Stock certificate
A document reflecting Legal ownership of a specific number of stock shares in a corporation. also called Certificate of stock.
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10-K,
19c3 stock,
Asset/equity ratio,
Accrual of discount,
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation,
American Stock Exchange,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
Adjustable rate preferred stock,
Alien corporation,
American Depositary Share,
All-risks coverage,
At risk,
Aggregate corporation,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
Action to quiet title,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Average price per share,
At the money,
Additional paid-in capital,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Book value per share,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Basic earnings per share,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Beneficial owner,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
B shares,
Bearer share,
Bonus share,
Borrowed stock,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Call,
Call date,
Called away,
Called bond,
Call price,
Call protection,
Call risk,
CAT bond,
Certificate,
Certificate of Participation,
Collateral trust certificate,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Common stock equivalent,
Conversion ratio,
CUSIP number,
Call money rate,
Clearing corporation,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Cyclical stock,
Certificated stock,
Cheapest to deliver,
Chicago Board of Trade,
CINS number,
Cost-of-living rider,
Callable stock,
Certificate of stock,
Closed corporation,
Consumer stock,
Control stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
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,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Curbs in,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Do Not Reduce,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Dividend payout ratio,
Division of labor,
Domestic corporation,
Deal stock,
Defensive stock,
Distribution stock,
Donated stock,
Directed share program,
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,
Dogs of the Dow,
Dead cat bounce,
Depth of market,
Efficiency ratio,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Escrowed to maturity,
Ex-legal,
Either-or order,
ECI,
E-mini,
Exchange of spot,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
Employee stock repurchase agreement,
Ex-all,
Exchange ratio,
Equitable owner,
Exercise ratio,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Exclusion ratio,
First In First Out,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Face-amount certificate,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
First call date,
Flight to quality,
Flow of funds,
Federal Call,
Fill or kill,
Fractional share,
Forward P/E,
Fully diluted earnings per share,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Foreign corporation,
First preferred stock,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Full stock,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
FICA,
Free right of exchange,
Federal ID Number,
Federal Tax Identification Number,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation,
Growth stock,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
House call,
House of issue,
Hedge ratio,
High-tech stock,
Holder in due course,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Held at the opening,
In escrow,
International Securities Identification Number,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
Income stock,
In line,
Identified shares,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Institutional shares,
I/O strip,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Joint ownership,
Joint Stock Company,
Last In First Out,
Liquidity ratio,
Legal list,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Loan stock,
Letter of comment,
Legal,
Legal age,
Legal entity,
Legal risk,
Legal assets,
Line of credit,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Leg,
Long leg,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Level I quotes,
Mortgage-backed certificate,
Maintenance call,
Make a market,
Margin call,
Market if touched order,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Medium of exchange,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Marginable stock,
Money at call,
Mutual improvement certificate,
Market-share weighted index,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
New York Stock Exchange,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
National Securities Clearing Corporation,
Net capital ratio,
Nonvoting stock,
Notice of Default,
Naked call,
Non-qualified stock option,
Non-statutory stock option,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
No-load stock,
Nonstock Corporation,
Overhead ratio,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
One-share one-vote rule,
Optionable stock,
Original issue stock,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Owner financing,
Options Clearing Corporation,
Out of the money,
Own,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Owner-employee,
Pooling of interests,
Participation certificate,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Provisional call feature,
Payout ratio,
Preference shares,
Preferred shares,
Preferred stock,
Prior preferred stock,
P&L,
Primary earnings per share,
Power of Attorney,
Prioritization of debt,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Public ownership,
Preservation of capital,
Put ratio backspread,
Profit ratio,
Put/call ratio,
Qualifying share,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reserve ratio,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Ratio,
Redeemable shares,
Restricted stock,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Right to Know,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Ratio analysis,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Stock association,
Stock buyback,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation,
Segregation of securities,
Stock loan,
Second preferred stock,
Stock dividend,
Standard of living,
Single stock futures,
Second-to-die insurance,
Stock life insurance company,
Secondary stock,
Share,
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,
Satisfaction of debt,
Share appreciation mortgage,
Staggered board of directors,
Stock fund,
Short leg,
Synthetic stock,
Share price,
Stock list,
Story stock,
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,
S&P phenomenon,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Treasury Stock,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
Tax identification number,
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,
Uncovered call,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Value stock,
Vetoing stock,
Voting stock,
Variable ratio write,
Variable ratio plan,
Whisper number,
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,
Z shares