FT MarketWatch

Primary Dealer

A designation given by the Federal Reserve System to commercial banks or broker/dealers who meet specific criteria, including Capital requirements and Participation in Treasury auction.

Related Terms: 14 Broker, Capital, Commercial bank, Cap, CLU, Dealer, Deal, ECI, Fed, Inc., Merc, Participation, Treasury auction, Treasury
Other Related Pages: Category: Brokerages Starting With: P
Semi Related Terms: 388 CLICK HERE TO VIEW
10-Q, 10-K, Accelerated Cost Recovery System, Agent bank, Above par, At par, All or any part, At best, At call, Automated Order Entry System, At risk, Add-on service, Action to quiet title, As is, Assignment to creditors, Attorney in fact, Applicable federal rate, A shares, At the money, Across the board, Additional paid-in capital, Against the box, At the bell, At the close, At the figure, At the full, At the market, At the opening order, Auction market, Automated Pricing and Reporting System, Away from the market, Bank reconciliation, Below the line, Bank credit, Bank draft, Bank holding company, Bank Holiday, Bank Note, Bank Trust Department, Bank-eligible issues, Below par, Bid-to-cover ratio, Best-execution requirement, Broker, Broker loan, Brought over the wall, Buying on margin, Buy on close, Buy on opening, Buy the book, Bank Rate, Breaking the syndicate, By the book, Bank term loan, Broker loan rate, B shares, Buy and write, Beat the gun, Capital, Capital appreciation, Capital asset, Capital efficiency, Capital expenditure, Capital growth, Capital investment, Capital liability, Capital loss, Capital resource, Commercial year, Commercial bank, Consumer bank, Cap, Capital market, Capital structure, Certificate of Participation, Commercial paper, Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures, Contra broker, Contract broker, Cap rate, Capital account, Capital consumption allowance, Capital formation, Cash and carry trade, Chasing the market, Cheapest to deliver, Commercial hedger, CLU, Capital budget, Capital gains distribution, Commercial credit, Commercial finance, Commercial lending, Commercial mortgage, Commercial property, Correspondency system, Cost of debt capital, Capital appreciation fund, C shares, Close to the money, Cloud on title, Cash or Deferred Arrangement, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Capital commitment, Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Contributed capital, Capital gains tax, Capital loss carryover, Child and dependent care credit, Cup and handle, Close a position, Cornering the market, Curbs in, Corporate venture capital, Dealer bank, Deposit in transit, Dealer market, Debt capital, Dutch auction, Dealer, Deep discount broker, Discount broker, Dividend in arrears, Dividend requirement, Desk (the), Deal stock, De-escalation clause, De facto, Doing business as, Debtor in possession, Debtor-in-possession financing, Due-on-sale clause, Deep in the money, Deep out of the money, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Direct participation program, Dogs of the Dow, Double auction market, Deal, Deal flow, Escrowed to maturity, Either-or order, European Monetary System, Effective par, ECI, E-mini, Ex-pit transaction, European Central Bank, Export-Import Bank, Eligibility requirements, Equity capital, Financial capital, First In First Out, Form 10-Q, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal funds, Federal Savings and Loan Association, Fed funds, Fractional reserve banking, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Reserve Note, Flight to quality, Federal Call, Fill or kill, Floor broker, Front-ending an order, Forward deal, Forward P/E, Fed, Fed bias, Fed Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Discount Rate, Federal Reserve requirement, Federal Trade Commission, Fed pass, Form 8-K, Form S-1, Friends and family offering, Federal Housing Administration, Full faith and credit, Free and clear, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, Federal ID Number, Federal Tax Identification Number, Federal tax lien, G-7, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, G-8, Growth and income fund, Gather in the stops, Hit the bid, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Holder in due course, Head and shoulders, Hammering the market, Held at the opening, Holding the market, In escrow, Invested capital, Independent broker, In-house, Introducing broker, Investment bank, In line, Insurance broker, Inc., In intestacy, Interest rate cap, In play, In-process research and development, I/O strip, In-service withdrawal, In and out, In sympathy, Intermarket Trading System, In the tank, Invisible venture capital, Jointly and severally, Jumping the gun, Joint and several liability, Joint and survivor annuity, Last In First Out, Lending at a rate, Limit-on-close order, Limit order information system, London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, London Inter-Bank Offer Rate, Lifetime cap, Loan-to-cost, Loan-to-value, Lock-in, Large cap, Leading the market, Listing requirements, Locked in, Long-term gain or loss, Level I quotes, Member bank, Money center bank, Mutual Savings Bank, Make a market, Market if touched order, Market on close order, Mark-to-market, Merchant bank, Marginal propensity to consume, Merc, Money at call, Mortgage broker, Morningstar Rating System, Market cap, Medium-cap, Micro cap, Mid cap, National Bank, National Market System, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, Net capital ratio, Null and void, Nasdaq Small Cap Market, Nominal capital, Off the books, Over-the-Counter, On-floor order, Online broker, On margin, Or better, Outside broker, On account, On-the-spot loan, Out of the money, Old age, survivors, and disability insurance, On-balance volume, On close, On open, On the opening, Permanent capital, Profit and loss statement, Paper dealer, Par bond, Participation certificate, Payment-in-kind security, Price Value of a Basis Point, Primary Dealer, Prime broker, P&L, Participation, Participation loan, Privilege dealer, Paid-in capital, Paid-in surplus, Percent held by institutions, Private Investment in Public Equity, Perfect capital market, Preservation of capital, Point-and-figure chart, Painting the tape, Reports and Records, Return of capital, Return on Capital, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets, Regional bank, Regulation Q, Reserve ratio, Reserve requirement, Reading the tape, Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U, Regulation A, Right to Know, Real estate broker, Return on Capital Employed, Risk capital, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, SG&A, Savings and Loan, Savings bank, S&L, State bank, Securities and Exchange Commission, Series EE bond, Sell the book, Small Order Execution System, Street broker, Second-to-die insurance, Sale and leaseback, Selling the spread, Small cap, Selling short against the box, Shorting against the box, S Corporation, Short-term gain or loss, Subchapter M, Subchapter S Corporation, Schedule C, Seek a market, S&P phenomenon, Stop and reverse, Seed capital, T-Bill, Term to maturity, Treasury auction, Treasury Bill, Treasury Bond, Treasury Direct, Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, Treasury Note, Take a position, Trailing P/E, Treasury, Treasury Stock, Tenancy by the entirety, Treasury index, Truth in Lending, Tenancy at will, The Street, Timing the market, 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, Venture capital, Venture capital limited partnership, Working capital, World Bank, Working capital loan, Widow-and-orphan stock, W-2 Form, W formation, When, as, and if issued, X or XD, Year-To-Date, Yield to call, Yield to maturity, Yield to worst, Y shares