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mutual funds for “marketing costs”, most goes to
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Takeover: The action of assuming control of a
business, usually by a raider.
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Tangible Asset: Physical assets, such as land,
buildings, and machinery, that can be sold
separately from the business entity.
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Target Market: A group of consumers or businesses
believed to have a need for a company's products
that the company attempts to communicate with
through advertising.
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Tariff: A tax levied on imported products that
makes them more expensive, and hence less
desirable, than domestic products.
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Tax Haven: A geographic location that charges
little or no taxes on businesses in the area.
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lO-K: An annual report filed with the SEC on
behalf of any company that has stock issued,
providing information on revenues and income. |
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lO-Q: An quarterly report filed with the SEC on behalf of any company that
has stock issued, providing information on
revenues and income.
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Tenancy: Possession or occupancy of real estate by
title, under a lease, or on payment of rent, with
or without a written lease.
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Tenant: Individual or entity paying rent to use or
occupy property owned by another.
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Tender Offer: An offer made by one company seeking
to buy another company by purchasing its shares of
stock at a price above the current market price.
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Term-to-Maturity: The amount of time that will
elapse before an obligation becomes due.
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Technical Correction: An unexplained drop in stock
prices after several days of increases.
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Technical Analysis: Studying a stock’s price and
volume charts, along with general market charts to
predict the likelihood of the price moving up or
down.
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Ticker Symbol: A trading abbreviation used by a
company to identify itself on a stock exchange. |
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Time Value of Money: A dollar received today is
worth more than a dollar received at some point in
the future, considering the fact that rising
prices will mean that a dollar will buy even less
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Tombstone: A form of advertisement announcing the
issuance of a security by a particular firm or
group of firms.
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Total Return: Total dividends, interest, and gain
in price of an investment. The full amount that an
investment has gone up, including any income.
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Total Shares Outstanding: The number of shares of
stock in the hands of investors.
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Trade Deficit: The difference between the amount
of exports and imports a country has. When there
are more imports than exports, a trade deficit
exists for the country receiving the imports.
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Trade Secrets: Secret ideas, processes, or ways of
doing business that give a firm an advantage but
which are not patented. Businesses try to protect
such information from being given to the
competition.
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Trade Surplus: When a country's exports exceed its
imports.
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Trademark: A registered symbol, theme, mark, or
identification related to a person or company.
Only that company can use or grant the use of a
trademarked item.
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Trading Halt: The suspension of trading in a
security while material news from the issuer is
being disseminated. A trading halt generally lasts
30 minutes and gives all investors equal
opportunity to evaluate news and make buy, sell,
or hold decisions on that basis.
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Treasury Stock: Stock held by a corporation, to be
used for honoring stock options, 401(k) matching,
and can be resold to raise money.
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Trend: A series of occurrences that indicate a
pat- tern.
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Triple Witching Hour: The hour before the market
closes on a day when both stock options and
futures expire.
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Trust: A relationship established that gives one
individual, the trustee, responsibility for the
management and care of assets on behalf of another
individual, the beneficiary.
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Turnover Rate: Number of times a mutual fund’s
portfolio changes in one year. |
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