National Securities Exchange
A "national securities exchange" is a securities exchange that has registered with the SEC under Section 6 of the Securities…
Nationally Recognized Municipal Securities Information Repositories (NRMSIRs)
Prior to July 1, 2009, a Nationally Recognized Municipal Securities Information Repository (NRMSIR) was an entity, designated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to which an issuer of…
Net Asset Value
"Net asset value," or "NAV," of an investment company is the company's total assets minus its total…
Net Income
The profit earned by a company after all expenses and taxes have been deducted from revenue. A simple way to think about net income is it’s the price of…
No Action Letters
An individual or entity who is not certain whether a particular product, service, or action would constitute a violation of the federal securities law may request a "no-action" letter from the SEC…
No-Expense or Zero-Expense Funds
Some funds call themselves “no-expense” or “zero-expense” funds or emphasize their low expense ratios without mentioning other costs investors pay—either directly or indirectly— when investing in the…
No-load Fund
A fund that does not charge any type of sales load. But not every type of shareholder fee is a "sales load," and a no-load fund may charge fees that are not sales loads. No-load funds also charge…