- Industri: Financial services
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Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits). Result is shown as a percentage. Investors use ROE as a measure of how a company is using its money. ROE may be decomposed into return on assets (ROA) multiplied by financial leverage (total assets/total equity).
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of general equities. Securities whose owner's name is recorded on the books of the issuer or the issuer's agent, called a registrar.
Industry:Financial services
An SEC rule that prohibits trading by insiders on material nonpublic information. This is also the rule under which a company may be sued for false or misleading disclosure.
Industry:Financial services
Service offered to clients that transmits investment bank research electronically by computers.
Industry:Financial services
An agreement between the mortgage banker and the loan applicant guaranteeing a specified interest rate for a designated period, usually 60 days.
Industry:Financial services
Generally, book income as a proportion of net book value.
Industry:Financial services
Shares that are issued in a shareholder's name as the holder of record.
Industry:Financial services
Often used in risk arbitrage. Requirement under Section 13-d of the Securities Act of 1934 that a form must be filed with the SEC within ten business days of acquiring direct or beneficial ownership of 5% or more of any class of equity securities in a publicly held corporation. The purchaser of such stock must also file a 13-d with the stock exchange on which the shares are listed (if any) and the company itself. Required information includes the way the shares were acquired, the purchaser's background, and future plans regarding the target company. The law is designed to protect against insidious takeover attempts and to keep the investing public aware of information that could affect the price of their stock. See: Williams Act.
Industry:Financial services
An accounting entry that properly reflects contingent liabilities.
Industry:Financial services
