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ANTITRUST LAWS: A series of laws passed by the U. S. government that tries to maintain competition and prevent businesses from getting a monopoly or otherwise obtaining and exerting market control. The first of these, the Sherman Antitrust Act, was passed in 1890. Two others, the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, were enacted in 1914. These laws impose all sorts of restrictions on business ownership, control, mergers, pricing, and how businesses go about competing (or cooperating) with each other.
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AD VALOREM TAX A tax specified as a percentage of the price or value of a good, service, asset, or other activity. Ad valorem taxes tend to be broad based, imposed on activities such as income and retail sales. In fact, the two most important ad valorem taxes are income taxes and sales taxes. People pay a percentage of their incomes in income taxes or a percentage or the value of their purchases in sales taxes, regardless of the amount of time spent working or the quantities of goods purchases. An alternative is a per unit tax, with is a tax specified as a percentage of the physical quantity of a good.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a crowded estate auction trying to buy either a birthday gift for your aunt or a pair of leather sandals that won't cause blisters. Be on the lookout for cardboard boxes.
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A scripophilist is one who collects rare stock and bond certificates, usually from extinct companies.
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"Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick. " -- John Wayne, actor
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T-BOND
Treasury Bond
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