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Across 1. securities investor protections corporation; an organization that protects investors against the financial failure of brokerage firms 5. an order to buy or sell a security at the best price available at the time it is placed 8. prices go down in the market which are normally associated with investor pessimism and economic slowdowns 13. an order to either buy a security at a specified or lower price or to sell a security at or above a specified price 15. the process of choosing securities with dissimilar risk-return characteristics in order to create a portfolio that provided an acceptable level of return and an acceptable exposure to risk 17. a broker with low overhead who charges low commissions and offers few or no services to investors 18. involves agents or intermediaries in purchase and sale transactions to facilitate price discovery and transacting the execution 19. they buy and sell securities for their customers 20. exchanged traded notes, senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security by an underwriting bank 21. New York Stock Exchange, is a stock exchange located in NYC that is the largest equities based exchange in the world

Down 2. initial public offering; refers to the process of offering shares of private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance 3. a condition normally associated with investor optimism, economic recovery, and expansion; characterized by generally rising securities prices 4. these are liabilities, they are IOUs of the issuers 6. a collection of securities assembled for the purpose of meeting common investment goals 7. documents contain a wealth of information about companies, describing the firm's business activities, recent developments, and future plans and outlook 9. an order to sell a stock when the market price reaches or drops below a specified level 10. an investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed 11. electronic traded funds; are similar to mutual funds in that they represent portfolios of securities 12. is an amount charged by a broker to execute transactions or provide specialized services 14. a financial market mechanism wherein multiple dealers post prices at which they will buy or sell a specific security or instrument 16. a procedure used to settle disputes between a brokerage firm and its clients;