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An organization, usually a stock brokerage firm, involved in taking a new company public (IPO), consulting on mergers and acquisitions, handling corporate borrowing, etc.

Initial investment capital necessary for starting a business. Investment capital usually consists of inventory, equipment, pre-opening expenses and leaseholds.

A specialist in the investment industry paid by fee to provide advice and research to investors with large accounts.

Raw materials, work in process, and finished goods that haven’t been shipped to customers.

A person employed by an investment dealer who provides investment advice to clients and executes trades on their behalf in securities and other investment products.

An international committee comprised of members from 31 exchanges around the world, including every major stock exchange. Membership in the ISG allows all members to share surveillance and investigative information to ensure that each regulator has access to the necessary information to effectively regulate its marketplace. The ISG promotes effective market surveillance among international exchanges and RS involvement helps ensure they are continually in touch with other regulators and part of the development of international best practices.

The international standard that is used to uniquely identify securities. It consists of a two-character alphabetic country code specified in ISO 6166, followed by a nine-character alphanumeric security identifier (assigned by a national security numbering agency), and then an ISIN check-digit.

Stock trading tracked in periods shorter than one day.

Soft assets such as patents, trademarks, etc. 

A measure of a company’s ability to pay interest on its debts (operating income divided by interest expenses).