Share Certificate

A share certificate (also called a stock certificate) is a written paper document that proves legal ownership of a specified number of a company’s…

Shadow Pricing

Overview Shadow pricing is the practice of assigning a monetary value to goods, services, or externalities that do not have an observable market price.…

Special Economic Zone Sez

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are geographically delimited areas inside a country where business and trade rules differ from the national legal framework. They are…

Severance Pay

Severance pay is compensation and/or benefits an employer gives an employee when the employment relationship ends because of layoffs, job elimination, company restructuring, or…

Service Sector

A comprehensive guide with practical steps for businesses, workers, policymakers, and investors Key takeaways – The service sector (tertiary sector) produces intangible goods—services—rather than…

Service Charge

A service charge (also called a service fee) is a fee added to the price of a product or transaction to cover services related…

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Serp

A Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) is a non‑qualified deferred compensation arrangement an employer creates to provide additional retirement benefits to select executives or…

Series Ee Bond

A Series EE bond is a U.S. Treasury savings bond that is non‑marketable (cannot be bought or sold on an open market), interest‑bearing, and…

Series 910

Series 9/10 (the General Securities Sales Supervisor qualification) is a FINRA-administered, two-part exam and license that qualifies an individual to supervise sales activities at…

Series 66

Overview – The Series 66 (Uniform Combined State Law Examination) is a NASAA-designed exam used to qualify individuals as investment adviser representatives (IARs) and…