Articles Posted in Investment Terms and Concepts

Bullion Coins – Florida Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum or Palladium) Fraud and Mismanagement State and Federal Court Litigation Attorney: Bullion Coins are coins composed of metal such as gold, silver, platinum, or palladium. Bullion coins provide the purest play on the “up or down” price moves of the underlying metal, and are the most…

Net Asset Value (NAV) – Florida Corporate and Business Litigation Attorney (Commercial Litigation Attorney): Net Asset Value is the book value of a company’s different classes of securities, usually stated as net asset value per bond, net asset value per share of preferred stock, and net book value per common share of common stock. The…

Executor – Executrix – South Florida Elder Abuse and Advocate Litigation Attorney: An Executor or Executrix is the administrator of an estate that is being probated. The administrator gathers the estate assets, files the estate tax return and final personal income tax return; and distributes the balance, of the estate, in accordance with the terms…

Contingent Deferred Sales Load (Charge) – South Florida Elder Abuse Mutual Fund Breach of Fiduciary Duty FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: A contingent deferred sales load (charge) is a sales charge levied by a mutual fund if a customer sell fund shares within a specified number of years. Instead of charging a traditional front end…

Bond Discount – Florida Bond Investment Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Contract and Negligence FINRA Arbitration and State and Federal Litigation Attorney: A bond discount is the amount by which the market price of a bond is lower than its face value. Outstanding bonds with fixed coupons go to discounts when market interest rates…

Naked Option – Florida Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Negligent Supervision and Mismanagement FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: A Naked Option is an option for which the buyer or seller has no underlying security position. A writer of a naked Call Option, therefore does not own a Long Position in the stock on which the call…

Municipal Bond and Municipal Security – Florida FINRA Arbitration and State and Federal Litigation Attorney: A Muni is a popular designation for a municipal security, especially a Municipal Bond. Municipal Bonds are debt obligations of a state or local government entity. The funds received by the entity may support general governmental needs or special projects.…

Merger – Florida Breach of Contract, Breach of Letter of Intent, and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Commercial and Business Dispute and Litigation Attorney: A merger is a combination of two or more companies, where the amount paid over and above the acquired company’s book value is carried on the books of the purchaser as goodwill;…

Leverage Buyout (LOB) – Florida Breach of Contract and Fraud – Commercial and Business State and Federal Court Litigation Attorney: A Leverage Buyout (LOB) is the takeover of a company using leverage. Frequently, the target company’s assets act as security for the loans taken out by the acquiring firm, which repays the loan out of…

Limited Partnership Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Mismanagement and Misrepresentation Commercial and Business State and Federal Court Litigation Attorney: A Limited Partnership is an organization made up of a General Partner, who manages the entity, and limited partners, who invest money but have limited liability, are who are not involved in the day-to-day…