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Retail Investors: Small individual investors who commit capital for their personal account rater than on behalf of another company.

Retail Credit: Credit granted by a firm to consumers for the purchase of goods or services. See: consumer credit.

Retail: Individual and institutional customers as opposed to dealers and brokers.

Retail House: A brokerage firm that caters to individual customers rather than large institutions.

Retail Inventory Method: A procedure for estimating the dollar amount of ending inventory: the ending inventory at retail prices is converted to a cost basis by using a ratio of the cost and the retail prices of goo . . . View Full Definition

Retail Price: The total price charged for a product sold to a customer, which includes the manufacturer's cost plus a retail markup.

American Association Of Individual Investors (AAII): The goal of this independent, nonprofit organization is teaching individual investors how to manage their assets effectively. Headquartered in Chicago, the AAII offers publications, seminars . . . View Full Definition

Retail Property: Income-producing property from which various types of retail products are sold.

National Association Of Investors Corporation: A Michigan-based association that helps groups establish investment clubs.

Institutional Investors: Service that assembles analysts' estimates of future earnings for thousands of publicly traded companies, detailing how many estimates are available for each company and the high, low, and a . . . View Full Definition