Financial Dictionary - Mark Berch:

Federal Reserve Bank
One of the 12 member banks constituting the Federal Reserve System that is responsible for overseeing the commercial and savings banks of its region to ensure their compliance with regulation.

On the take
Used in the context of general equities. Price moving upward, because more buyers are taking offerings, causing offerings to vanish and be replaced by higher ones. Antithesis of come in, get hit. Mark E. Berch

International bonds
A collective term that refers to global bonds, Eurobonds, and foreign bonds. Mark Berch

Joint stock company
A form of business organization that falls between a corporation and a partnership. The company sells stock, and its shareholders are free to sell their stock, but shareholders are liable for all debts of the company.

Mark E. Berch:No-brainer
A market in which it does not take very complex analysis to figure out how securities are going to perform, such as a strong bull market.

Regional stock exchanges
Organized national securities exchanges located outside of New York City and registered with the SEC They include: the Boston, Cincinnati, Intermountain (Salt Lake City-dormant, owned by COMEX), Midwest (Chicago), Pacific (Los Angeles and San Francisco), Philadelphia (Philadelphia and Miami), and Spokane (local mining and Canadian issues, non-reporting trades) Stock Exchanges.

Original margin
The margin needed to cover a specific new position. Related: Margin, security deposit (initial).Mark E. Berch

Risk factor
In arbitrage pricing theory or the multibeta capital asset pricing model, the set of common factors that impact returns, e.g., market return, interest rates, inflation, or industrial production.

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