# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z      Home  Sub Categories   Accounting   Banking   Bonds   Brokers   Economy   Futures   Mutual Funds   Options   Real Estate   Retirement   Stocks   Taxes   Technical Analysis 1%/10 net 30 1%/10 net 30 represent payment terms for a commercial transaction.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1%-10-net-30.htm 10-K The 10-K is a report that publicly traded companies must  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/10-k.htm 10-Q A 10-Q is a quarterly report required by the SEC  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/10-q.htm 10-year Treasury Note A 10-year Treasury Note represents debt owed by the United  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/10-year-treasury-note.htm 1031 exchange For tax purposes, a 1031 exchange is a real estate  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1031-exchange.htm 1035 exchange 1035 exchange refers to the provision of the US tax  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1035-exchange.htm 1040 Form The 1040 form is the Internal Revenue Service form that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1040-form.htm 1040A Form The 1040A form is a shorter and more simple version  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1040a-form.htm 1040EZ Form The 1040EZ form is the easiest (hence the name) of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1040ez-form.htm 1040PC Form Introduced by in 1993, the IRS designed 1040PC form to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1040pc-form.htm 1099 The 1099 form is the Internal Revenue Service’s tax form  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1099.htm 1099b Form 1099B (“Proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange”) is used  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1099b.htm 1099R Form 1099R is an IRS form reporting a taxpayer's distributions  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/1099r.htm 11th District Cost of Funds Index The 11th District Cost of Funds Index (COFI) is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/11th-district-cost-of-funds-index.htm 12b-1 12b-1 refers to the fees mutual funds pay for marketing  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/12b-1.htm 12B-1 Fees 12B-1 fees are fees charged by mutual fund companies to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/12b-1-fees.htm 144 144 refers to SEC Rule 144 which allows restricted securities  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/144.htm 144a 144a is an SEC rule that modifies the two year  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/144a.htm 19c3 stock A 19c3 stock is a stock that is listed on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/19c3-stock.htm 20-F A foreign private issuer of securities is required to file  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/20-f.htm 2nd mortgage A 2nd mortgage is any property loan which is placed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/2nd-mortgage.htm 30-Year Treasury Bond The 30-year Treasury Bond is a debt obligation issued by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/30-year-treasury-bond.htm 3C1 The 3C1 is a section of the Investment Company Act  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/3c1.htm 3C7 The 3C7 is a section of the Investment Company Act  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/3c7.htm 401(k) Plan A 401(k) plan is a deferred compensation plan used for  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/401(k)-plan.htm 401a A 401a is a retirement plan that employers set up  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/401a.htm 403(b) Plan A 403(b) plan, named for section 403(b) of the Internal  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/403(b)-plan.htm 408(k) plan A 408(k) plan is an employer-maintained retirement plan, often referred  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/408(k)-plan.htm 457 Plan Similar to a 401K and a 403B plan and based  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/457-plan.htm 52-week high The 52-week high is the highest price that a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/52-week-high.htm 52-week low The 52-week low is the lowest price that a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/52-week-low.htm 529 Plan A 529 plan is an education savings plan overseen by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/529-plan.htm 6-k A 6-k is a Form 6-k or “Report of Foreign  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/6-k.htm 72 rule The 72 rule is a formula that calculates how long  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/72-rule.htm 8-K Form 8-K is a report that publicly traded companies must  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/8-k.htm AAII AAII stands for the American Association of Individual Investors. 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B2B describes a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/b2b.htm B2C B2C is the abbreviation for business-to-consumer electronic commerce. 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On Black  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/black-friday.htm Black Monday Black Monday, or October 19, 1987, was the day of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/black-monday.htm Black Tuesday Black Tuesday refers to October 29, 1929. Black Tuesday  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/black-tuesday.htm Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model predicts an option’s price given  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/black-scholes-option-pricing-model.htm blow-off top A blow-off top refers to an extremely fast spike up  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/blow-off-top.htm blue chip stock Blue chip stock is equity in the securities of high  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/blue-chip-stock.htm blue-collar Blue-collar is a workplace designation that defines an employee who  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/blue-collar.htm Board of Directors Board of directors refers to a group of people that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/board-of-directors.htm Board of Governors A Board of Governors is the collective name given to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/board-of-governors.htm Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing the activities  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/board-of-trustees.htm boardroom The boardroom is the executive conference room designed as the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/boardroom.htm boiler room Boiler room is an unflattering term used to describe a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/boiler-room.htm boilerplate Boilerplate is standard generic verbiage which is repeated verbatim in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/boilerplate.htm bonds A bond is a financial instrument that is purchased by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bonds.htm book value Book value has two accounting meanings. Book value is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/book-value.htm book-to-bill ratio The book-to-bill ratio measures the relationship between orders received and  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/book-to-bill-ratio.htm bookings Although the term bookings has multiple meanings, in the financial  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bookings.htm boom A boom refers to a rising financial market. Another term  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/boom.htm bottom fisher A bottom fisher is an investor who attempts to buy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bottom-fisher.htm bottom line Bottom line is an informal term for net income. It  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bottom-line.htm bourse A bourse is a European financial market. Based on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bourse.htm break-even analysis Break-even analysis is a managerial tool used in business to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/break-even-analysis.htm break-even point The break-even point for any investment is the price at  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/break-even-point.htm bridge loan A bridge loan is a temporary source of financing intended  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bridge-loan.htm broker loan rate The broker loan rate, also known as the call money  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/broker-loan-rate.htm broker recommendation A broker recommendation is an opinion given by a broker  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/broker-recommendation.htm broker/dealer A broker/dealer is an individual or a firm which is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/broker-dealer.htm brokerage Brokerage refers to a licensed firm or an individual (known  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/brokerage.htm brokerage house A brokerage house is a place from which a broker  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/brokerage-house.htm bubble In markets, a bubble is an extended period of extreme  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bubble.htm bull A bull is an investor who purchases a financial instrument  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bull.htm business day The business day is defined as any of the days  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/business-day.htm business model A business model is the way or ways that a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/business-model.htm business plan A business plan defines a business and its goals.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/business-plan.htm business-to-business Business-to-business, or B2B, describes a transaction, product or service, or  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/business-to-business.htm business-to-consumer Business-to-consumer, or B2C describes a transaction, product or service, or  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/business-to-consumer.htm buy on close A buy on close order is an order to buy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buy-on-close.htm buy on opening A buy on opening order is an order to your  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buy-on-opening.htm buy order A buy order is an order to buy a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buy-order.htm buyer's market A buyer's market is any market in which there are  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buyer's-market.htm buying on margin When investors engage in buying on margin, they borrow money  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buying-on-margin.htm buyout A buyout is an investment transaction in which a company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buyout.htm C2C C2C is the abbreviation for consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce. C2C  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/c2c.htm calendar year Calendar year defines the year as designated by the Gregorian  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/calendar-year.htm call A call is a type of option contract. A  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/call.htm call option A call option is an option contract that gives the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/call-option.htm call price The call price is the price at which an issuer  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/call-price.htm cancelled check A cancelled check is a check that has been approved  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cancelled-check.htm candlestick charts Candlestick charts plot stock price data. 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A capital  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-gains-tax.htm capital goods In a basic sense, capital goods are goods used for  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-goods.htm Capital Loss A capital loss is a decrease in the value of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-loss.htm capital stock Capital stock is stock authorized for issue by the charter  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-stock.htm capitalism Capitalism is a market-driven economy, characterized by private ownership and  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capitalism.htm capitalization The market capitalization (market cap) of a company is the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capitalization.htm cash Cash consists of paper currency and coins. 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