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Underwriting
Definition 1
The procedure by which an Underwriter brings a new security issue to the investing Public in an Offering . In such a case, the Underwriter will Guarantee a certain price for a certain number of securities to the Party that is issuing the security (in Exchange for a fee). Thus, the Issuer is secure that they will raise a certain minimum from the issue, while the Underwriter bears the Risk of the issue.
Definition 2
The process of insuring someone or something.
Definition 3
The process by which a Lender decides whether a potential Creditor is creditworthy and should receive a Loan .
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Bear , Credit , Creditor , Exchange , ECU , ECI , FIN , Guarantee , Issuer , Lend , Lender , Loan , Offer , Offering , Pot , Party , Public , Risk , ROC , ROCE , Ring , SEC , Sue , Underwriter , Vesting , Write , Writer
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10-K ,
1035 exchange ,
12b-1 funds ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Above par ,
Accrual of discount ,
Agency security ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Adjusted futures price ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Asset conversion loan ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Assets under management ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Adoption credit ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
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 ,
Bank credit ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Below par ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Book-entry security ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Best efforts offering ,
Broker loan ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Balloon loan ,
Bank term loan ,
Bridge loan ,
Broker loan rate ,
Business credit ,
Blitzkrieg tender offer ,
Back-end load ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Bear straddle ,
Buy and write ,
Blow-off top ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Bear ,
Beat the gun ,
Certified Public Accountant ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Credit order ,
Credit card ,
Credit union ,
Cabinet security ,
Call price ,
Call risk ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Collaterized Loan Obligation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
Convertible security ,
Credit analyst ,
Credit risk ,
Current issue ,
CUSIP number ,
Code of procedure ,
Credit balance ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange ,
Capitalization of income ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Credit squeeze ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash price ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Commodities Exchange Center ,
Commodity Exchange ,
CINS number ,
Country risk ,
Chartered Life Underwriter ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Credit insurance ,
Credit life insurance ,
Certificate of stock ,
Chicago Board Options Exchange ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash credit ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Character loan ,
Classified loan ,
Closed-end credit ,
Commercial credit ,
Commitment fee ,
Conforming loan ,
Consolidation loan ,
Consumer credit ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Credit ,
Credit agency ,
Credit default swap ,
Credit derivative ,
Credit enhancement ,
Credit limit ,
Credit line ,
Creditor ,
Credit score ,
Cure period ,
Creeping tender offer ,
Closed-end fund ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Credit spread ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Cliff vesting ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Closing price ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Deferred credit ,
Deficit net worth ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Digested security ,
Direct issuer ,
Dollar price ,
Drawn securities ,
Droplock security ,
Day loan ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Delivery price ,
Derivative security ,
Direct Public Offering ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Due process ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Default risk ,
Demand loan ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Discount loan ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Distressed security ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Downside risk ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
Exchange ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
Exchange seat ,
ECU ,
Exchange rate ,
Effective par ,
ECI ,
E-mini ,
Exchange against actuals ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Exchange versus cash ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Excluded risk ,
Ex-all ,
Exchange ratio ,
Evergreen loan ,
Exchange fund ,
Exchange privilege ,
Exit fee ,
Exchange-traded option ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Ethical investing ,
Earned income tax credit ,
Education credit ,
Exchange distribution ,
First In First Out ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Fictitious credit ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Floating exchange rate ,
Foreign exchange ,
Foreign exchange rate ,
Forward exchange rate ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market price ,
Forward price ,
Futures price ,
Fee-for-service ,
Front-end load ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Firm commitment offering ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fully distributed issue ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
FHA Loan ,
Financial risk ,
Fixed-rate loan ,
Floor loan ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Free right of exchange ,
Formula investing ,
Federal ID Number ,
Federal Tax Identification Number ,
FIN ,
Government securities ,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation ,
Graduated security ,
General Securities Representative Examination ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Going public ,
Guarantee ,
Growth and income fund ,
Graduated vesting ,
Gather in the stops ,
Green investing ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Hang Seng Index ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
Hot issue ,
Holder in due course ,
Hang out loan ,
High credit ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Home equity loan ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Hope credit ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Interest rate risk ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Investment security ,
Issue date ,
Issuer ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Initial Public Offering ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
Institutional pot ,
Intrastate offering ,
In intestacy ,
Impaired credit ,
Indexed loan ,
Installment loan ,
Interest-only loan ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint will ,
Joint and several liability ,
Jumbo loan ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Limited risk ,
Lead underwriter ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit price ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Loose credit ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Loan stock ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Legal risk ,
Living will ,
Lend ,
Lender ,
Line of credit ,
Loan ,
Loan note ,
Loan schedule ,
Loan sharking ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Loan value ,
Loan-value ratio ,
Lock-in ,
Leading the market ,
Lifetime learning credit ,
Like-kind exchange ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Marketable security ,
Market conversion price ,
Minimum yield ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Maintenance fee ,
Make a market ,
Margin loan ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Minimum maintenance ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Managing underwriter ,
Marginal lender ,
Minimum payment ,
Money at call ,
Morning loan ,
Mortgage risk ,
Minimum distribution ,
Marketable securities ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Minimum fluctuation ,
National Credit Union Administration ,
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 ,
National Securities Clearing Corporation ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
New York Futures Exchange ,
New issue ,
Notary Public ,
Null and void ,
Non-conforming loan ,
Non-revolving credit card ,
Note loan ,
Notice of Default ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Net change ,
New high ,
Off-balance-sheet financing ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offer ,
Offering ,
Offering circular ,
Offering price ,
Offering scale ,
Original Issue Discount ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
Off-floor order ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Original issue stock ,
Offering date ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Origination fee ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Option price ,
Option writer ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
Off-board ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Option exchange ,
Pooling of interests ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Pro forma ,
Par bond ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Public bond ,
Public offering ,
Public purpose bond ,
Payment for order flow ,
Public limited partnership ,
Public Securities Association ,
Purpose loan ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Public goods ,
Public sector ,
Parity price ,
Price limit ,
Policy loan ,
Pot ,
Public company ,
Public offering price ,
Party ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Partially amortized loan ,
Participation loan ,
Personal guarantee ,
Piggyback loan ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Price spread ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Public ,
Public equity ,
Public ownership ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Primary exchange ,
Public book ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Redemption price ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Receive against payment ,
Receive versus payment ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Rights offering ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Retail Price Index ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Red herring ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Recourse loan ,
Rescheduled loan ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Redemption fee ,
Ratio write ,
Right of redemption ,
Required Minimum Distribution ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
ROC ,
ROCE ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Regional exchange ,
Ring ,
Risk capital ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Sales fee ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
Signature guarantee ,
S&L ,
SEC ,
Secondary offering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Series EE bond ,
Shelf offering ,
Split offering ,
Stamped security ,
Student Loan Marketing Association ,
SEC fee ,
Securities analyst ,
Securities Industry Association ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Securities loan ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Stock loan ,
Stop price ,
Standard of living ,
Systemic risk ,
Series 3 ,
Settlement price ,
Spot price ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock exchange ,
Small corporate offering registration ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sue ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secured credit card ,
Secured loan ,
Securities lending ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Signature loan ,
Single-payment loan ,
Soft loan ,
Stafford loan ,
Standby loan commitment ,
Swing loan ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Socially conscious investing ,
Selling the spread ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Share price ,
Split-adjusted price ,
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 ,
Securities fraud ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Tangible net worth ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tender offer ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Third party ,
Term loan ,
Truth in Lending ,
Two-step mortgage ,
Tenancy at will ,
Top hat plan ,
Ten-bagger ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Tax identification number ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Take a bath ,
Target price ,
Thin market ,
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 ,
Unlimited risk ,
Unseasoned issue ,
Underwriter ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Underlying security ,
Unsecured loan ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Unified Tax Credit ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Variable ratio write ,
Vesting ,
Vesting period ,
Value investing ,
Write down ,
Wrap fee ,
Whisper number ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
Working capital loan ,
Wraparound loan ,
Write ,
Writer ,
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