- Branche: Financial services
- Number of terms: 10107
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Full-service firms commonly charge a sales commission or load when mutual fund shares are purchased or redeemed, because a financial professional helps you analyze your financial needs and objectives and identify appropriate investments that may meet those needs and objectives. The sales charge is waived for mutual funds purchased through an employer-sponsored retirement plan.
Industry:Financial services
The percentage change in sales growth based upon a quarter, fiscal year or trailing 12 months.
Industry:Financial services
The sale is usually not handled on an exchange, but instead is handled by an investment banker or a group of investment bankers. This is also known as a "secondary offering".
Industry:Financial services
A market that provides for the purchase or sale of previously sold or bought options through closing transactions.
Industry:Financial services
A way to characterize securities based upon economic sectors. The categories are Financials, Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Industrials, Materials, Energy, Utilities, Health Care and Telecommunication Services.
Industry:Financial services
Fund that invests 65% of its portfolio in a specific sector. For example: Health/Biotechnology, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, Utility, Real Estate, Gold or Financial Services.
Industry:Financial services
Fund that limits fund investments to a specific industry (e.g., transportation, retailing, or paper, etc.) or one that has not been classified into an existing investment objective.
Industry:Financial services
A summary of all accounts that received securities the previous day. Included activity categories are incoming ACATs transfers, ML account to account journal entries, physical and book entry security receives, and stock dividends. Purchases and DVP settlements are not included.
Industry:Financial services
Fund invests at least 65% of fund assets in investment grade debt issues (rated in top four grades) with dollar-weighted average maturities of one to five years.
Industry:Financial services
