- 行业: Financial services
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Real estate that produces some sort of income-producing property.
Industry:Financial services
The risk that a foreign debtor will be unable to pay its debts because of business events, such as bankruptcy.
Industry:Financial services
Evaluating information on companies and bond issues in order to estimate the ability of the issuer to live up to its future contractual obligations. Related: Default risk.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of securities, this involves mixing customer-owned securities with brokerage firm-owned securities. This process is referred to as rehypothecation, which is the use of customers' collateral to secure their loans. This is legal with customer consent, although some securities and collateral must be kept separately.
Industry:Financial services
The surplus in a cash account with a broker after purchases have been paid for, plus the extra cash from the sale of securities.
Industry:Financial services
The fee paid to a broker to execute a trade, based on number of shares, bonds, options, and/or their dollar value. In 1975, deregulation led to the establishment of discount brokers, who charge lower commissions than full service brokers. Full service brokers offer advice and usually have a staff of analysts who follow specific industries. Discount brokers simply execute a client's order and usually do not offer an opinion on a stock. Also known as a round-turn.
Industry:Financial services
An agency that researches the credit history of consumers so that creditors can make decisions about granting of loans.
Industry:Financial services
A broker on the floor of an exchange who acts as agent for a particular brokerage house and buys and sells stocks for the brokerage house on a commission basis.
Industry:Financial services
Any card, plate or coupon book that may be used repeatedly to borrow money or buy goods and services on credit.
Industry:Financial services
