An order in writing by one person to another to pay a specified sum to a specified person or.

Latin for 'let the buyer beware'. This implies a buyer must ensure that goods about to be.

A scheme designed to allow homeowners to 'release' cash from the value of their property. They.

The difference between the selling price and the purchase price for investments.

A life policy in which there is a minimum sum payable on the death of the life.

See: 'National Insurance (NI).

Nickname for the New York Stock.

Coins made from gold or silver. They can be easily.

The total value of all a company's separate operations if sold separately.

A company which holds the majority of shares in its subsidiaries. Also known as the parent.

Interest, dividend or other income payments received regularly from an investment.

Additional days which may be allowed by a company to a debtor over and above the due date for.

The directors are a company's most senior managers and are elected to run the company by.

Monday 19th October 1987 when stock market values around the world fell heavily triggered by a large.

A 1792 trade agreement banding the original 24 brokers in New York together into an investment.

(DTC) In the US, the Depository Trust Company (DTC) is a national clearing house for the settlement of.

A financial ratio which shows how long a company has to finance its own stocks for. It measures.

(EFTA) An association of countries (originally comprising Denmark, United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland,.

The markets in which eurocurrencies are traded, the largest being.

The owner of securities whose name is registered by the issuing company or its transfer agent as.