-1,
Forward interest rate,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Free right of exchange,
Government securities,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation,
General Securities Representative Examination,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Holder in due course,
Home equity line of credit,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Interest-bearing,
In escrow,
Interest rate collar,
Interest rate risk,
Interest rate swap,
International Securities Identification Number,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Interest rate futures,
Insurable interest,
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,
Income exclusion rule,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
Individual investor,
Institutional investor,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Last In First Out,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities,
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,
Make a market,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Mortgage interest deduction,
Marketable securities,
Net interest margin,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Nine-Bond Rule,
Non-interest-bearing note,
Notice of Sale,
NASD,
NASD Regulation,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
National Securities Clearing Corporation,
National Securities Trade Association,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Nonaccredited investor,
Off the books,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Ordinary interest,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
Or better,
Open interest,
One-share one-vote rule,
Opinion of title,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Pro forma,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Public Securities Association,
P&L,
Power of Attorney,
Personal interest,
Prepaid interest,
Prioritization of debt,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Passive investor,
Percent held by institutions,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Painting the tape,
Plus tick rule,
Qualified institutional investor,
Return of capital,
Real interest rate,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rule 10b-6,
Rule 15c3-1,
Rule 19c3,
Rule 405,
Rule 415,
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,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Retail investor,
Rule 13d,
SEC filing,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
Simple interest,
S&L,
SEC,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
SEC fee,
Securities analyst,
Securities Industry Association,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
Securities loan,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Suitability Rules,
Standard of living,
Second-to-die insurance,
Short interest,
Short interest ratio,
Statute of Limitations,
Satisfaction of debt,
Securities lending,
Security interest,
Staggered board of directors,
Selling the spread,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
Short sale rule,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Schedule C,
Securities Act of 1933,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Securities fraud,
Seek a market,
Short swing rules,
Small investor,
Sophisticated investor,
S&P phenomenon,
Times interest earned,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
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,
Uniform Securities Act,
Unearned interest,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
With interest,
Waiver of premium,
Wash sale rule,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares