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A system of letters used to uniquely identify a stock or mutual fund. Symbols with up to three letters are used for stocks which are Listed and Trade on an Exchange. Symbols with four letters are used for Nasdaq stocks. Symbols with five letters are used for Nasdaq stocks other than Single issues of common stock. Symbols with five letters ending in X are used for mutual Fund. also called Ticker symbol.

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10-Q, 10-K, 1035 exchange, 12b-1 funds, 19c3 stock, Accelerated Cost Recovery System, Allowance for depreciation, Approved list, Automatic Funds Transfer, Accrual of discount, American Stock Exchange, Amortization of premium, All or any part, At call, Automated Order Entry System, Adjustable rate preferred stock, All-risks coverage, Add-on service, Abstract of title, Action to quiet title, As is, Assignment to creditors, Attorney in fact, Assignment of mortgage, Aggressive growth fund, A shares, Asset allocation fund, At the money, Across the board, Additional paid-in capital, Average up, Ad valorem, 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, Books of final entry, Books of original entry, Banking Act of 1933, Balanced fund, Bank-eligible issues, Bid-to-cover ratio, Blend fund, Block trade, Blue List, Bond fund, Bureau of Public Debt, Brought 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Cost-of-living rider, Callable stock, Certificate of stock, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Common-law voting, Consumer stock, Control stock, Cost of carry, Certificate of title, Contract for deed, Cancellation of debt, Certificate of Claim, Closed-end credit, Commitment letter, Correspondency system, Cost of debt capital, Cost of funds, Capital appreciation fund, Clone fund, Closed-end fund, Closed-end investment company, Closed fund, Crossover fund, 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, Closing tick, Crash of 1929, Crash of 1987, Child and dependent care credit, Coefficient of determination, Cup and handle, Certificate of delivery, Close a position, Cornering the market, Curbs in, Deposit in transit, Date of issue, Date of payment, Division of Enforcement, Division of Investment Management, Division of Market Regulation, Date of record, Dividend in arrears, Desk (the), Division of labor, Deal stock, Defensive stock, Distribution stock, Donated stock, Deficiency letter, 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, Dual-purpose fund, Deep in the money, Deep out of the money, Deed of Surrender, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Determination Letter, Dirty stock, Dogs of the Dow, Double up, Daylight trade, Day trade, Depth of market, Desktop ticker, Electronic Funds Transfer, Eurodollar certificate of deposit, Escrowed to maturity, Euroequity issues, Exchange, Ex-legal, External funds, Either-or order, Eligible list, Exchange seat, European Monetary System, Exchange rate, E-mini, Exchange against actuals, Exchange for futures, Exchange for physical, Exchange of spot, Exchange versus cash, Ex-pit transaction, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee stock repurchase agreement, Ex-all, Exchange ratio, Enhanced index fund, Environmental fund, Equity fund, Exchange fund, Exchange privilege, Exchange-traded option, Ex-warrants, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Ex-rights, Ex-rights date, Even up, Exchange distribution, First In First Out, Form 10-Q, Federal funds, Federal Savings and Loan Association, Fed funds, First call date, Flight to quality, Flow of funds, Federal Call, Fill or kill, Front-ending an order, Fund supermarket, Floating exchange rate, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rate, Forward exchange rate, Forward P/E, Factors of production, Favorable balance of trade, Federal Trade Commission, Free trade, Fee-for-service, Front-end load, First preferred stock, Form 8-K, Form S-1, Full stock, Friends and family offering, Fully distributed issue, Fund, Full faith and credit, Family of funds, Focused fund, Fund family, Fund manager, Fund of funds, Free and clear, Free right of exchange, Federal ID Number, Forward trade, Growth stock, G-7, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, G-8, Global fund, Growth and income fund, Growth fund, Gather in the stops, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976, Highly confident letter, Hit the bid, House call, House of issue, Hang Seng Index, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, High-tech stock, Hot issue, Holder in due course, Hang out loan, Home equity line of credit, Hedge fund, Head and shoulders, Hammering the market, Held at the opening, Holding the market, In escrow, Investment letter, Issue date, In-house, Investment Advisor Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, Income stock, In line, International Monetary Fund, International trade, Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984, Internal Rate of Return, Indication of interest, In intestacy, In play, In-process research and development, Income fund, Index fund, Institutional fund, International fund, Investment fund, I/O strip, In-service withdrawal, Imbalance of orders, In and out, In sympathy, Intermarket Trading System, In the tank, Jointly and severally, Jumping the gun, Joint and several liability, Joint and survivor annuity, Joint Stock Company, Last In First Out, Legal list, Lender of last resort, Law of one price, Letter security, Listed, Lending at a rate, Limit-on-close order, Limit order information system, Law of demand, Law of supply, Limit up, London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, Loan stock, Letter of comment, Letters testamentary, Line of credit, Loan-to-cost, Loan-to-value, Lock-in, Lifecycle fund, Load fund, Listed option, Leading the market, Like-kind exchange, Locked in, Long-term gain or loss, Level I quotes, Mutual association, Mutual company, Mutual Savings Bank, Municipal bond fund, Muni fund, Maintenance call, Make a market, Margin call, Market if touched order, Market letter, Market on close order, Mark-to-market, Medium of exchange, Marginal propensity to consume, Marginable stock, Money at call, Morningstar Rating System, Mutual fund, Mutual fund custodian, Mutual fund symbol, Matching funds, Mutual exclusion doctrine, Mutual improvement certificate, Minus tick, Negotiable certificate of deposit, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal, National Market System, New York Stock Exchange, Notice of Sale, NASD, Nasdaq, NASD Regulation, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, National Securities Trade Association, New York Futures Exchange, Nonvoting stock, New issue, No-Action Letter, Null and void, Notice of Default, Naked call, Non-qualified stock option, Non-statutory stock option, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Nasdaq Small Cap Market, No-load stock, Nasdaq Composite Index, Net change, Off the books, Other current assets, Other long term liabilities, Office of Thrift Supervision, Original Issue Discount, Out-of-favor, Over-the-Counter, On-floor order, On margin, Or better, Other income, Optionable stock, Original issue stock, Opinion of title, On account, On-the-spot loan, Open-end credit, Open-end mortgage, Open-end fund, Open-end management company, Option income fund, Out of the money, Open-end lease, Old age, survivors, and disability insurance, On-balance volume, On close, On open, On the opening, Open trade equity, Option exchange, Pooling of interests, Profit and loss statement, Payment-in-kind security, Price Value of a Basis Point, Provisional call feature, Payment for order flow, Preferred stock, Prior preferred stock, P&L, Provision for income taxes, Power of Attorney, Paid up, Prioritization of debt, Pooled fund, Prime rate fund, Publicly-traded fund, Pure index fund, Pairs trade, Pension fund, Paid-in capital, Paid-in surplus, Private Investment in Public Equity, Preservation of capital, Private letter ruling, Point-and-figure chart, Painting the tape, Plus tick, Plus tick rule, Primary exchange, Put/call ratio, Quote ticker, Reports and Records, Return of capital, Return on Capital, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets, Regulation Q, Reading the tape, Real-time trade reporting, Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U, Round of funding, Rules of Fair Practice, Rate of exchange, Reciprocal of European terms, Regional fund, Reduced paid-up insurance, Restricted stock, Regulation A, Release letter, Right of first refusal, Right of rescission, Right to Know, Revolving line of credit, Right of recourse, Rule of 78, Roll up, Right of redemption, Retirement Equity Act of 1984, Risk/return trade-off, Return on Capital Employed, Rate of return, Real rate of return, Regional exchange, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, SG&A, Single-entry bookkeeping, Savings and Loan, Savings Association Insurance Fund, Sight letter of credit, S&L, Stock association, Securities and Exchange Commission, Series EE bond, Sinking fund, Step-up bond, Stock buyback, Segregation of securities, Sell the book, Small Order Execution System, Stock loan, Second preferred stock, Stock dividend, Standard of living, Single stock futures, Second-to-die insurance, Single-premium life insurance, Stock life insurance company, Secondary stock, 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, Sue, Sale and leaseback, Satisfaction of debt, Single-payment loan, Staggered board of directors, Sector fund, Series fund, Socially responsible fund, Specialized fund, Specialty fund, Stock fund, Selling the spread, Single option, Step-up warrant, Synthetic stock, Special use property, Step-up lease, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, Single-employer plan, Single-life annuity, Single-Premium Deferred Annuity, Stock list, Story stock, Symbol, Selling short against the box, 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stock, Vetoing stock, Voting stock, Watch list, With interest, World Trade Organization, World fund, 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, Zero-minus tick, Zero-plus tick