- Industry: Financial services
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A written authorization given by a shareholder for someone else, usually the company's management, to cast his/her vote at a shareholder meeting or at another time. Or more generally, a person who represents another person.
Industry:Financial services
Series of three questions that must be completed by an account holder in order to be considered for participation in new issues available on the Merrill Lynch IPO Center.
Industry:Financial services
Reflects the percentage of a fund's movements that are explained by movements in its bench mark index. An R-Squared of 1 means that all movements of a fund are completely explained by movements in the index. For example, index funds that invest only in S&P 500 stocks will have an R-squared very close to 1. Conversely, a low R-Squared indicates that very few of the fund's movements are explained by movements in its bench mark index. An R-Squared measure of .35, for example, means that only 35% of the fund's movements can be explained by movements in its bench mark index.
Industry:Financial services
Equities held in your account that may be used as collateral for Merrill Lynch's Margin Lending Program.
Industry:Financial services
A document which the SEC requires a company to send to its shareholders that provides material facts concerning matters on which the shareholders will vote.
Industry:Financial services
Fund that limits assets to those securities that are exempt from taxation in New Jersey, (double tax-exempt) or city, (triple tax-exempt).
Industry:Financial services
An annual charge, typically expressed as a percentage of average net assets, deducted from fund assets to pay for distribution and marketing costs. Rule 12b-1 fees typically consist of "distribution" fees, which compensate salespersons for selling fund shares, and "service" fees, which compensate salespersons for providing ongoing shareholder-liaison services such as responding to customer inquiries and providing information on investments.
Industry:Financial services
Mutual funds held in your account that may be used as collateral for the Merrill Lynch Margin Lending Program.
Industry:Financial services
Upon the effectiveness of a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, new and secondary securities may be offered to the investing public.
Industry:Financial services
Fund invests in municipal obligations of New Jersey, (double tax-exempt) or city, (triple tax-exempt) with dollar-weighted average maturities of less than 90 days. Intended to keep a constant NAV. Intended to keep a constant NAV.
Industry:Financial services
