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Investments test 1
Chapter 3
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Business
Undergraduate 4
10/15/2013

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Term
Primary
Definition
New issue
Key factor: issuer receives the proceeds from the sale
Term
Secondary
Definition
Existing owner sells to another party
Issuing firm doesn’t receive proceeds and is not directly involved
Term
Underwritten
Definition
firm commitment on proceeds to the issuing firm
Term
Red herring
Definition
paperwork defining business plan
Term
Shelf Registrations
Definition
SEC Rule 415
Introduced in 1982
Ready to be issued – on the shelf
Term
Private Placements
Definition
Sale to a limited number of sophisticated investors not requiring the protection of registration
Term
process of initial public offering
Definition
roadshow, book building
Term
road show
Definition
building excitement for new ipo
Term
book building
Definition
determining the price for the new ipo
Term
underpricing
Definition
post sale return, cost to the issuing firm
Term
Direct search
Definition
Least organized
Term
Brokered
Definition
Trading in a good is active
Term
Dealer
Definition
Trading in a particular type of asset increases
Term
Auction
Definition
Most integrated
Term
Market—executed immediately
Definition
Bid Price
Ask Price
Term
Price-contingent
Definition
Investors specify prices
Stop orders
Term
Nasdaq
Definition
National Market System
Term
Level 1
Definition
inside quotes
Term
Level 2
Definition
receives all quotes but they can’t enter quotes
Term
Level 3
Definition
dealers making markets
Term
New York Stock Exchange
Definition
Member functions
Block houses
SuperDot
Term
Member functions
Definition
Commission brokers
Floor brokers
Specialists
Term
Euronext
Definition
market formed by combination of the Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges
Term
Commission
Definition
fee paid to broker for making the transaction
Term
Spread
Definition
cost of trading with dealer
Term
Bid
Definition
price dealer will buy from you
Term
Ask
Definition
price dealer will sell to you
Term
Combination
Definition
on some trades both are paid
Term
Buying on Margin
Definition
Using only a portion of the proceeds for an investment
Borrow remaining component
Term
Margin
Definition
is currently 50%; you can borrow up to 50% of the stock value
Term
Maintenance margin
Definition
minimum amount equity in trading can be before additional funds must be put into the account
Term
Margin call
Definition
notification from broker that you must put up additional funds
Term
margin percentage
Definition
equity/stock
Term
Purpose
Definition
to profit from a decline in the price of a stock or security
Term
Mechanics
Definition
Borrow stock through a dealer
Sell it and deposit proceeds and margin in an account
Closing out the position
Term
Closing out the position
Definition
buy the stock and return to the party from which is was borrowed
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