A company's value is sometimes measured in terms of the total funds being used to finance it..

(HIP)A plan enabling the normally elderly owner or owners of a property to utilise its capital value.

International Organization of Securities Commissioners In the US, this organisation encourages co-operative policies on market regulation, surveillance,.

(IMRO)A Self Regulating Organisation (SRO) with responsibility for monitoring the manner in which UK.

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

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

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

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

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

An electronic 'stock market' service owned by Reuters which enables members to display bid and offer.

See 'bond.

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

(IRS)The US agency responsible for the collection of federal taxes which include personal and corporate.

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

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

A financial institution which invests large amounts of money in the stock, bond and other financial.

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

The charge you pay if you borrow money, and the income you receive if you lend it or invest it in.

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

A company or public sector entity which has shares, bonds or other security listed on a stock.