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Affluenza• Indicative of a culture that prides financial
success as one of the highest achievements
• Symptoms include an addictive desire to gain more wealth
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Baby Bills
• Nickname for the companies that may have formed if the Justice Department had broken up Microsoft Corporation.
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Cash Cow• A business, product, or asset that once
paid off will cause a consistent cash flow
• Cash flow is over the lifespan of the business, product, or asset
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Daisy Chain• Investors who artificially
inflate the price of a security to sell it at a profit.
• Based on a fictitious selling known as wash selling
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Elephants
• Large institutions that make trades in very high volumes.
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Free and Clear
• When someone gains outright ownership of an asset.
• Usually when payments are complete and no creditor has claim on the property
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Golden Share
• A share that gives its shareholder veto power over changes to the company's charter.
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Hurdle Rate
• The minimum amount of return that a person requires before they will make an investment in something.
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In the Pink
• Describes a situation in which an investor or an economy is in a good financial position.
• Generally refers to being in the best health or condition.
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Jitney • A fraudulent activity in the penny stock market in which two brokers trade a stock back and forth.
• This increases commissions and gives the impression of greater trading volume.
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Kangaroos
• Term for Australian stocks
• Refers to stocks on the All Ordinaries index, which is composed of 280 of the most active Australian companies
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Lemon
• A very disappointing investment.
• Actual return varies from expected return in which the actual return is lower
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Macaroni Defense
• A company issues many bonds saying they must be redeemed at a high price if the company is taken over
• Usually done by a company trying to prevent a take-over
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Nervous Nelly
• An investor who is concerned about investing and the risks associated with it.
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Offshore
• Something located or based outside of one's national boundaries.
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Panic Buying
• High volume buying as a result of sharp price increases
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Red Chip
• A company incorporated and listed in Hong Kong
• Controlled by Chinese shareholders
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Seat
• Membership in the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
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Tailgating
• When a broker purchases or sells a security for a client, and then makes the same transaction in his or her own account.
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Upstairs Trade
• When a trade in a listed stock is not executed through the listing exchange
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Visibility
• The probability that future projections will be correct.
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Whoops
• Slang for the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS), which made the record books with the largest municipal bond default in history.
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Yard
• Slang for one billion units in currency
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Zombies
• Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent. Also known as living dead.
• It is advisable to avoid investing in zombies at all costs; their life expectancies are highly unpredictable.