Search results for: “stock exchange transaction”
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Disclosure
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disclosure Meaning of Disclosure The act of making known, of revealing. Revelation. That which is disclosed or revealed. The term has acquired special meaning in statutes designed to protect consumers […]
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Disclosure
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disclosure Meaning of Disclosure The act of making known, of revealing. Revelation. That which is disclosed or revealed. The term has acquired special meaning in statutes designed to protect consumers […]
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Kin
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Kin Relatives. Primarily, relatives by the tie of consanguinity or blood. But including for the purposes of a statute respecting competency to testify as to aIncluding transaction with one since deceased, otherwise known as a dead man’s […]
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Capitation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Broker Meaning of Broker One who exercises the calling of negotiating between parties ; the business of buying or selling or any other lawful transactions. A person whose business it is to bring a […]
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Arbitrage
Financial Definition of Arbitrage Meaning of Arbitrage The simultaneous buying and selling of a security at two different prices in two different markets, resulting in profits without risk. Perfectly efficient markets present no arbitrage […]
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Business
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Business Meaning of Business Anything which occupies the time and attention and labor of men for the purpose of profit . The manner in which individuals make or earn a living. See Iowa-Illinois Gas & […]
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Post
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Post Meaning of Post A conveyance for letters or dispatches. Mail. As a preposition, means after, subsequent to. In accounting, an entry’ of a transaction in a ledger. <div […]
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Material Fact
The meaning of the term depends largely upon the context. In insurance law the suppression of a material fact by an insured at the time of entering into the contract of insurance will void the contract; in this context, a material fact is one the knowledge or ignorance of which would […]
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Short Sale
A term peculiar to the Stock Exchange and denotes a contract for sale of shares which the seller does not own, for future delivery at a time when such delivery must be made under the rules of the Stock Exchange. The broker must make a delivery of the stock, charging the price thereof to the…
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Call
In interest in the stock. Brown v O’Keefe, 300 U.S. 598, 81 L. Ed. 827, 57 S. Ct. 543.
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Annual report
Financial Definition of Annual Report Meaning of Annual Report Yearly record of a publicly held company’s financial condition. It includes a description of the firm’s operations, its balance sheet and income statement. SEC rules require that it be […]
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Acquiring corporation
In talking about the merger of corporations, it is sometimes useful to distinguish between the acquiring corporation and the acquired corporation, i.e., between the buyer and the bought. When Corporation A buys all of the assets or stock of Corporation B, it is usually […]
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Up Tick
A term used to designate a transaction made at a price higher than the preceding transaction. Also called a &plus& tick. A &zero-plus& tick is a term used for a transaction at the same price as the preceding trade but higher than the preceding different price. Conversely, a down […]
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Regular Way Delivery
Unless otherwise specified, securities sold on the New York Stock Exchange are to be delivered to the buying broker by the selling broker and payment made to the selling broker by the buying broker on the third business day after the transaction. Regular way delivery for bonds is the following […]
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Consolidated Tape
The ticker tape reporting transactions in NYSE-listed securities that take place on the NYSE or any of the participating regional stock exchanges and other markets. Similarly, transactions in AMEX-listed securities, and certain other securities listed on regional stock exchanges, are reported […]