......... coefficient, which ranges in value between 1 and -1, is a very versatile pattern-matching technical indicator; it is a statistic that is used to measure goodness-to-fit, and we will be using it to compare actual price data against either specific chart patterns, or other price data.

This rule kicks in when two substantially identical stocks or securities are acquired; remember that the window is 61 days — 30 days before and 30 days after the sale at a loss — so if you own a stock, buy the call and then within 30 days sell the stock at a loss, the loss will be disallowed under the 30-day ......... sale rule.

The ......... minimum tax (or AMT) is an extra tax some people have to pay on top of the regular income tax; the original idea behind this tax was to prevent people with very high incomes from using special tax benefits to pay little or no tax.

The NYSE's Automated Pricing and ......... System, which processes odd lot orders, does not forward orders to the floor, but automatically executes the orders based upon the prices of trades in round lots and forwards inventory information to the appropriate specialists on the floor, who use this information to manage their positions in the market.

Equity ......... is annual sales divided by equity, a measure of the ability to grow without additional capital investment; companies with a high profit margin generally have a low figure for this statistic.

During the Great Depression, many US banks collapsed, with almost half of them failing through bank runs, as banks rarely have enough cash available to cover all of their deposits simultaneously; the Banking Act of ......... following shortly afterward made such enduring structural changes as the establishment of the FDIC.

The Central Registration ......... is a computerized system that includes the employment, qualification, and disciplinary histories of more than 400,000 securities professionals who deal with the public; consumers can get CRD information about a sales representative by visiting our Web site.

The seven members of the Board of ......... of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and a full term is fourteen years.

The success of ......... bonds is hard to deny: in the short span of 10 years, they have moved from a novel approach as a replacement for high-level excess property coverage to a growing trend in property protection from disaster.

The ......... bond, where the interest and principal payments are adjusted by inflation, is a popular investment tool; if held to maturity, it provides a certain real rate of return (i.e. the rate of nominal interest over inflation), but its market value, nevertheless, still fluctuates with the level of real interest rates in the intervening period.