1. As per the Uniform Commercial Code, a person who holds a check endorsed by another is the presumed legal owner; a person who accepts a 3rd party check is a holder .......... due course and holds the legal title to this instrument irrespective of any prior claim.

2. We focus on a previously unexplored but intuitive measure of trading activity: the aggregate daily order .......... on the New York Stock Exchange; this in either direction, either excess buy or sell orders, reduces liquidity.

3. The .......... ratio is the ratio of the alpha component (that attributable to the manager's luck or skill) of the total investment returns to the standard deviation of these alpha returns.

4. A .......... loan is one where the borrower plans to pay off his mortgage or automobile loan in a big chunk at the end after a set number of small regular interim payments.

5. The initial .......... requirements are that a company must exhibit specified minimum thresholds for shareholder and publicly-traded share numbers, stock price, and total market value, and after it begins trading, the company must continue to meet other standards required by the exchanges.

6. At any specific time, there are simultaneous trades in many different calls and puts-- different in strike price and delivery month; .......... delivery months are typically identical to those of the underlying futures contract.

7. If you are married but want to ensure that you are responsible for paying only your own tax, this does not mean that you can go back to using the 'single' rates which were applicable before you got married; instead, each spouse must use the ' .......... filing separately' rates.

8. Investors must use their intelligence in formulating their financial policies and also in any associated details, including choosing a reputable broker to execute their orders: deal only with the NYSE unless you have compelling reasons to use .......... firm.

9. An .......... analyzes the financial consequences of risk, using financial theory, statistics and mathematics to consider possible future events, especially those of interest for pension and insurance programs.

10. A Tax Deed is normally a .......... title, extinguishing all other encumbrances on the title, such as leases, utility bills, mechanics' liens, and so forth.