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Resting Order
Definition: A limit order to buy at a price below or to sell at a price above the prevailing market that is being held by a floor broker. Such orders may either be day orders or open orders.
Restricted
Definition: Placed on a list that dictates that the trader may not maintain positions, solicit business, or provide indications in a stock, but may serve as broker in agency trades after being properly cleared. Traders are so restricted due to investment bank involvement with the company on nonpublic activity (i.e., mergers and acquisitions defense), affiliate ownership, or underwriting activities; signified on the Quotron by a flashing "R." A restricted list and the stocks on it should never be conveyed to anyone outside of the trading areas, much less outside the firm. See: Grey list.
Restricted Account
Definition: A margin account without enough equity to meet the initial margin requirement that is restricted from any purchases until the requirement is fulfilled.
Restricted Securities
Definition: The term used under Rule 144 for securities issued privately by the company, without the benefit of a registration statement. Restricted securities are subject to a holding period before they can be sold under Rule 144.
Restricted Stock
Definition: Stock that must be traded in compliance with special SEC regulations concerning its purchase and resale. These restrictions generally result from affiliate ownership, M&A activity, and underwriting activity. Many firms are now using restricted stock as a reward for employees. The advantages to restricted stock are: employees get dividends, employees usually get voting rights, and employee gets something even if the stock price drops over the vesting period (whereas an option would be worthless).
Restricted Stock Award
Definition: Grants of shares of stock subject to restrictions on sale and risk of forfeiture until vested by continued employment. Restricted stock typically vests in increments over a period of several years. Dividends or dividend equivalent rights may be paid, and award holders may have voting rights, during the restricted period.
Restricted Stock Units
Definition: Similar to restricted stock. However, the unit represents a promise that employees will receive stock in the future. The units do not pay dividends until the stock is vested.
Restricted Surplus
Definition: A portion of retained earnings not allowed by law to be used for the payment of dividends.
Restrictive Covenants
Definition: Provisions that place constraints on the operations of borrowers, such as restrictions on working capital, fixed assets, future borrowing, and payment of dividends.
Restrictive Endorsement
Definition: An endorsement signature on the back of a check that specifies the conditions under which the check can be transferred or paid out.
Restructuring
Definition: The reorganization of a company in order to attain greater efficiency and to adapt to new markets. Major corporate restructuring transactions include mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, spin-offs, equity carve-outs, liquidations and reorganizations.
Resyndication Limited Partnership
Definition: The sale of existing properties to new limited partners, so that they can receive the tax advantages that are no longer available to the old partners.
Retail
Definition: Individual and institutional customers as opposed to dealers and brokers.
Retail Credit
Definition: Credit granted by a firm to consumers for the purchase of goods or services. See: consumer credit.
Retail Customer
Definition: A customer that does not qualify as an eligible contract participant under Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act. An individual with total assets that do not exceed $10 million, or $5 million if the individual is entering into an agreement, contract, or transaction to manage risk, would be considered a retail customer.
Retail House
Definition: A brokerage firm that caters to individual customers rather than large institutions.
Retail Investors
Definition: Small individual investors who commit capital for their personal account rather than on behalf of another company. Social media and mobile apps have empowered this group significantly in recent years.
Retail Price
Definition: The total price charged for a product sold to a customer, which includes the manufacturer's cost plus a retail markup.
Retained Earnings
Definition: Accounting earnings that are retained by the firm for reinvestment in its operations; earnings that are not paid out as dividends.
Retained Earnings Statement
Definition: A statement of all transactions affecting the balance of a company's retained earnings account.
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