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Face-amount certificate 
A Debt  security issued by a Type  of mutual Fund  called a face amount Certificate  company. The Debt  holder makes payments periodically to the issuer, and the Issuer  agrees to pay to the holder the face value at Maturity  (or a different amount if the security is called prior to maturity).
 
 
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10-K , 
Average collection period , 
Accreted value , 
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Agency security , 
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Abstract of title , 
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A shares , 
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At the bell , 
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Automated Pricing and Reporting System , 
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Book value per share , 
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Banking Act of 1933 , 
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B shares , 
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Council of Economic Advisers , 
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Chicago Board of Trade , 
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Capital appreciation fund , 
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C shares , 
Call option , 
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Certificate of Occupancy , 
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Child and dependent care credit , 
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Debt service coverage , 
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Durable Power of Attorney , 
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Deed of Release , 
Deed of Trust , 
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Dual-purpose fund , 
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Deed of Surrender , 
Department of Housing and Urban Development , 
Deferred payment annuity , 
Distressed security , 
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Depth of market , 
Economic value , 
Effective debt , 
Eurodollar certificate of deposit , 
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Exchangeable security , 
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Either-or order , 
ECU , 
E-mini , 
Exchange of spot , 
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Enhanced index fund , 
Environmental fund , 
Equity fund , 
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Economic rent , 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , 
Federal Savings and Loan Association , 
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Federal Call , 
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Fund supermarket , 
Forward P/E , 
Fully diluted earnings per share , 
Factors of production , 
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Foreign Debt , 
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Form 8-K , 
Form S-1 , 
Floating security , 
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Fund , 
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act , 
Finance company , 
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FICA , 
Free right of exchange , 
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Graduated security , 
G-7 , 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , 
Gross National Debt , 
G-8 , 
Global fund , 
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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 , 
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House call , 
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , 
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Home equity debt , 
Home equity line of credit , 
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Inflation-indexed security , 
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Investment security , 
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Issue date , 
Issuer , 
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 , 
Investment Company Act of 1940 , 
International Monetary Fund , 
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 , 
Internal Rate of Return , 
Indication of interest , 
In-process research and development , 
Income fund , 
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International fund , 
Investment company , 
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I/O strip , 
Immediate payment annuity , 
Imbalance of orders , 
In and out , 
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Jointly and severally , 
Jumping the gun , 
Joint and several liability , 
Junior debt , 
Joint and survivor annuity , 
Joint Stock Company , 
Liquidation value , 
Lender of last resort , 
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Letter security , 
Lending at a rate , 
Long Market Value , 
Law of demand , 
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London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange , 
Limited company , 
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Limited Liability Company , 
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Mortgage-backed certificate , 
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Mutual improvement certificate , 
Market-value weighted index , 
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National Association of Securities Dealers , 
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system , 
National Debt , 
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Net Asset Value , 
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Naked call , 
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts , 
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Office of Thrift Supervision , 
Original Issue Discount , 
Out-of-favor , 
Over-the-Counter , 
Or better , 
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Option income fund , 
Option holder , 
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Old age, survivors, and disability insurance , 
Overlapping debt , 
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Pooling of interests , 
Profit and loss statement , 
Participation certificate , 
Payment date , 
Payment-in-kind security , 
Preferred debt , 
Premium over bond value , 
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Price Value of a Basis Point , 
Prior lien bond , 
Provisional call feature , 
Payment for order flow , 
Prior preferred stock , 
P&L , 
Primary earnings per share , 
Private debt , 
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Public company , 
Per stirpes , 
Power of Attorney , 
Principal amount , 
Prioritization of debt , 
Prior redemption privilege , 
Projected maturity date , 
Private Market Value , 
Pooled fund , 
Prime rate fund , 
Publicly-traded fund , 
Pure index fund , 
Pension fund , 
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Percent held by institutions , 
Private company , 
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Put/call ratio , 
Quiet period , 
Replacement value , 
Reports and Records , 
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Return of capital , 
Registered security , 
Remaining maturity , 
Residual security , 
Restricted security , 
Reading the tape , 
Receive against payment , 
Receive versus payment , 
Regulation D , 
Regulation G , 
Regulation T , 
Regulation U , 
Round of funding , 
Rules of Fair Practice , 
Rate of exchange , 
Reciprocal of European terms , 
Regulated investment company , 
Regional fund , 
Registered Company , 
Regulation A , 
Right of first refusal , 
Right of rescission , 
Right to Know , 
Revolving line of credit , 
Right of recourse , 
Rule of 78 , 
Redemption period , 
Rent , 
Rent control , 
Right of redemption , 
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 , 
Rate of return , 
Real rate of return , 
Salvage value , 
SEC filing , 
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses , 
SG&A , 
Savings and Loan , 
Savings Association Insurance Fund , 
Sight letter of credit , 
S&L , 
Stop payment , 
SEC , 
Securities and Exchange Commission , 
Series EE bond , 
Sinking fund , 
Sovereign debt , 
Stamped security , 
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SEC fee , 
Segregation of securities , 
Sell the book , 
Standard of living , 
Second-to-die insurance , 
Stock life insurance company , 
Surrender value , 
Stock certificate , 
Statute of Limitations , 
Sue , 
Sale and leaseback , 
Satisfaction of debt , 
Security interest , 
Security loan , 
Senior debt , 
Senior security , 
Single-payment loan , 
Standard payment calculation , 
Subordinated debt , 
Staggered board of directors , 
Sector fund , 
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Socially responsible fund , 
Specialized fund , 
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Stock fund , 
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Short market value , 
Social Security , 
Social Security Tax , 
Shareholder value , 
Security analysis , 
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Shorting against the box , 
S Corporation , 
Short-term gain or loss , 
Subchapter M , 
Subchapter S Corporation , 
Schedule C , 
Securities Act of 1933 , 
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 , 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , 
Seek a market , 
S&P phenomenon , 
Stop and reverse , 
T-Bill , 
Term to maturity , 
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security , 
Trust-preferred security , 
Take a position , 
Trailing P/E , 
Tenancy by the entirety , 
Trust company , 
Trust fund , 
Tax-free bond fund , 
Tax-managed fund , 
Theoretical value , 
Type , 
Tenancy at will , 
Title company , 
Transfer payments , 
The Street , 
Timing the market , 
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 , 
Tax Reform Act of 1986 , 
Tax Reform Act of 1993 , 
Take a bath , 
U.S. Government Agency Security , 
U.S. Savings Bond , 
U.S. Treasury , 
U.S. Treasury Bill , 
U.S. Treasury Bond , 
U.S. Treasury Note , 
U.S. Treasury Securities , 
Underlying debt , 
Unseasoned issue , 
Underlying security , 
Uncovered call , 
Unit of trade , 
Unit of trading , 
Value stock , 
Vesting period , 
Value averaging , 
Value investing , 
Value Added Tax , 
Written-down value , 
World fund , 
Waiver of premium , 
Widow-and-orphan stock , 
When, as, and if issued , 
When issued , 
X or XD , 
Year-To-Date , 
Yield to call , 
Yield to maturity , 
Yield to worst , 
Y shares