Stocks of leading and nationally known companies that offer a record of continuous dividend payments and other strong investment qualities.
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Closed-End Investment Fund
An investment trust that issues a fixed number of securities that trade on a stock exchange or in the over-the-counter market. Assets of a closed-end fund are professionally managed in accordance with the fund’s investment objective and policies and may be invested in a wide range of financial instruments/assets. Like other publicly traded securities, the market price of closed-end fund securities fluctuates and is determined by supply and demand in the marketplace.
Capitalization or Capital Structure
Total dollar amount of all money invested in a company, such as debt, preferred and common stock, contributed surplus and retained earnings of a company.
Capital Lease Obligations
Balance sheet liability reflecting lease payments due for the term of the lease.
Board Lot
A standard trading unit as defined in UMIR (Universal Market Integrity Rules). The board lot size of a security on Toronto Stock Exchange or TSX Venture Exchange depends on the trading price of the security, as follows: Trading price per unit is less than $0.10 – board lot size is 1,000 units Trading price per unit is $0.10 to $0.99 – board lot size is 500 units Trading price per unit is $1.00 or more – board lot size is 100 units
Closing Transaction
An order to close out an existing open futures or options contract.
Capitalization Weighted Index
Largest companies have most influence on index price action.
Blue Chips
Large, stabile companies.
Capital Pool Companies
The TSX Venture Exchange Capital Pool Company (CPC) program offers a unique listing opportunity that brings experienced management teams with proven public financing ability together with development-stage companies in need of capital and management expertise. Unlike traditional public companies, capital pools list and begin trading without an operating business. The nature of their business is to find and acquire a promising early-stage venture, and their treasuries are funded expressly for the search and due diligence process.
Book
An electronic record of all pending buy and sell orders for a particular stock.