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What is an Investment Bank?
An investment bank is a financial institution that typically specializes in large, complex transactions, such as underwriting an Initial Public Offering (IPO), mergers and acquisitions, direct investment into start-up firms, or advising large institutional clients on investments/transactions.
In short, investment banks help create the bridge between large enterprises and the investor. In that sense, IPOs are one way to accomplish this, but they also help businesses secure financing in other ways, such as through bond issues or derivative products.
Some examples of top investment banks today include Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse.
What is a Preferred Stock?
Preferred stock are dividend-paying equity shares issued by corporations, which pays a dividend with a higher priority
What is a bull market?
Bull markets are periods of sustained confidence and growth, with share prices increase in a trend over time in stock trading
What are My SEP IRA Investment Options?
SEP IRA investment choices are determined by the financial institution at which your SEP IRA is established
What Kinds of Overlays are Used in Chart Patterns?
Overlays are technical supplements which help to interpret the data of a normal price chart
What are Net Sales?
Net sales are the amount of sales that will actually be counted towards a company’s bottom line
What is Dividend Yield?
A dividend yield is a ratio that represents how much a company pays in annual dividends relative to its share price
What is Risk?
Risk can be defined as exposure to the possibility of loss of an asset. Risk might be used to denote the potential of loss
What is an Asset-Backed Security?
Asset-backed securities are bonds or notes that come in several forms, but they typically use the cash flows from...
B/B2 — credit rating
B2/B ratings are the 15th ratings down the scale from the top. A bond in the B range has about a 20% chance of defaulting
What is an Account Freeze?
An account freeze stops all pending transactions and does not honor new transaction requests for a financial repository