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| The market for new issues of securities, typically involving investment bankers |
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| Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) |
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| Common stock shares of a company being sold for the first time |
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| Firm specializing in the sale of new securities to the public, typically by underwriting the issue |
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| The process by which investment bankers purchase an issue of securities from a firm and resell it to the public |
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| Provides info about an IPO of securities to potential buyers |
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| The securities of companies meeting specified requirements of exchanges and marketplaces |
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| New York Stock Exchange; the major secondary market for the trading of equity securities |
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| Transactions involving at least 10,000 shares |
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| Involves the use of computer-generated orders to buy and sell securities based on arbitrage opportunities between common stocks and index futures and options |
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| A US electronic equity securities market |
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| An individual (firm) who makes a market in a stock by buying from and selling to investors |
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| Electronic Communication Networks (ECN) |
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| A computerized trading network that matches buy and sell orders |
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| Instinet (Institutional Network) |
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| An electronic trading network |
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| Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) |
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| A PRICE-WEIGHTED series of 30 leading industrial stocks used as a measure of stock market activity |
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| Stocks with long records of earnings and dividends---well known, stable, mature companies |
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| Standard and Poor's 500 composite Index; CAPITALIZATION-WEIGHTED index of stock market activity covering 500 stocks |
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| The Europe, Australia, and Far East Index, a VALUE-WEIGHTED index of the equity performance of major foreign markets |
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