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On Track

What is 'On Track' 1. A type of commodities delivery for futures contracts that is deferred and priced according to the seller's...
Office of Thrift Supervision

Office Of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

What is the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)? The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is a federal regulator of savings and loan associations, savings banks,...

Management Fee

DefinitionIn the investment advisory industry, a management fee is a periodic payment that is paid by an investment fund to the fund's investment adviser...

Mortgage Loan

DefinitionA mortgage loan, or simply mortgage, is used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or alternatively by...

Abandoned Property

What is 'Abandoned Property' Assets such as cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, uncashed checks, land, life insurance policies and the contents of...

Risk Management

Risk management includes all the processes that are used for identifying, analyzing, and either accepting or mitigating the risks that make decision making in...

Ratings Service

What is 'Ratings Service' A company, such as Moody's or Standard & Poor's, that rates various debt and preferred stock issues for...

Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF)

What is 'Savings Association Insurance Fund - SAIF' A government insurance fund for savings and loans and thrift institutions in the United...

Savings And Loan Crisis (S&L)

What is the 'Savings And Loan Crisis - S&L' The Savings and Loan (S&L) Crisis began under the volatile interest rate climate...

Salomon Brothers

DefinitionSalomon Brothers was an investment bank founded in 1910 by three Jewish-American brothers along with a clerk named Ben Levy, it remained a partnership...

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