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prospectus

The written statement disclosing the terms of a mutual fund or the offering of securities

Last edited on March 26, 2009

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par value (bond)	payout ratio	penalty bid
penny stock	percent change	portfolio
preferred stock	premium	premium (IPOs)
premium bond	present value	previous close
price-earnings ratio to earnings per share growth (PEG)	price-earnings relative	price-to-book ratio
price-to-cash-flow ratio	price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)	primary market
principal	private company	privatization
profit margin	prospectus	proxy
public company	put option

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