The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies. The exchange is part of the London Stock Exchange Group and so sometimes referred to by the ticker symbol for the group, LSE.
The London Stock Exchange Group is Europe’s leading exchange group in cash equities, fixed income and post trade services. Companies from around the world come to this markets to raise money for growth gaining access to one of the world’s deepest and most liquid pools of low cost capital.
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION (A.B.A.)
The American Bankers Association (ABA) is a free-trade and professional association that promotes and advocates issues important to the banking industry in the United States AMERICAN DEPOSITARY
RECEIPTS (A.D.R.)
An American Depositary Receipt (or ADR) represents the ownership in the shares of a foreign company trading on US financial markets.
COMMON STOCK
Securities that represent equity ownership in a company. Common shares let an investor vote on such matters as the election of directors. They also give the holder a share in a company's profits via dividend payments or the capital appreciation of the security. Units of ownership of a public corporation with junior status to the claims of secured/unsecured creditors, bondholders and preferred shareholders in the event of liquidation.
BOND
Bonds are debt and are issued for a period of more than one year. The US government, local governments, water districts, companies and many other types of institutions sell bonds. When an investor buys bonds, he or she is lending money. The seller of the bond agrees to repay the principal amount of the loan at a specified time. Interest-bearing bonds pay interest periodically.
ANNUAL REPORT
A report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity.
WHAT NASDAQ IS?
The Nasdaq is an American stock exchange based in New York City. NASDAQ stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, is the second largest stock exchange in the United States in terms of value of the credits only to the New York Stock Exchange. Many of the companies in the world of technology appear on the NASDAQ, including Amazon, Apple, Cisco, eBay, Google, Intel, Microsoft and Sun.