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Fee	A commission or charge for services
Fictitious Trading	Wash trading, bucketing, cross trading, or other schemes that gives the appearance of trading when no bona fide, competitive trade has occurred
Financial Brokers	Financial institutions or entities that perform the brokerage function
Floating-Rate Preferred Stock	Preferred stock whose yield varies with an index, the index may be a market interest rate, the issuer's credit standing, or the issuer's financial position; also called adjustable-rate preferred stock
Floating Supply of Securities	The portion of the listed stocks or bonds of a corporation that is available for trading and speculation
Floor	The facility of an exchange where brokers engage in trading; a price established below which others are not acceptable or allowed; a minimum on the interest rate in a contract or on a market value for inventory items, and other events
Floor Broker	A person eligible to execute a customer order on the trading floor in an exchange
Floor Trader	Professionals on the trading floor of an exchange
Fluctuating Principle	The principle of selection of securities on the basis of their range of fluctuation in market prices over a full business cycle. The extent of such fluctuation determines the suitability of specific securities for defensive (for greatest stability), as compared with suitability for aggressive purposes (properly timed commitments for profit from a wide range of fluctuation)
Fluctuation	The variation of prices up and down. A chart of daily fluctuations can reveal the trend in prices over time
Forecast	A statistical technique that has wide applicability in business. Forecasting requires making judgments about future events based on an analysis of past events and factors that might affect those events in the future
Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share	The amount of current earnings per share reflecting the maximum dilution that would have resulted from conversion, exercise, and other contingent issuances that individually would have decreased earnings per share and in the aggregate would have had a dilutive effect
Fully Paid Stock	Stock fully paid for upon which no further subscription installments are due
Fundamental Conditions	The underlying economic factors upon which the state of business, either active or inactive, moderate or dull, prosperous or depressed, is ascertained TOP

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