- Industry: Financial services
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A financial loss caused by damage, destruction, or loss of property as a result of an unexpected or unusual event.
Industry:Financial services
The shares owned by the controlling shareholders of a corporation.
Industry:Financial services
Early redemption of a municipal revenue bond because a catastrophe has destroyed the project that provided the revenue source backing the bond.
Industry:Financial services
Commodities regulated by the Commodities Exchange Act of 1936 in order to prevent fraud and manipulation in commodities futures markets.
Industry:Financial services
Speculative stocks with short histories of sales, earnings, and dividend payments.
Industry:Financial services
A service that provides for a single presentation of cheques each day (typically in the early part of the day).
Industry:Financial services
Latin expressions for "buyer beware" and "seller beware," which warn of overly risky, inadequately protected markets.
Industry:Financial services
The corporate manager responsible for the firm's accounting activities. Sometimes referred to as the comptroller (which means the same thing).
Industry:Financial services
An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository instition, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. Cease-and-desist orders are issued by the appropriate federal regulatory agencies under the Financial Institutions Supervisory Act and can be enforced directly by the courts.
Industry:Financial services
The extra advantage that firms derive from holding the commodity rather than a future position.
Industry:Financial services
