Securities Arbitration Commentator, Inc.
 

Glossary of Terms


To enable you to read and interpret SAC ARBchek reports, SAC has prepared this list of definitions, codes, and abbreviations that are unique to SAC's encoding procedures. Commonly used or self-evident abbreviations are not included.  We have attempted to provide an exhaustive list.  If we have overlooked a definition or abbreviation, or if you still need clarification of a term, please call us at 973-761-5880 or e-mail us at help@sacarbitration.com.

*NOTE: All damage amounts with a decimal point need to be multiplied by 1000.
               Example:  10.0 = $10,000.00

Forum Codes

A AMEX American Stock Exchange
C CBOE Chicago Board Options Exchange
F NFA National Futures Association
J JAMS Judges in Arbitration and Mediation Services
M MSRB Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
N FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
N NASD National Association of Securities Dealers
P PCX Pacific Exchange (n/k/a NYSE Arca)
S   Court Annexed
T CBOT Chicago Board of Trade
W MSE Midwest Stock Exchange
X PHLX Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Y NYSE New York Stock Exchange
Z AAA American Arbitration Association

Broker Dealer Firms

DLJ Secs Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.  
DWR Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., Morgan Stanley DW, Inc.
Everen Everen Securities, Inc., First Union Securities, Inc., Wachovia Securities, Inc.
MLPFS Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith
PruBache (PSI)   Prudential Securities, Inc. (Prudential-Bache Securities), Wachovia Securities, Inc.
PWI  PaineWebber, Inc., UBS Financial Services, Inc.
SLH  Smith Barney, Inc. (Shearson/American Express, Shearson Lehman Bros., Smith Barney Shearson, and Salomon Smith Barney), Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
TMcK   Thomson McKinnon Securities

Abbreviations

*

used where the Award should have provided but did not provide required information

0 in Amount Claimed Fields, including Counterclaim, Third Party Claim, and Cross-claim Fields used where the amount could not have been known or was a discretionary number to be provided by the arbitrators at the end of the hearing
1 in Amount Claimed and  Amount Awarded Fields amount not quantifiable, or resolution  is other than monetary award; i.e., declaratory judgment, rescission (a 1 here signifies a damage theory and prevents duplication of claimed damage numbers), judgment of non-liability, reformation of Form U-5, etc.

Copyright © 2008 FINRA 2007 - SAC 2007.  All rights reserved. Please read:  Privacy Policy   Terms of Use