Claims that a stock’s past price action is no guide to future prices because prices move randomly, not in a pattern. Random walk theoreticians would sneer at the...
Close watch by a company’s top executive on trading their company’s stock. The objective is to detect any unusual amount of buying which might indicate that some one...
The NASD requirement that a market maker who receives order from another broker dealer executes the order at its displayed price on NASDAQ for the normal unit of...
The relationship between the price of a put and price of a call on the same underlying with the same expiration date, which prevents arbitrage opportunities.
A highly illegal practice occurring mainly on the internet. A small group of informed people buy a stock before they recommend it to thousands of investors. The result...
Puffing advertisement refers to advertising claims that exaggerate or overstate the benefits, features, or performance of a product or service in order to entice potential customers. Some key...
A public announcement is an announcement made in the newspapers by the acquirer primarily disclosing his intention to acquire shares of the target company from existing shareholders by...
A battle between a company and some of its own shareholders. It starts with a group of dissident shareholders soliciting proxies in order to force through a shareholder...
Any document described or issued as a prospectus and includes any notice, circular, advertisement or other document inviting deposits from the public or inviting offers from the public...
