- Industry: Financial services
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Monthly government payments to retired workers or their families who have paid Social Security taxes for a total of 40 quarters or 10 years.
Industry:Financial services
A publicly traded corporation established by federal action that increases availability of educational loans by guaranteeing student loans traded in the secondary market. Also known as Sallie Mae.
Industry:Financial services
An abbreviated form of the outright quote used by traders in the interbank market.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of general equities. Offering to the investment public, after compliance with registration requirements of the SEC, usually by an investment banker or a syndicate made up of several investment bankers, at a price agreed upon between the issuer and the investment bankers. Antithesis of private placement. See: Primary distribution and secondary distribution.
Industry:Financial services
Allowing the capital gains tax on an asset to be payable only when the gain is realized by selling the asset.
Industry:Financial services
A small federal tax on the movement of ownership of all bonds (except obligations of the US, foreign governments, states, and municipalities) and all stocks.
Industry:Financial services
Constituting of a portfolio of stocks of companies in each major industry group.
Industry:Financial services
Program financed by the Social Security tax to provide assistance to disabled individuals with disabilities expected to last at least one year, to compensate for lost income.
Industry:Financial services
An IRS regulation dealing with investment companies and real estate investment trusts that avoid double taxation by distributing interest, dividends, and capital gains directly to shareholders, who are taxed individually.
Industry:Financial services