A
Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying Class A shares.
AAII
See: American Association of Individual Investors
ABO
See: Accumulated Benefit Obligation
ABS
See: Automated Bond System
ACAT
See: Automated Customer Account Transfer
ACES
See: Advance Computerized Execution System
ACH
See: Automated Clearing House
ACRS
See: Accelerated cost recovery system
ACU
See: Asian currency units
ADB
See: Adjusted Debit Balance
ADR
See: American Depository Receipt
ADS
See: American Depository Share
AEX
See: Amsterdam Exchange
AFM
See: Amman Financial Market
AIBD
Association of International Bond Dealers
AON
See: All or none order
AOS
See: Automated Order System
AMEX
See: American Stock Exchange
AMPS
See: Auction Market Preferred Stock
APR
See: Annual Percentage Rate
APT
See: Arbitrage Pricing Theory
APT
See: Automated Pit Trading
APV
See: Adjusted Present Value
APY
See: Annual Percentage Yield
ARM
See: Adjustable-rate mortgage
ARPS
See: Adjustable-rate preferred stock
ARPS
See: Auction rate preferred stock
ARR
See: Average rate of return
ASE
See: Athens Stock Exchange.
ASX
See: Australian Stock Exchange
ATP
See: Arbitrage Trading Program
Abandonment
Controlling party giving up rights to property voluntarily.
Abandonment option
The option of terminating an investment earlier than originally planned.
ABC agreement
A contract between an employee and a brokerage firm outlining the rights of the firmpurchasing an NYSE membership for that employee.
Ability to pay
Refers to the borrower's ability to make interest and principal payments on debts. See:Fixed charge coverage ratio.In context of municipal bonds, refers to the issuer's present and future ability to createsufficient tax revenue to fulfill its contractual obligations, accounting for municipalincome and property values.In context of taxation, notion that tax rates should be determined according to income orwealth.
Abnormal returns
The component of the return that is not due to systematic influences (market-wideinfluences). In other words, abnormal returns are above those predicted by the marketmovement alone. Related: excess returns.
Above par
See: Par.
Absolute priority
Rule in bankruptcy proceedings requiring senior creditors to be paid in full before juniorcreditors receive any payment.
Absorbed
Used in context of general equities. Securities are "absorbed" as long as there arecorresponding orders to buy and sell. The market has reached the absorption point whenfurther assimilation is impossible without an adjustment in price. See: Sell the book.
Abusive tax shelter
A limited partnership that the IRS judges to be claiming tax deductions illegally.
Accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS)
Schedule of depreciation rates allowed for tax purposes.
Acceleration clause
A contract stating that the unpaid balance becomes due and payable if specific actionstranspire, such as failure to make interests payments on time.
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