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Nagoya Stock Exchange
Established after World War II, one of the three major securities markets in Japan....
Naive Diversification
A strategy whereby an investor simply invests in a number of different assets in the hope that the v...
Naked
An uncovered position such as the position of a writer of an option which is not covered by an oppos...
Naked Option Strategies
An unhedged strategy making exclusive use of one of the following: Short call strategy (selling or w...
Naked Strategies
Writing an option without owning the underlying asset. Holder is naked because holder may have agree...
Named Perils Insurance
An insurance policy that names specific risks covered by the policy....
Narrow Based
Generally referring to an index, it indicates that the index is composed of only a few stocks, gener...
Narrow Market
A market in which the trading of shares is only light. Slight movement in activity can result in exa...
Narrowing The Spread
Reducing the difference between the bid and ask prices of a security....
Nasdaq Small-capitalization Companies
A group of 2000 companies with relatively small capitalization, which are listed separately and have...
Nasdaq Stock Market
The first electronic stock market, which uses computers and telecommunications to trade shares rathe...
National Association Of Investors Corporation
A Michigan-based association that helps groups establish investment clubs....
National Association Of Securities Dealers
Nonprofit organization formed under the joint sponsorship of the investment bankers' conference and ...
National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System
An electronic quotation system that provides price quotations to market participants about the more ...
National Bank
A commercial bank approved by the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, which is required to be a member...
National Credit Union Administration
In the US, the National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency which supervise...
National Debt
The total debt accumulated by a government through the issue of government bonds, Treasury bills and...
National Foundation For Consumer Credit
A nonprofit organization that seeks to help consumers who have taken on too much debt by helping the...
National Futures Association
A registered futures association in the US authorized by the CFTC in 1982 that requires membership f...
National Insurance
A form of taxation, payable by employees, employers and the self employed, which is notionally to fu...
National Insurance Basic Pension
The basic state pension funded by a person's National Insurance Contributions over his working life ...
National Insurance Contributions
There are currently four categories of contributions: Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 and Class 4.
National Insurance Pension (State Pension)
Regular income from the state paid to retired people who have made contributions during their life. ...
National Market Advisory Board
Group that advises the SEC on establishing a national exchange market system, which is a highly auto...
