Finance and investing terminology · MLC-0118
Finance and investing terms: S (40)
- Sales Charge or Sales LoadA sales charge, also called a sales load or load, is a fee investors pay when they buy (front-end sales load)...
- Saving and Investing Apps“Saving and investing app” may refer to a variety of different mobile applications that use technology to...
- SavingsIncome that is not spent on consumption but is put aside.
- Savings Bond CalculatorIf you own or are considering purchasing a U.S. savings bond, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Bureau of the...
- Savings BondsSavings bonds are debt securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to help pay for the U.S...
- Say-on-pay VoteRequired by law, most public companies must periodically (at least every three years) provide their...
- Schedules 13D and 13GSchedules 13D and 13G are commonly referred to as a “beneficial ownership reports.” The term "beneficial...
- Secondary MarketMarkets where existing securities are bought and sold.
- Section 1035This part of the U.S. tax code allows you to exchange an existing variable annuity contract for a new annuity...
- Securities Act Rule 144Federal securities laws may deem certain securities as restricted or control securities. Selling restricted...
- Securities Analyst RecommendationsAnalyst recommendations can have a significant effect on a company’s stock price, especially when the...
- Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)If your brokerage firm goes out of business, cannot meet its obligation to customers, and is a member of the...
- Securities LendingSecurities lending is the market practice where securities are transferred temporarily from a securities...
- SecurityAn investment instrument such as a stock or bond.
- Senior BondA bond that has a higher priority than another bond's claim to the same class of assets in case of a default...
- Settling Securities Transactions, T+2Investors must complete or "settle" their security transactions within two business days. This settlement...
- Share ClassesDifferent types of shares issued by a single fund, sometimes referred to as Class A shares, Class B shares...
- Shareholder FeesShareholder fees are mutual fund costs charged directly to investors. They include fees in connection with...
- Shareholder Lists, When You Can Get ThemAlthough investors sometimes ask the SEC for a list of a company's shareholders, the SEC does not maintain...
- Shareholder Service FeesShareholder service fees compensate individuals who respond to inquiries from investors and provide them with...
- Short Sale Volume and Transaction DataTo increase the transparency surrounding short sale transactions, several self-regulatory organizations...
- Short Sales1. A short sale occurs when you sell stock you do not own. Investors who sell short believe the price of the...
- Single-stock ETFsSingle-stock ETFs are a complex type of exchange-traded fund (ETF) that typically seeks positive or negative...
- Social Security Retirement PlannerThe Social Security Administration has interactive tools to help you calculate what social security benefits...
- SOFRSOFR stands for Secured Overnight Financing Rates. SOFR is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing overnight...
- Sources of Municipal Securities InformationMost municipal securities offerings are exempt from the registration provisions of the federal securities...
- SPACs“SPAC” stands for special purpose acquisition company, and it is a type of blank check company. SPACs have...
- Spin-OffsIn a "spin-off," a parent company distributes shares of a subsidiary to the parent company's shareholders so...
- Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPDR) TrustAn ETF designed to replicate the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Because of its acronym, the...
- State RegulatorsIn addition to state securities regulators, there are a number of state agencies that may be able to assist...
- State Securities RegulatorsWhile the SEC regulates and enforces the federal securities laws, each state has its own securities regulator...
- Statement of Additional Information (SAI)Statements of additional information (SAIs) convey information about a fund in addition to what is available...
- StockA share of stock is an instrument that signifies an ownership position (called equity) in a corporation, and...
- Stock FundA stock fund or equity fund is a mutual fund, exchange-traded fund (ETF), closed-end fund, or unit investment...
- Stock MarketA general term for the organized trading of stocks through exchanges, over-the-counter, and computerized...
- Stock Market Circuit BreakersMarket-Wide Circuit Breakers - The securities and futures exchanges have procedures for coordinated...
- Stock QuotesListings of prices to buy and sell a specific stock. During trading, quotes show bids, the prices buyers are...
- Stock SplitAn increase in the number of shares of a corporation's stock without a change in the shareholders' equity...
- Stop OrderA stop order is an order to buy or sell a stock once the price of the stock reaches a specified price, known...
- Surrender ChargeA type of transaction fee that applies if you withdraw some or all of your money from a variable annuity...
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