Investment and Finance

A Real Time stock or bond quote is one that states a security's most recent offer to sell or buy. The quote is as that precise point in time as opposed to a delayed point in time. This is different from a delayed quote, which shows the same bid and ask prices Fifteen or twenty minutes after a trade takes place.

The Repurchase of stock technique is when the corporation pays cash to the firm's shareholders that provides more preferential tax treatment for shareholders than dividends. Generally, after the repurchase, less stocks are available and the price per share increases. Treasury stock is the name given to previously issued stock that has been repurchased by the firm. A repurchase is achieved through either a , open market, purchase, tender offer or Dutch auction.

A Reverse stock split strategy is when there is a proportionate decrease in the number of shares, but not the total value of shares of stock held by shareholders. Shareholders maintain the same percentage of equity as before the split. A 1-for-3 split would result in stockholders owning one share for every three shares owned before the split. After the reverse split, the firm's stock price is, three times the before reverse split price. A firm generally institutes a reverse split to boost its stock's market price. Some managers think this strategy supposedly attracts investors.

Contributions to an Educational IRA must be completed by the due date of your individual tax return, (generally 4/15/XX) NOT including extensions.

Contributions to an Educational IRA must be completed by the due date of the return 4/15/XX , NOT including extensions.

Put A "Put" is an option granting the right to "Sell" the underlying futures contract. This is opposite of a call. A "Call" is an option that gives the holder the right to "Buy" the underlying futures contract.

Pyramid scheme is an fraudulent, illegal scheme in which a con artist convinces victims to invest by promising an extraordinary large return on their investment but instead simply use newly invested funds to pay off any investors who insist on terminating their investment.
This timing scheme usually continues to a point in which the con artist disappears with the bulk of the investors funds.

The International Monetary Fund also known as the IMF is an organization founded to oversee exchange arrangements of member countries and to lend foreign currency reserves to members with short term balance of payment problems.

An Investment letter is a letter of intent between the issuer of new securities and the buyer, in the private placement of these new securities. The letter of intent establishes that the securities are being bought for a minimum time period and are treated as an investment, not for resale. If no such letter exists, the securities must be registered with Securities and Exchange Commission.