A fund that offers two distinct classes of shares and invests in an underlying portfolio of dividend-paying companies.
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Spin-off
An operational strategy used by a company to create a brand new business subsidiary from the parent company.
Specialist
A member of an exchange who acted as the market maker to facilitate the trading of a given stock.
Special-Purpose Bond
A municipal bond that is paid from taxes that are collected from those who will benefit from the project that is financed by the bond.
Small Company Funds
A fund that focuses on investing in small-cap stocks.
Small-Cap Stocks
The shares of companies with a total market cap that ranges between $300 million and $2 billion.
Slippage
The discrepancy between the expected price of a trade and the price at which the trade is executed.
Size
The magnitude of an offering, an order, or a trade.
Short-Term Government Bond
A government bond with maturity ranging from a few days to 52 weeks
Short-Term Bond Funds
A mutual fund that invests in short-term debt instruments with a maturity of up to 3 years.