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Securities




Securities

Saleable papers, traded on stock exchanges, that yield an income (dividend, interest, etc.).

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Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.

Yield
The rate of income an investor receives from a security; to produce or provide income.

Income
Money received by an individual as a salary, or from investments. Cash deposits and bonds will provide income in the form of interest. Shares will, in most but not all cases, provide income in the form of twice-yearly dividends.

Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.



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SECU Credit Union
SECU is a credit union with head office in RICHLAND, WA

Secular
Long-term time frame (10-50 years or more).

Secuoya de Inversiones, SICAV, S.A.
Secuoya de Inversiones, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

SECURE Credit Union
SECURE is a credit union with head office in REYNOLDSVILLE, PA

Secured bond
A bond backed by the pledge of collateral, a mortgage, or other lien, as opposed to an unsecured bond, called a debenture .

Secured card
A type of credit card that is backed by a savings account used as collateral on the credit available with the card.

Secured debt
Debt that has first claim on specified assets in the event of default.

Securitas
Securitas is a top Swedish corporation in the field of business services and supplies, and its estimated market value is 5,830 million US dollars.

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
A federal agency that regulates the US financial markets. The SEC also oversees the securities industry and promotes full disclosure in order to protect the investing public against malpractice in the securities markets.

Securities Act of 1933
First law designed to regulate securities markets, requiring registration of securities and disclosure.

Securities Acts Amendments of 1975
Legislation to encourage the establishment of a national market system together with a system for nationwide clearing and settlement of securities transactions.

Securities and commodities exchanges
Exchanges on which securities, options, and futures contracts are traded by members for their own accounts and for the accounts of customers.

Securities and Exchange Commission Rules
Rules enacted by the SEC to assist in the regulation of US financial markets.

Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Legislation that created the SEC, outlawing dishonest practices in the trading of securities.

Securities Exchange of Thailand (SET)
The only stock market in Thailand, based in Bangkok.

Securities Industry Association (SIA)
An association of broker-dealers who sell taxable securities, which lobbies the government, records industry trends, and keeps records of broker profits.

Securities Industry Committee on Arbitration (SICA)
A private group that provides mediation services in case of customer complaints against securities firms.

Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)
A nonprofit corporation that insures customers' securities and cash held by member brokerage firms against the failure of those firms.

Securities lending
When a brokerage lends securities owned by its clients to short sellers.

Securities loan
The loan of securities between brokers, often to cover a client's short sale; or a loan secured by marketable securities.

Securities markets
Organized exchanges plus over-the-counter markets in which securities are traded.

Securitization
The process of selling packages of bank debts to third party investors as bonds.

Securitize
The practice of a company selling accounts receivables or other debts owed to it.

Security
Piece of paper that proves ownership of stocks, bonds, and other investments.

SECURITY 1ST Credit Union
SECURITY 1ST is a credit union with head office in MC ALLEN, TX

Security Analysis Investments, SICAV, S.A
Security Analysis Investments, SICAV, S.A is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.

Security characteristic line
A plot on a graph of the excess return on a security over the risk-free rate as a function of the excess return on the market.

SECURITY Credit Union
SECURITY is a credit union with head office in FLINT, MI

Security deposit (initial)
Synonymous with the term margin. A cash amount that must be deposited with the broker for each contract as a guarantee of fulfillment of the futures contract.

Security Industry Automated Corporation (SIAC)
Entity that executes automated DOT orders.

Security interest
The creditor's right to take property or a portion of property offered as security.

Security market line
Line representing the relationship between expected return and market risk or beta. The slope of this line is the risk premium for beta.

Security market plane
A plane that shows the relationship between expected return and the beta coefficient of more than one factor.

SECURITY ONE Credit Union
SECURITY ONE is a credit union with head office in ARLINGTON, TX

SECURITY PLUS Credit Union
SECURITY PLUS is a credit union with head office in RUSSELLVILLE, KY

Security ratings
Commercial rating agencies' assessment of the credit and investment risk of securities.

Security selection decision
Choosing the particular stocks or bonds or other investment instruments to include in a portfolio.

SECURITY SERVICE Credit Union
SECURITY SERVICE is a credit union with head office in SAN ANTONIO, TX

SECURIX Corporation Limited
SECURIX Corporation Limited is a large Australian company in the field of software and services. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is SXC.

SECURTRUST Credit Union
SECURTRUST is a credit union with head office in MEMPHIS, TN



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Sector rotation
An active asset management strategy certain sectors, that tactically overweights and underweights depending on expected performance.

Secular
Long-term time frame (10-50 years or more).

Secured bond
A bond backed by the pledge of collateral, a mortgage, or other lien, as opposed to an unsecured bond, called a debenture .

Secured card
A type of credit card that is backed by a savings account used as collateral on the credit available with the card.

Secured debt
Debt that has first claim on specified assets in the event of default.

Securities

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
A federal agency that regulates the US financial markets. The SEC also oversees the securities industry and promotes full disclosure in order to protect the investing public against malpractice in the securities markets.

Securities Act of 1933
First law designed to regulate securities markets, requiring registration of securities and disclosure.

Securities Acts Amendments of 1975
Legislation to encourage the establishment of a national market system together with a system for nationwide clearing and settlement of securities transactions.

Securities and commodities exchanges
Exchanges on which securities, options, and futures contracts are traded by members for their own accounts and for the accounts of customers.

Securities and Exchange Commission Rules
Rules enacted by the SEC to assist in the regulation of US financial markets.

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