- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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S&P publication stating companies' payment histories and corporate policies.
Industry:Financial services
The annual earnings minimum required for payment of dividends on a preferred stock.
Industry:Financial services
The level at which many commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose a daily price limit on each contract.
Industry:Financial services
A shareholder's rights to receive per-share dividends identical to those other shareholders receive.
Industry:Financial services
Manipulation of the market by traders to create the illusion of active volume to attract investors.
Industry:Financial services
An investment strategy that entails the purchase and selling of a stock right before its ex-dividend date in order to collect the dividends paid out by the stock and capture a trade profit.
Industry:Financial services
Used in the context of bonds to refer to the date on which a bond is issued and when interest accrues to the bondholder. Used in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.
Industry:Financial services
The declared dividend dollar amount that a company is obligated to pay.
Industry:Financial services
Dividend paid for the past 12 months divided by the number of common shares outstanding, as reported by a company. The number of shares often is determined by a weighted average of shares outstanding over the reporting term.
Industry:Financial services
