1. Trading in the shares of a company based on information before it is made public (10)
3. Any 12 month period that a company uses for accounting purposes (10)
5. An illegal activity where a stockbroker buys or sells shares in his/her own name while taking advantage of advance knowledge of pending orders from his customers (12)
6. A contractual agreement to buy or sell a specified quantity to buy or sell a specified quantity of a commodity, currency or shares at a specified price on a fixed date in the future (7)
8. The cash denomination of a debt instrument (9)
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2. A bond in which both interest and the principal on the bond are sure of being paid either by the parent company of the issuing company or by a better known and more creditworthy institution (10)
4. Shares of a company which is registering higher than average earnings per share, faster than its industry or the overall market and is expected to continue with this climb (6)
5. A price that is neither rising nor declining (4)
6. The total number issued by a listed company that are owned and available for trading (5)
7. A strategy used to eliminate or reduce the risks of loss that could be brought about by adverse price movements of a security by making an investment in a related security (5)