- 行业: Financial services
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Anti-takeover device that gives a prospective acquiree's shareholders the right to buy shares of the firm or shares of anyone who acquires the firm at a deep discount to their fair market value. Named after the cyanide pill that secret government agents are said to be instructed to swallow if capture is imminent.
Industry:Financial services
The price of a new issue of securities at the time that the issue is offered to the public.
Industry:Financial services
Employer-sponsored and other plans that allow contributions and earnings to be made and accumulate tax-free until they are paid out as benefits.
Industry:Financial services
Document that allows the first beneficiary on a standby bank assurance of funds to transfer all or part of the original letter of credit to a third party.
Industry:Financial services
A mutual fund that concentrates on a relatively narrow market sector. These funds can experience higher share price volatility than some diversified funds because sector funds are subject to common market forces specific to a given sector.
Industry:Financial services
A mutual fund that does not invest in companies that have interests in socially unacceptable markets or produce harmful products or by-products, such as high levels of environmental pollution.
Industry:Financial services
IRS regulation that gives a corporation with 35 or fewer shareholders the option of being taxed as a partnership to escape corporate income taxes.
Industry:Financial services
A covenant allowing the bondholder to demand repayment in the event of a hostile takeover.
Industry:Financial services
The portion of a company's stock that is held by the public.
Industry:Financial services
