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Flashcards by Elena Alferova , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Elena Alferova
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Primary Market | New issues of securities are offered to the public here |
| Secondary Market | Already existing securities are bought and sold on the changes or in the OTC market |
| Initial Public Offerings | Stock issued to the public for the first time by a formerly privately owned company |
| Underwrighters (investment bankers) | Purchase securities from issuing company and resell them |
| Prospectus | A final and approved registration statement including the price at which the security issue is offered |
| Private placement | Primary offering in which shares are sold directly to a small group of institutional or wealthy investors |
| Stock Exchange | Secondary market where already-issued securities are bought and sold by members |
| Over-the-Counter Market | An informal network of brokers and dealers who negotiate sales of securities |
| NASDAQ | The automated quotation system for the OTC market, showing current bid-asked prices for thousands of stocks |
| Bid Price | The price at which a dealer is willing to purchase a security |
| Asked Price | The price at which a dealer will sell a security |
| Third Market | Trading of exchange-listed securities on the OTC market |
| Fourth Market | Direct trading in exchange-listed securities between one investor and another without benefit of a broker |
| Electronic Communication Network (ECN) | A computer operated trading network offering an alternative to formal stock exchanges or dealer markets for trading securities |
| Block Transactions | Large transactions in which at least 10,000 shares of stick are bought or sold. Brokers or "block houses" often search directly for other large traders rather than bringing the trade to the stock exchange |
| Program Trades | Coordinated buy orders and sell orders of entire portfolios, usually with the aid of computers, often to achieve index arbitrage objectives |
| Bid-Asked Spread | The difference between a dealer's bid and asked prices |
| Margin | Describes securities purchased with money borrowed from a broker |
| Short Sale | The sale of shares not owned by the investor but borrowed through a broker and later repurchased to replace the loan. Profit is earned if the initial sale is at a higher price than the repurchase price |
| Maintenance Margin | Minimum amount of equity in trading before before additional funds must be put into the account |
| Margin Call | Notification from broker that you must put up additional funds |
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