A.M. BEST
Recognized by the SEC. as one of the established ratings agencies. The traditional focus of A.M. Best is concentrated in providing the letter rating for insurance carriers. It branched out recently to financial securities such as bonds. The ability to fulfill its debt obligations is the basic measurement of a company. The ratings range from S (suspended) to A++ (superior).
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Key Rate
A specific interest rate that decides bank lending rates and the credit cost for borrowers. Discount Rate and the Federal Funds rate are the two ke ...
Pot
It refers to the portion of a stock or bond issue that investment bankers return to the underwriter so the portion can be sold to institutional inv ...
Member Firm
A broker/dealer where at least one of the main officers is a part of an exchange, either in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), another significant ...
Clunker
Old vehicle traded in under the US government’s cash-for-clunkers program, which was rolled out in 2009 for a newer and more fuel-efficient v ...
Form 2439
A tax form issued by the IRS that notifies a shareholder of undistributed long-term capital gains, unrecaptured section 1250 gains and small busine ...
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