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| Dividend income + Capital Gain (or loss) |
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| 500 of the largest companies (in terms of total market value) |
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| Smallest 20% of companies listed on the NYSE |
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| Long Term Corporate Bonds |
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| 20 years or more to maturity |
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| 20 years or more to maturity |
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| buying and selling in anticipation of the overall direction of a market |
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| the distribution of investment funds among broad classes of assets |
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| selection of specific securities within a particular class |
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| provide you with investment advice regarding the types of securities and investment strategies |
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| only service is account maintenance and order execution |
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| in-between full service and deep discount, offers more consulting than deep-discount, but lower commission and fees than full-service |
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| Securities Investor Protection Corporation |
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| (SIPC) Insurance fund covering investors' brokerage accounts with member firms |
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| a brokerage account in which all transactions are made on a strictly cash basis |
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| a brokerage account in which, subject to limits, securities can be bought and sold on credit |
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| the interest rate brokers pay to borrow bank funds for lending to customer mar |
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| the portion of the value of an investment that is not borrowed. It is a form of leverage. |
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| the minimum margin that must be supplied on a securities purchase |
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| the minimum margin that must be present at all times in a margin account |
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| a demand for more funds that occurs when the margin in an account drops below the maintenance margin |
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| pleding securities as collateral against a loan |
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| an arrangement under which a broker is the registered owner of a security |
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| a sale in which the seller does not actually own the security that is sold |
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| the amount of common stock held in short positions |
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| rule for short sales requiring that before a short sale can executed, the last price change must be an uptick |
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| a company that owns income-producing real estate |
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| debt obligations of large corporations and governments with an original maturity of one year or less |
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| longer term debt obligations, often of corporations and governments, that promise to make fixed payments according to a preset schedule |
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| security original sold by a business or government to raise money |
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| a financial asset that is derived from an existing traded asset rather than issued by a business or government to raise capital. More generally, any financial asset that is not a primary asset |
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| an agreement made today regarding the terms of trade that will take place later |
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| an agreement that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific asset at a specified price for a set period of time |
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| an option that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy an asset |
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| an option that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell an asset |
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