REQUEST FOR COMMENT
Order Audit Trail System
Action Requested By: July 10, 2002
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Order Audit Trail System
Executive Summary
NASD is issuing this Notice to Members to solicit comments from members and other interested parties on proposed changes to the OATS
INFORMATIONAL
FIPS Changes
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FIPS
As of October 21, 2001, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM).
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
ADLA.GS
Adelphia Communications Corp
Executive Summary
On May 17, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a rule change requiring members to obtain a signed Subordination Agreement Investor Disclosure Document (Disclosure Document) from each investor before entering into a subordination agreement with that investor.
The Disclosure Document requirement, the text of which is provided in Attachment A, becomes
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Variable Contracts
As of January 21, 1999, the following bonds were added to the Fixed
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Veterans' Day And Thanksgiving Day: Trade Date — Settlement Date Schedule
The schedule of trade dates-settlement dates below reflects the observance by the financial community of Veterans' Day, Tuesday, November 11, 1997, and Thanksgiving
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Variable Contracts
Good Friday: Trade Date—Settlement Date Schedule
The Nasdaq Stock
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As of September 23, 1997, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing SystemSM (FIPSSM).
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
UH.GC
U.S. Home Corp
8.250
08/15/04
UH.GD
U.S. Home Corp
8.880
08/15/07
HU.GA
The financial world of investing is filled with mathematical complexity, from the quantitative analysis behind certain trading strategies to the calculus used to determine the pricing of derivatives. But investors in most publicly traded companies can rely on one rather simple ratio: 1 to 1.
Benchmarks play a valuable role for investors, providing a standard against which to measure an investment’s performance. Weighing the return on a particular stock, bond mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) against a comparable benchmark can help investors make more informed decisions on how to invest.
