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1. A contract that stalls or stops the process of a hostile takeover. The target firm either offers to repurchase the shares held by the hostile bidder, usually at a large premium, or [阅读全文:]
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A value that, instead of being par value, is assigned to a corporation's stock for accounting purposes. Stated value has no relation to market price.
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Also known as incentive stock options, this type of employee stock option gives participants an additional tax advantage that unqualified or non-statutory stock options do not. Statuto[阅读全文:]
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The procedure of voting for a company's directors in which each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share. This is sometimes known as straight voting.
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The readjustment of the value of an appreciated asset for tax purposes upon inheritance. With a step-up in basis, the value of the asset is determined to be the higher market value of [阅读全文:]
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An evaluative data point in Morningstar's fund and stock reports that assesses the quality of a company's governance practices. Stewardship grades for both funds and stocks range fro[阅读全文:]
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An investment vehicle found in both company retirement plans and, quite recently, IRA accounts. Stable value funds are comprised of mostly 'synthetic GICs' (known also as wrapped bon[阅读全文:]
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A modification made to a security's price that takes into consideration the effect of a split on the total number of shares or units outstanding, in order to compare the security's c[阅读全文:]
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The act of dividing a large order of financial securities into several smaller lots in order to allow each portion to be traded at different prices. The ultimate effect of using a spli[阅读全文:]