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Date of Record	Date on which ownership of shares is recognized in terms of who will receive dividends or be eligible to vote shares in an election
Daylight Trading	Transactions for the purchase of a security balanced by transactions for the sale of such security within the course of a single trading session; short sales effected and covered on the same day
Day Order	An order good for the day only; an order placed with a broker for execution on the day it is given, after which it is automatically cancelled
Day Trade	A trade in security or financial instrument that occurs during the same trading session
Dealer	In securities transactions, any person who buys and sells securities for his/her own account in the ordinary course of business
Dealer Activity	Operations within an institution responsible for trading
Declaration Date	Date on which the board of directors announces the intention to pay a dividend, the declaration creating a liability for the corporation
Declaration of Dividends	Dividends on stock declared by a board of directors of a corporation that determines the amount and date of the disbursement
Dividend	The proportion of the earnings of a corporation distributed to stockholders, representing their profits in the enterprise, usually declared at regular intervals, the disbursements of which can be cash, regular or irregular and extra, script, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing; stock; and property
Dividend Capture	The practice of buying stock, often utilities, on the cum-dividend date and selling it on the ex-dividend date with the purpose of getting the declared dividend and for tax reasons
Dividend/Price Ratio	The dividend per share divided by the market price per share and multiplied by 100; a measure also called the dividend yield when it is quoted in percentage terms
Dividends In Arrears	The accumulated unpaid dividends on cumulative preferred stock from prior years
Dividend Warrant	An order to pay a dividend to a stockholder
Dividend Yield	The ratio of the current dividend on a stock to the current price of the stock
Donated Stock	Stock that, having been originally issued and fully paid, has been given back to or reacquired by a corporation by its promoters or stockholders, representing a part of their holdings, especially when the stock has been issued in payment of services
Dow Jones Industrial Average	The most widely recognized stock market index; consists of 30 of the largest American corporations TOP

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