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Scorched-earth policy
A Reaction to a Takeover attempt that involves liquidating valuable assets and assuming liabilities in an effort to make the proposed Takeover unattractive to the acquiring company.
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
Active asset ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Alternative assets ,
Asset ,
Asset/equity ratio ,
Available assets ,
Active account ,
Asset management account ,
Active management ,
Asset-backed security ,
Asset swap ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Active money ,
At risk ,
Asset acquisition ,
Asset class ,
Asset financing ,
Add-on service ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Asset-based finance ,
Asset-based lending ,
Asset conversion loan ,
A shares ,
Asset allocation fund ,
Assets under management ,
Asset turnover ,
At the money ,
Active participant ,
Across the board ,
Action ,
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 ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Below the line ,
Bank holding company ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
By the book ,
Bust-up takeover ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Beat the gun ,
Capital asset ,
Cash asset ratio ,
Current liabilities ,
Central assets account ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Corporate action ,
Class action suit ,
Contract for deed ,
Controlled company ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Close to the money ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Capital Asset Pricing Model ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Cup and handle ,
Close a position ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Deposit in transit ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Doing business as ,
Dating ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Earning asset ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Either-or order ,
Edge Act ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Financial asset ,
First In First Out ,
Fixed asset ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Flight to quality ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Fee-for-service ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Finance company ,
Full faith and credit ,
Friendly takeover ,
Free and clear ,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act ,
Federal ID Number ,
Glass-Steagall Act ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Hidden asset ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
Holding company ,
Holder in due course ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Inactive asset ,
Intangible asset ,
In escrow ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Investment company ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Last In First Out ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Limited company ,
Lump sum distribution ,
Liquid ,
Legal assets ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Lump sum ,
Leading the market ,
Limited Liability Company ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Mutual company ,
Make a market ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Make whole provision ,
Money at call ,
Management company ,
Most active ,
Net current assets ,
Net quick assets ,
Net tangible assets ,
Noncurrent asset ,
Noncurrent liabilities ,
Non-financial asset ,
Nominal asset ,
Net Asset Value ,
No-Action Letter ,
Null and void ,
Nonperforming asset ,
Off the books ,
Other current assets ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Offshore company ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end management company ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Pro forma ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Payment for order flow ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Public company ,
Pour-over will ,
Plan asset ,
Prudent Expert Act ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private company ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Quick assets ,
Quid ,
Real asset ,
Reports and Records ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Regulation Q ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Regulated investment company ,
Registered Company ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right to Know ,
Roll over ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Reaction ,
Ring ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Stranded asset ,
Savings and Loan ,
S&L ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Sell the book ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Selling the spread ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
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 Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Tangible asset ,
Total assets ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Take delivery ,
Total asset turnover ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Trust company ,
Truth in Lending ,
Takeover ,
Takeover target ,
Tenancy at will ,
Title company ,
Top hat plan ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Take profits ,
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 ,
Valuable consideration ,
Williams Act ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares