Automated Communications and Order Routing Network (BEACON)

An entitlement issue, also known as an open offer, is an offer made by a quoted company to its.

See 'bond.

Income, paid from an investment, such as dividends and.

An axiom whose underlying message is that stock market prices rise when there are positive rumours.

Methods used by companies to try to ensure their customers settle their accounts within the agreed.

(GNMA)In the US, a government-owned corporation which guarantees payment of interest and principal of.

In the US, a plan which enables investors to accumulate shares in stock or a mutual fund by.

The six big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and.

A pricing model devised by Fischer Black and Myron Scholes in 1973.

A computerised database of some 50,000 investment firms which have been authorised to conduct.

Assets which are non physical in form, that is, which cannot be seen. Examples are patents,.

The difference between a bond's face value and the lower market price.

The practice of selling shares on one day and buying them back on the next. The purpose for UK.

(HIT)A tax on gifts made by an individual in the seven years before death, and on the value of assets.

A note, issued to a person or company when goods are returned by them, which cancels the original.

The rate at which a company is spending its cash reserves.

(EPIC)EPIC codes are the abbreviations given to company share quotations (e.g. the EPIC code for.

A measure of actual stock price changes over a specific period of time. Defined as the standard.

(DAX)The index for the largest 30 German companies quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.