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Joint Stock Company
Definition: A form of business organization that falls between a corporation and a partnership. The company sells stock, and its shareholders are free to sell their stock, but shareholders are liable for all debts of the company. | Source
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Joint Venture
Definition: An agreement between two or more firms to undertake the same business strategy and plan of action. See: Incorporated joint venture and Unicorporated joint venture. | Source
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Joint Venture
Definition: An agreement between two or more firms to undertake the same business strategy and plan of action. | Source
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Joint Venture
Definition: An agreement between two or more parties who invest in a single business or property; similar to a limited partnership. | Source
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Jointly And Severally
Definition: Municipal bond underwriting in which the account is undivided and syndicate members are responsible for unsold bonds in proportion to their participation, regardless of how many bonds they may have already sold. A firm with 20% of the account is responsible for selling 20% of the unsold bonds even if has already sold 25% of the total debt issue, for example. See: Severally but not jointly. | Source
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Jonestown Defense
Definition: An extreme defensive tactic employed by the management of a target corporation to prevent a hostile takeover. The defensive tactics are so extreme that they typically lead to the destruction of the target corporation. See: Suicide. | Source
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JP
Definition: The two-character ISO 3166 country code for JAPAN. | Source
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JPY
Definition: The ISO 4217 currency code for the Japanese Yen. | Source
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Jumbo Loan
Definition: Loans of $1 billion or more. Or, loans that exceed the statutory size limit eligible for purchase or securitization by the federal agencies. | Source
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Jump Ball
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. (1) Deal in which no trading house has exclusivity (each firm is in direct competition for a piece of business); (2) no preference in picking a particular side (buy/sell) of a stock as profile, indicated during the block call, indicate that the sales force could have the stock either way. | Source
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Junior Issue
Definition: A debt or equity issue from one corporation over which the issue of another firm takes precedence with respect to dividends, interest, principal, or security in the event of liquidation. | Source
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Junior Mortgage
Definition: A mortgage that will be satisfied only after more senior mortgages have been satisfied. E.g., a first mortgage will be satisfied prior to a second or a third mortgage. | Source
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Junior Mortgage
Definition: Any mortgage of lessor priority than a first mortgage. Second mortgages, third mortgages, and most home equity loans are junior mortgages. | Source
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Junior Refunding
Definition: Issuing of new securities to refinance government debt that matures in one to five years. | Source
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