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Acc – Ann S The world puts its stock in us.® Here’s a fairly comprehensive ADR — American Depositary list of commonly used terms Receipt. A security issued by a (and their definitions) in the U.S. bank in place of the securities and financial foreign shares held in trust by industries: that bank, thereby facilitating the trading of foreign shares in U.S. markets. A American Stock Exchange — The second largest stock GLO S SAR Y Accountant’s Opinion — (see exchange in New York, located Auditor’s Report) in the financial district of New York City. Accounts Payable — Money a OF TER M S company owes for services and Amortization — Accounting supplies. For example, a record for expenses or charges as company would list as applicable rather than as paid. accounts payable the bill from Includes such practices as a wax company that supplied depreciation, depletion, write-off &ACR O N Y M S the raw material for making of intangibles, prepaid expenses records. and deferred charge s . Accrued Interest — The Annual Report — The formal interest due on a bond since the financial statement issued last interest payment was yearly by a publicly owned made. The buyer of the bond corporation. The report shows pays the market price plus assets, liabilities, revenues, accrued interest. expenses and earnings. The report also shows the Acquisition — Acquiring company’s financial condition control of one corporation by at the close of the business another. In “unfriendly” take- year and other basic over attempts, the potential information of interest to buying company may offer a shareholders. price well above current market values, new securities and other inducements to stockholders. The management of the subject company might ask for a better price or try to join up with a third company. (also see Merger, Proxy) New York Stock Exchange 1 Arb – Ave Bal– Blu Arbitrage — A technique York Stock Exchange. Buyers Bearer Bond — A bond that employed to take advantage of compete with other buyers B does not have the owner ’s differences in price. If, for while sellers compete with name registered on the books example, ABC stock can be other sellers for the most of the issuer. Interest and prin- Balance Sheet — A condensed bought in New York for $10 a advantageous price. cipal, when due, are payable to financial statement showing the share and sold in London at the owner (see Coupon Bond, nature and amount of a $10.50, an arbitrageur may Auditor’s Report — Often Registered Bond) company’s assets, liabilities simultaneously purchase ABC called the accountant’s and capital on a given date. In stock here and sell the same opinion, it is the statement of Bid and Asked — Often dollar amounts the balance amount in London, making a the accounting firm’s work and referred to as a quotation or sheet shows what the company profit of 50 cents a share, less its opinion of the corporation’s quote. The bid is the highest owned, what it owed, and the expenses. Arbitrage may also financial statements, especially price anyone wants to pay for a ownership interest in the involve the purchase of rights if they conform to the normal security at a given time, the company of its stockholders. to subscribe to a security, or and generally ac c e p t e d asked is the lowest price (see Assets, Earnings Report) the purchase of convertible practices of accountancy. anyone will take at the same security – and the sale at or time. (see Quote) Basis Point — One gradation about the same time of the Averages — Various ways of on a 100-point scale represent- security obtainable through measuring the trend of Block — A la r ge holding or ing one percent; used exercise of the rights or of the securities prices, one of the transaction of stock — po p u l a r l y especially in expressing security obtainable through most popular of which is the considered to be 10,000 shares or variations in the yields of conversion. (see Convertible, Dow Jones average of 30 mo r e . bonds. Fixed income yields Rights) industrial stocks listed on the vary often and slightly within New York Stock Exchange. Blue-Chip Stock — Stock in a one percent and the basis point Arbitration — A low-cost The prices of the 30 stocks are company with a national scale easily expresses these alternative to settling disputes totaled and then divided by a reputation for quality, changes in hundredths of one over securities transactions in divisor that is intended to reliability and the ability to percent. For example, the the court system. The NYSE compensate for past stock operate profitably in good and difference between 12.83% and administers this service. splits and stock dividends and bad times. 12.88% is 5 basis points. that is changed from time to Asset — Anything a person, time. As a result, point changes Blue Sky Laws — A popular Bear — Someone who believes company, or group owns or is in the average have only the name for laws various states the market will decline. (see owed, including money, vaguest relationship to dollar have enacted to protect the Bull) investments and property. price changes in stocks public against securities fraud. included in the average. (also The term is believed to have Bear Market — A condition of Assignment — Notice to an see NYSEComposite Index) originated when a judge ruled the stock market when prices option writer that an option that a particular stock had of stocks are generally holder has exercised the option Averaging — (see Dollar Cost about the same value as a declining. and that the writer will now be Averaging) patch of blue sky. required to deliver (receive) under the terms of the contract. Auction Market — The system of trading securities through brokers or agents on an exchange such as the New 2 3 Bon – Bro Bul – Cer Bond — Basically an I.O.U. or Borrowing — A way of Bull — One who believes the and common. (see Common promissory note of a corpora- acquiring necessary capital. market will rise. (see Bear) Stock, Preferred Stock) tion or municipality, usually One form of borrowing is issued in multiples of $1,000 when an individual or a Bull Market — A condition of Capitalization — Total amount or $5,000. A bond is an company asks a bank to loan the stock market when prices of of various securities issued by evidence of debt on which the them a certain amount of stocks are generally rising. a corporation. Capitalization issuing company usually money, over a certain period may include bonds, debentures, promises to pay the bondholder of time, and agrees to pay a Buttonwood Agreement — A preferred and common stock, and a specified amount of interest certain amount of interest. 1792 trade agreement banding su r p l u s . for a specified length of time, the original 24 brokers in New and to repay the loan on the Broker — An agent who York together into an invest- Cash Flow — Reported net ex p i ration date. A bondholder handles the public’s orders to ment community. The income of a corporation plus is a creditor of the corporation, buy and sell securities, agreement was named for a amounts charged for not a part owner as is the commodities or other Buttonwood tree that served as depreciation, depletion, shareholder. While the interest property. For this service a their informal meeting place on amortization, extraordinary paid on corporate bonds is commission is charged. Wall Street. charges to reserves, which are fully taxable, the interest on bookkeeping deductions and Broker Booth Support System municipal bonds is usually Buy Side — An institution who not paid out in actual dollars (BBSS) — A state-of-the-art exempt from federal income buys services from a and cents. (see Amortization, order-management system tax and state and local taxes broker/dealer, i.e., pays a Depreciation) designed exclusively for within the state of the issue. commission on the execution NYSE members. BBSS en- of an order. Cash Sale — A transaction on ables member firms to quick- Book Value — An accounting the floor of the Stock ly and efficiently process and term. Book value of a stock is Exchange that calls for manage their orders and determined from a company’s delivery of the securities the selectively route orders via records, by adding all assets C same day. In “regular way” SuperDot directly to either then deducting all debts and the trading post or the booths trades, the seller is to deliver other liabilities, plus the on the NYSE Trading Floor. Call — (see Option) on the third business day, liquidation price of any except for bonds, which are the preferred issues. The sum Brokers’ Loan — Money Callable — A bond issue, all or next day. (see Regular Way arrived at is divided by the borrowed by brokers from parts of which may be Delivery) number of common shares banks or other brokers for a redeemed by the issuing outstanding and the result is variety of uses. It may be corporation under sp e c i f i e d Certificate — The actual piece book value per common share. used by specialists to help conditions before maturity. Th e of paper that is evidence of Book value of the assets of a finance investments of stock term also applies to preferred ownership of stock in a company or a security may they deal in; by brokerage shares that may be redeemed by corporation. Watermarked have little relationship to firms to finance the the issuing corporation. paper is finely engraved with market value.