Categories    # 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 Stocks Home » Stocks 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 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 30-Day Wash Rule The 30-day wash rule is an IRS rule prohibiting the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/30-day-wash-rule.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 423b A 423b plan refers to an employee stock purchase plan  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/423b.htm 52-Week Low The 52-week low is the lowest price that a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/52-week-low.htm 6-K A 6-k is a Form 6-k or "Report of Foreign  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/6-k.htm 8-K Form 8-K is a report that publicly traded companies must  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/8-k.htm Absolute Return Absolute return measures the actual percentage return of an asset  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/absolute-return.htm Accredited Personal Financial Planning Specialist Accredited Personal Financial Planning Specialist is a professional title available  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/accredited-personal-financial-planning-specialist.htm Accrued Dividend An accrued dividend is remuneration owed by a company to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/accrued-dividend.htm Acquisition In a broad sense, an acquisition takes place when one  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/acquisition.htm Acquisition Cost Acquisition cost is the pretax amount of money it costs  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/acquisition-cost.htm ADR An American Depository Receipt (ADR) is a negotiable, registered certificate  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/adr.htm Advance/Decline Line The advance/decline line is a technical indicator used to graph  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/advance-decline-line.htm Affiliate The term affiliate can be defined in two different ways  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/affiliate.htm After Hours Trading After hours trading refers to stock trades that occur outside  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/after-hours-trading.htm After-Hours Trading After-hours trading is stock trading which takes place after the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/after-hours-trading.htm Aftermarket The aftermarket, also called the secondary market, is the market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/aftermarket.htm All Ordinaries All Ordinaries or "All Ords" is the name for the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/all-ordinaries.htm Allocation In general, allocation means to distribute according to some plan.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/allocation.htm American Association of Individual Investors American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) is a Chicago-based, investor  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/american-association-of-individual-investors.htm American Depositary Receipt An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is a negotiable certificate that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/american-depositary-receipt.htm American Stock Exchange The American Stock Exchange is one of the largest organized  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/american-stock-exchange.htm AMEX AMEX is the American Stock Exchange. AMEX is sometimes  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/amex.htm AMEX Composite Index The AMEX Composite Index is an index that reflects the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/amex-composite-index.htm Angel In the financial world, the term angel is short for  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/angel.htm Angel Investor An angel investor is a private investor who provides capital  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/angel-investor.htm Announcement Date Most commonly, the announcement date is the date on which  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/announcement-date.htm Annual Report An annual report is a document that the SEC requires  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/annual-report.htm Annual Return The annual return of an investment is the amount gained  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/annual-return.htm Appraisal An appraisal is a professional evaluation of the current market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/appraisal.htm Appraiser An appraiser is a person educated and trained to set  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/appraiser.htm APT The term APT generally refers to the arbitrage pricing theory.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/apt.htm Arbitrage Arbitrage is a financial transaction that involves a simultaneous purchase  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arbitrage.htm Arbitrage Pricing Theory Arbitrage pricing theory (APT) posits that investors can predict the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arbitrage-pricing-theory.htm Arbitrageur An arbitrageur is an individual or an organization that engages  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arbitrageur.htm Arm's Length Transaction An arm's length transaction is a transaction, often between two  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arm's-length-transaction.htm Ask Price The ask price is the lowest price at which an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ask-price.htm Asset Allocation Asset allocation is the dividing of one's investment portfolio among  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-allocation.htm Asset Allocation Fund An asset allocation fund is a single mutual fund that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-allocation-fund.htm Asset Management Asset management can refer to the primary activity of a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-management.htm Asset Turnover Asset turnover is an efficiency ratio used in financial analysis  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-turnover.htm Asset/Equity Ratio The asset/equity ratio shows the relationship of the total assets  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-equity-ratio.htm At the Bell At the bell refers to the traditional opening or closing  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/at-the-bell.htm At the Close An at the close order is either a market order  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/at-the-close.htm At the Market An at the market order is an order to buy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/at-the-market.htm At the Opening Order An at the opening order is a way for an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/at-the-opening-order.htm Auction An auction is a method of asset sale by competitive  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/auction.htm Auction Market An auction market is a market wherein buyers and sellers  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/auction-market.htm Average Daily Volume Average Daily Volume is the cumulative number of shares traded  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/average-daily-volume.htm Baby Bells Baby bells, or Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), were essentially  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/baby-bells.htm Balanced Fund A balanced fund is a mutual fund that invests in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/balanced-fund.htm Balanced Investment Strategy A balanced investment strategy is an investment approach that tries  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/balanced-investment-strategy.htm Bankrupt To be bankrupt is to be insolvent, or in bankruptcy.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bankrupt.htm Bankruptcy Bankruptcy refers to the filing of a petition with the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bankruptcy.htm Bear Bears are market participants who expect the market to decline.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bear.htm Bear Market A bear market is a market in which prices decline  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bear-market.htm Bear Trap A bear trap occurs when a declining market reverses direction,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bear-trap.htm Bell In a financial exchange, the sound of the bell indicates  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bell.htm Bellwether A bellwether stock is a stock that is generally viewed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bellwether.htm Bid In practical terms, the bid is the available price at  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bid.htm Bid/Ask Spread The bid/ask spread is the difference between the price sellers  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bid-ask-spread.htm Big Board Big Board is the nickname of the New York Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/big-board.htm Black Friday Black Friday refers to September 24, 1869. 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 Blue Chip Stock Blue chip stock is equity in the securities of high  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/blue-chip-stock.htm Board of Directors Board of directors refers to a group of people that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/board-of-directors.htm Boardroom The boardroom is the executive conference room designed as the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/boardroom.htm Book Value Book value has two accounting meanings. Book value is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/book-value.htm Bottom Fisher A bottom fisher is an investor who attempts to buy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bottom-fisher.htm Bourse A bourse is a European financial market. Based on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bourse.htm Broker Recommendation A broker recommendation is an opinion given by a broker  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/broker-recommendation.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 Buyout A buyout is an investment transaction in which a company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/buyout.htm Call Price The call price is the price at which an issuer  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/call-price.htm Capital Appreciation Capital appreciation is defined as any increase in the market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-appreciation.htm Capital Appreciation Fund A capital appreciation fund is a mutual fund that is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-appreciation-fund.htm Capital Gain A capital gain is an increase in the value of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-gain.htm Capital Gains Distribution A capital gains distribution is a distribution of income from  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-gains-distribution.htm Capital Gains Tax Capital gains are subject to capital gains tax. A capital  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-gains-tax.htm Capital Stock Capital stock is stock authorized for issue by the charter  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-stock.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. In the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cash.htm Cash Dividend A cash dividend is the distribution of a company's profits  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cash-dividend.htm CBOE The CBOE, or Chicago Board Options Exchange, was founded in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cboe.htm CBOE Gold Index CBOE Gold Index stands for the Chicago Board Options Exchange  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cboe-gold-index.htm CDR Counterparty Risk Index The CDR counterparty risk index is a measure of credit  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cdr-counterparty-risk-index.htm CEO CEO or chief executive officer is a bureaucratic position that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ceo.htm Certified Financial Planner Certified Financial Planner, or CFP, is a financial professional who  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/certified-financial-planner.htm CFA CFA stands for Chartered Financial Analyst, a professional designation given  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cfa.htm CFO CFO, or Chief Financial Officer, is senior corporate officer with  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cfo.htm CFP CFP is short for certified financial planner, which is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cfp.htm Chairman of the Board The Chairman of the Board is a senior corporate figure  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chairman-of-the-board.htm Chartered Financial Analyst A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is an investment professional who  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chartered-financial-analyst.htm Chartist A chartist is an investor who attempts to predict market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chartist.htm Chasing the Market An investor who is chasing the market purchases securities after  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chasing-the-market.htm Chief Operating Officer A chief operating officer is an executive who is responsible  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chief-operating-officer.htm Churning Churning means excessive buying and selling in a client's account  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/churning.htm Circuit Breaker The stock market circuit breaker has the same purpose as  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/circuit-breaker.htm Class A Shares Class A shares of stock are generally thought of as  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/class-a-shares.htm Class B Shares Class B shares are a classification of common stock that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/class-b-shares.htm Class C Shares Class C shares are a common class of mutual funds.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/class-c-shares.htm Closing Bell The closing bell is a signal which marks the end  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/closing-bell.htm Closing Price The closing price of a stock is the price of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/closing-price.htm COMEX Commodity Exchange Inc. (COMEX) was established in 1933 through the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/comex.htm Commercial Hedger A commercial hedger is a corporation that attempts to stabilize  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/commercial-hedger.htm Commission A commission is a fee paid to a third party  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/commission.htm Commodity Exchange A commodity exchange is a market organized to allow for  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/commodity-exchange.htm Commodity Index A commodity index tracks the price of various types of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/commodity-index.htm Common Stock Common stock is a security representing a legal claim to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/common-stock.htm Composite A composite, or composite index, is an aggregation of components  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/composite.htm Compound Annual Growth Rate The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) measures the annual change  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/compound-annual-growth-rate.htm Compound Annual Return The compound annual return shows the investment return, assuming the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/compound-annual-return.htm Compound Growth Rate The compound growth rate measures average growth of an amount  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/compound-growth-rate.htm Consensus Forecast A consensus forecast aggregates the estimates of security analysts of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/consensus-forecast.htm Consensus Recommendation The consensus recommendation is an average of analyst ratings on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/consensus-recommendation.htm Consolidated Financial Statement A consolidated financial statement presents the financial position or results  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/consolidated-financial-statement.htm Contrarian Simply put, a contrarian is an investor who makes investments  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/contrarian.htm Controlling Interest Controlling interest is simply an ownership status where a corporation  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/controlling-interest.htm COO COO, or Chief Operating Officer, is a member of upper  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/coo.htm Cornering the Market Cornering the market occurs when an investor or group of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cornering-the-market.htm Corporate Stock Corporate stock is the capital or monetary fund that a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/corporate-stock.htm Correction A market correction is a decline in price following an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/correction.htm Cost Basis Cost basis reflects the true cost of purchasing a financial  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cost-basis.htm Cost/Benefit Analysis Cost/benefit analysis is a process of quantifying the most economically  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cost-benefit-analysis.htm Counterparty Risk Counterparty risk refers to the risk of default of one  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/counterparty-risk.htm Crash of 1929 The Crash of 1929 took place from September through November  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/crash-of-1929.htm Crash of 1987 The Crash of 1987, Black Monday, took place on October  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/crash-of-1987.htm CSO CSO is an abbreviation for Chief Security Officer. A  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cso.htm Cumulative Dividend A cumulative dividend is a dividend that, if the company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cumulative-dividend.htm Cumulative Total Return The cumulative total return on an investment is the total  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cumulative-total-return.htm Current Market Value The current market value of a stock is its most  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/current-market-value.htm Current Ratio Current ratio is balance-sheet financial performance measure of company liquidity.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/current-ratio.htm Current Yield Current yield is equal to a bond's annual interest payment  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/current-yield.htm Cycle A cycle is a recurring pattern, usually wavelike. In  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cycle.htm Cyclical Stock A cyclical stock is one whose profits are highly correlated  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cyclical-stock.htm Daily High The daily high is the highest price paid for a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/daily-high.htm Daily Low The daily low is the lowest price paid for an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/daily-low.htm Daisy Chaining Daisy chaining is an illegal practice undertaken by brokers and  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/daisy-chaining.htm Date of Record The date of record is the date that determines which  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/date-of-record.htm DAX 100 DAX 100 is the abbreviation for Deutscher Aktienindex 100, a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dax-100.htm Day Trader A day trader is market participant who generally closes out  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/day-trader.htm Dead Cat Bounce A dead cat bounce is any sharp rise in prices  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dead-cat-bounce.htm Debt Capital Debt capital is funds supplied by lenders that is part  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-capital.htm Debt Ratio For a company, the debt ratio indicates the relationship between  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-ratio.htm Debt Security A debt security is a written agreement to repay a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-security.htm Debt to Equity Ratio The debt to equity ratio measures the portion of the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-to-equity-ratio.htm Debt/Asset Ratio The debt/asset ratio measures the ratio of the company's assets  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-asset-ratio.htm Debt/Equity Ratio The debt/equity ratio is a capitalization ratio. The debt/equity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/debt-equity-ratio.htm Declaration Date The declaration date is one of three key dates associated  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/declaration-date.htm Defensive Investment Strategy Defensive investment strategy is an investment approach to allocating a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/defensive-investment-strategy.htm Defensive Stock A defensive stock is one whose profits are minimally impacted  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/defensive-stock.htm Deferred Stock Deferred stock is one or more shares of stock that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/deferred-stock.htm Delayed Opening A delayed opening is the intentional postponement of the opening  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/delayed-opening.htm Deleveraging Deleveraging is the unwinding of debt. Companies use leveraging  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/deleveraging.htm Delist A public company is said to delist if it ceases  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/delist.htm Depreciation Depreciation is the reduction in the value of an asset  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/depreciation.htm Depreciation and Amortization Depreciation and amortization are accounting transactions that record the loss  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/depreciation-and-amortization.htm Derivative A derivative, or derivative security, is an asset whose price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/derivative.htm Derivative Security A derivative security is an asset whose price is based  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/derivative-security.htm Diamonds DIAMONDS are Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) trading on the American Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/diamonds.htm Diluted Earnings Per Share Diluted earnings per share is earnings per share that fully  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/diluted-earnings-per-share.htm Diluted Share Diluted share is a term used in reporting earnings per  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/diluted-share.htm Dilution Dilution is the reduction of fractional ownership of each of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dilution.htm Dip A dip in the market is a decline in prices,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dip.htm Direct Purchase Program A direct purchase program allows an investor to buy stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/direct-purchase-program.htm Direct Stock Purchase Plan A direct stock purchase plan (DSP) is a company-sponsored program  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/direct-stock-purchase-plan.htm Director A director is one of a group of individuals elected  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/director.htm Disclaimer A disclaimer is a decree that formally denies legal claim  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/disclaimer.htm Disclosure Disclosure is the release of relevant information. Disclosure requirements play  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/disclosure.htm Discount Broker A discount broker is a stock broker offering low commission  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/discount-broker.htm Distress Sale A distress sale occurs when, despite non favorable selling conditions,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/distress-sale.htm Distressed Security A distressed security is a security belonging to a company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/distressed-security.htm Divest To divest is to liquidate, or sell off, one's investment  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/divest.htm Divestiture Divestiture is the sale or disposition of a business by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/divestiture.htm Dividend A dividend is a payment by a corporation to its  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividend.htm Dividend Clawback A dividend clawback is an incentive for investors to keep  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividend-clawback.htm Dividend Payout Ratio The dividend payout ratio is the percentage of a company's  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividend-payout-ratio.htm Dividend Rate The dividend rate is the amount of dividends per share  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividend-rate.htm Dividend Reinvestment Plan Under a dividend reinvestment plan (also known as a DRIP  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividend-reinvestment-plan.htm Dividend Yield The dividend yield is computed by dividing the annual dividend  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividend-yield.htm Dividends Payable Dividends payable is a liability of the firm for the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dividends-payable.htm Divisor Divisor is shorthand for the Dow Divisor. The popular Dow  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/divisor.htm DJIA The DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average), also known as the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/djia.htm Dogs of the Dow Dogs of the Dow is a popular investment strategy. The  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dogs-of-the-dow.htm Dollar Cost Averaging Dollar cost averaging is long-term investment strategy in which a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dollar-cost-averaging.htm Double Bottom A double bottom is a chart pattern created when a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/double-bottom.htm Double Taxation Double taxation occurs when a government taxes the same income  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/double-taxation.htm Double Top Double top is a term used by technical analysts to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/double-top.htm Dow The term "Dow" is usually used to mean the Dow  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow.htm Dow Dividend Theory The Dow dividend theory is a popular but simple investing  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-dividend-theory.htm Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index The Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index is an equity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-asian-titans-50-index.htm Dow Jones Averages The Dow Jones Averages refer to three price-weighted stock market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-averages.htm Dow Jones BRIC 50 Brazil Subindex The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Brazil Subindex is an global  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-brazil-subindex.htm Dow Jones BRIC 50 China Subindex The Dow Jones BRIC 50 China Subindex is an international  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-china-subindex.htm Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is an international free-float  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-index.htm Dow Jones BRIC 50 India Subindex The Dow Jones BRIC 50 India Subindex is an global  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-india-subindex.htm Dow Jones Composite Average The Dow Jones Composite Average is a combination of the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-composite-average.htm Dow Jones Composite Index The Dow Jones Composite Index is a stock market index  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-composite-index.htm Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 The Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index is an equity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-euro-stoxx-50.htm Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is a worldwide  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-global-titans-50-index.htm Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the, if  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-industrial-average.htm Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITs Index The Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITs Index is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-stoxx-global-1800-reits-index.htm Dow Jones Transportation Average The Dow Jones Transportation Average is the oldest of all  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-transportation-average.htm Dow Jones Utility Average The Dow Jones Utility Average was created after the Dow  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-utility-average.htm Downside In business jargon, downside is the risk of unfavorable outcome  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/downside.htm Downtick A downtick is a transaction that occurs at a lower  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/downtick.htm Downtrend A downtrend refers to declining prices. A downtrend can  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/downtrend.htm DRIP DRIP is the acronym for Dividend Reinvestment Plan. In  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/drip.htm Due Diligence Due diligence is a formal investigation into any proposed investment.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/due-diligence.htm Dutch Auction Dutch auction, started in Netherlands' farms, is a descending price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dutch-auction.htm Earned Income Earned income is wages, salary, tips, fees or other compensation  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earned-income.htm Earnings In everyday speech, earnings is often used interchangeably with income  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings.htm Earnings Before Interest Earnings before interest and pretax operating income and pretax operating  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-before-interest.htm Earnings Before Interest and Taxes Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is an indicator of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-before-interest-and-taxes.htm Earnings Estimate An earnings estimate is an estimate of a company's future  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-estimate.htm Earnings Growth Earnings growth is a key indicator for measuring a company's  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-growth.htm Earnings Multiple The earnings multiple of a stock, also called the price/earnings  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-multiple.htm Earnings Per Share A company's earnings per share (EPS) is determined by dividing  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-per-share.htm Earnings Report An earnings report is an official document published by a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-report.htm Earnings Surprise An earnings surprise occurs any time a stock's earnings do  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-surprise.htm Earnings Yield The earnings yield is earnings per share divided by the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/earnings-yield.htm EBIT EBIT is an acronym for Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ebit.htm Economy of Scale Economy of scale (or economies of scale) fundamentally constitutes the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/economy-of-scale.htm EDGAR EDGAR stands for the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/edgar.htm Elliott Wave Theory Elliott Wave Theory was developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/elliott-wave-theory.htm Employee Stock Ownership Plan Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), also known as stock purchase  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/employee-stock-ownership-plan.htm Employee Stock Purchase Plan An Employee Stock Purchase Plan gives employee the opportunity to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/employee-stock-purchase-plan.htm Entrepreneur An entrepreneur is someone who attempts to create a new  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/entrepreneur.htm EPS EPS is earnings per share, the net income a company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/eps.htm Equities Equities is another name for shares or stocks. To have  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/equities.htm Equity In business, equity refers to value of ownership. The  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/equity.htm Equity Market Equity market, or stock market, is a system through which  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/equity-market.htm Equity Risk Premium Equity risk premium is a premium return of the stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/equity-risk-premium.htm Ex-Dividend Ex-dividend means a stock is trading without the rights to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ex-dividend.htm Ex-Dividend Date The ex-dividend date is the date on which sellers rather  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ex-dividend-date.htm Excess Returns Excess returns are generally defined as the returns provided by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/excess-returns.htm Fair Market Value The fair market value of a stock or similar commodity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fair-market-value.htm Fair Value Fair value is a market price that both the buyer  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fair-value.htm Fairly Valued A fairly valued stock is a stock whose perceived value  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fairly-valued.htm Financial Analyst Financial analyst is a finance professional who studies and reports  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/financial-analyst.htm Flight to Quality Flight to quality refers to investors moving investments into low-risk  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/flight-to-quality.htm Float Float, also referred to as free float, is a number  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/float.htm Fortune 500 The Fortune 500 is a prestigious list of companies published  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fortune-500.htm Forward PE Forward PE means forward price-to-earnings ratio. Forward PE is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/forward-pe.htm Fractional Share A fractional share is a fraction of a share or  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fractional-share.htm FTSE The FTSE Group (pronounced "footsie") computes tens of thousands of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ftse.htm Fully Invested Being fully invested means that all assets of a trading  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fully-invested.htm Fully Valued A stock that is fully valued is priced at a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fully-valued.htm Fundamental Analysis Fundamental analysis attempts to find the actual value of a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/fundamental-analysis.htm Gain A gain is an increase in the value of an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/gain.htm Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are the rules and practices  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/generally-accepted-accounting-principles.htm Golden Handcuffs Golden handcuffs are various incentives offered to key executives to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/golden-handcuffs.htm Golden Parachute A golden parachute is an employment agreement that guarantees a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/golden-parachute.htm Good Til Canceled A good til canceled order is an order to buy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/good-til-canceled.htm Greater Fool Theory The greater fool theory says there's always someone - an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/greater-fool-theory.htm High-Tech Stock A high-tech stock is a publicly traded stock of companies  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/high-tech-stock.htm Historical Data Historical data is information about a company's past, such as  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/historical-data.htm Historical Trading Range The historical trading range is the lowest and highest price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/historical-trading-range.htm Holder of Record The holder of record is the name which appears on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/holder-of-record.htm HUI Index The HUI Index represents the symbol of the AMEX Gold  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/hui-index.htm Hyip Investment An HYIP investment is a High Yield Income Program.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/hyip-investment.htm Implied Volatility The implied volatility of an asset is an estimate of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/implied-volatility.htm In the Black In the black means to be profitable. The term in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/in-the-black.htm In the Red In the red means to record a deficit or to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/in-the-red.htm Incubator An incubator is an organization that helps a start-up business  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/incubator.htm Index An index is a hypothetical basket of securities or economic  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/index.htm Indicated Dividend The indicated dividend is the estimated cash dividends a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/indicated-dividend.htm Indicated Yield The indicated yield is the indicated dividend for a share  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/indicated-yield.htm Indicator Indicators are used by market timers to try and divine  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/indicator.htm Individual Investor An individual investor is a person who manages his/her own  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/individual-investor.htm Inefficient Market An inefficient market is one in which assets are underpriced  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inefficient-market.htm Inflation-Indexed Security An inflation-indexed security is a stock or bond whose return  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inflation-indexed-security.htm Inside Day An inside day is a day in which a stock's  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inside-day.htm Inside Information Inside information is any kind of data pertinent to the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inside-information.htm Insider Insider is an individual who is purview to corporate information  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/insider.htm Intrinsic Value The actual value of a security, as opposed to its  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/intrinsic-value.htm Inverted Yield Curve An inverted yield curve is one where the most long-term  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inverted-yield-curve.htm Investing In a business context, investing is the process of committing  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investing.htm Investment In finance and business, an investment is an asset purchased  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment.htm Investment Adviser An investment adviser is someone who recommends the best ways  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-adviser.htm Investment Club An investment club is a membership organization for investors.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-club.htm Investment Company An investment company is a firm whose business is to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-company.htm Investment Newsletter An investment newsletter is a publication designed to help investors  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-newsletter.htm Investment Return Investment return is the change in value of the investment  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-return.htm Investment Strategy An investment strategy is an investment approach taken to effectively  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-strategy.htm Investor An investor is a person or entity that purchases assets  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investor.htm IPO IPO is an acronym for Initial Public Offering. An  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ipo.htm IRA An IRA - Individual Retirement Account - is a tax-sheltered  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ira.htm IRA Rollover An IRA rollover is a lump-sum distribution deposited from an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ira-rollover.htm J Curve J curve refers to the shape of a graph used  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/j-curve.htm January Barometer The January Barometer is a theory that states that if  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/january-barometer.htm Jekyll and Hyde The term "Jekyll and Hyde" is a metaphor for internal  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jekyll-and-hyde.htm Jennifer Lopez - J. Lo Jennifer Lopez - J. Lo is a slang term used  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jennifer-lopez---j.-lo.htm JIC JIC, which stands for "just in case," is a strategy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jic.htm Jitney A jitney is a fraudulent investment practice in which two  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jitney.htm Joint Stock Company A joint stock company is a unique entity that resembles  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/joint-stock-company.htm Joint Venture In law, a joint venture, commonly abbreviated JV, is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/joint-venture.htm Jonestown Defense Jonestown defense refers to an extreme defensive tactic used by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jonestown-defense.htm Junior Junior is a term that signifies that which is younger  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/junior.htm Junior Capital Pool A junior capital pool (JCP) is a type of corporate  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-capital-pool.htm Junior Debt Junior debt is a debt (such as a bond) that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-debt.htm Junior Equity Junior equity is equity that ranks lower than some other  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-equity.htm Junior Refunding Junior refunding refers to a refinancing of government or corporate  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-refunding.htm Junior Security A junior security is a security that ranks below other  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/junior-security.htm Kangaroos Kangaroos are Australian stocks. They are so-named because of the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kangaroos.htm Keepwell Agreement A keepwell agreement is a contract between a parent company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/keepwell-agreement.htm Keiretsu A keiretsu is a group of closely related Japanese companies,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/keiretsu.htm Key Performance Indicators Key Performance Indicators or KPI are financial and non-financial metrics  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/key-performance-indicators.htm Key Person Insurance Key person insurance, also known as key man life insurance,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/key-person-insurance.htm Key Rate Duration Key rate duration measures portfolio sensitivity or security sensitivity.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/key-rate-duration.htm Kickback A kickback is a payment of money, favors, or some  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kickback.htm Kicker Generically, a kicker is a condition that causes some kind  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kicker.htm Kicking the Tires Kicking the Tires is a slang term referring to the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kicking-the-tires.htm Kill A kill is defined as a cancellation of an order  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kill.htm Killer Bee A killer bee is a party who helps a company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/killer-bee.htm Know Your Client Know your client, or "KYC", are the ethical and practice  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/know-your-client.htm Korean Composite Stock Price Indexes The Korean Composite Stock Price Indexes refers to several indicators  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/korean-composite-stock-price-indexes.htm KOSPI KOSPI is the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (or Indexes).  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kospi.htm Large Cap Large cap is short for large market capitalization, which typically  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/large-cap.htm Large-Cap Stock A large-cap stock is the stock of a company having  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/large-cap-stock.htm Lead Investor A lead investor is the primary provider of risk capital  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/lead-investor.htm Legislative Risk Legislative risk is the potential of sustaining a loss on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/legislative-risk.htm Letter of Intent A letter of intent is a document written by one  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/letter-of-intent.htm Level I Quotes Level I quotes real-time (non-delayed live) quotes of the best  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/level-i-quotes.htm Level II Quotes Level II quotes are everything included in Level I quotes  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/level-ii-quotes.htm Level III Quotes Level III quotes are everything included in Level I quotes  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/level-iii-quotes.htm Line of Credit A line of credit, also called a credit line, is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/line-of-credit.htm Liquidity Ratio A liquidity ratio measures a company's ability to pay its  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/liquidity-ratio.htm Listing Requirements Listing requirements are the criteria set by a stock exchange  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/listing-requirements.htm Loan Stock Loan stock is stock issued by a company in exchange  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/loan-stock.htm Long Position A long position in the stock market means that an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/long-position.htm Majority Ownership Majority ownership is ownership of 50% or more of another  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/majority-ownership.htm Majority Shareholder In corporate governance, a majority shareholder is a shareholder that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/majority-shareholder.htm Margin Margin is money borrowed from a broker for trading purposes.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/margin.htm Margin Account A margin account allows a trader or investor to buy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/margin-account.htm Margin Agreement A margin agreement is a securities customer agreement signed by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/margin-agreement.htm Margin Call A margin call is the demand by a brokerage that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/margin-call.htm Margin Loan A margin loan is a loan made by a broker  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/margin-loan.htm Margin Rate Margin rate has multiple financial meanings. The margin rate  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/margin-rate.htm Mark to Market Mark to market is an accounting calculation tracking the current  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/mark-to-market.htm Market Capitalization Market capitalization is the number of shares outstanding times the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/market-capitalization.htm Market Share Market share is the percentage of the total market that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/market-share.htm Mean Return Mean return for investors is the average expected return of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/mean-return.htm Micro-Cap Stock A micro-cap-stock is a stock with a very small market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/micro-cap-stock.htm Mid-Cap Stock A mid-cap (mid-capitalization) stock is issued by a corporation with  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/mid-cap-stock.htm Minority Interest Minority interest represents shares owned by third parties when Company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/minority-interest.htm Minority Ownership Minority ownership is ownership of less than 50% of a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/minority-ownership.htm Monopoly A monopoly is when one company dominates the market for  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/monopoly.htm Morningstar Rating System The Morningstar rating system evaluates mutual funds according to a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/morningstar-rating-system.htm Mr. Market Mr. Market is a metaphore created by investor Benjamine Graham.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/mr.-market.htm Multiplier In an economic model, a multiplier is a number that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/multiplier.htm Multiplier Effect The multiplier effect describes how an increase in some economic  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/multiplier-effect.htm Mutual Fund A mutual fund is an investment company designed to pool  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/mutual-fund.htm Nasdaq As the world's largest electronic stock market, Nasdaq executes hundreds  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nasdaq.htm Nasdaq 100 Index The Nasdaq 100 Index is an index representing the top  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nasdaq-100-index.htm Nasdaq Composite Index Launched in 1971, the NASDAQ Composite Index is based on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nasdaq-composite-index.htm Net Assets Net assets (also known as owners equity, shareholders equity, or  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/net-assets.htm Net Book Value Net book value is the value of an asset on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/net-book-value.htm New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a for-profit organization  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/new-york-stock-exchange.htm News Ticker A news ticker is an electronically transmitted scroll that conveys  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/news-ticker.htm Nifty Fifty The Nifty Fifty were fifty blue chip stocks that enjoyed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nifty-fifty.htm Nikkei Index The Nikkei Index is the leading stock index in Japan.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nikkei-index.htm NYSE Composite Index The NYSE Composite Index is a New York Stock Exchange  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nyse-composite-index.htm NYSE International Index The NYSE International Index tracks the prices of the largest  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nyse-international-index.htm NYSE US 100 Index The NYSE US 100 Index tracks the prices of the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nyse-us-100-index.htm Odd Lot Theory Odd lot theory is a theory within the discipline of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/odd-lot-theory.htm OEX OEX is the ticker symbol for the S&P 100 stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/oex.htm Offshore Company An offshore company is a company that is incorporated in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/offshore-company.htm One Time Charge A one time charge is a charge against earnings that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/one-time-charge.htm Online Broker Like a traditional broker, an online broker executes trades for  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/online-broker.htm Online Trading Online trading is a process by which securities are traded  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/online-trading.htm Open Position Any stock or equity which is owned is said to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/open-position.htm Opening Bell The opening bell is a signal marking the commencement of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/opening-bell.htm Organizational Chart An organizational chart is a diagram that represents and defines  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/organizational-chart.htm Orphan Stock An orphan stock is a stock that is not preferred  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/orphan-stock.htm OTC Bulletin Board The OTC Bulletin Board is an automated trading system managed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/otc-bulletin-board.htm Overvalued A stock is overvalued if its current price exceeds the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/overvalued.htm Paper Profit A paper profit is a unrealized gain on a security  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/paper-profit.htm Par Value Par value is the face or stated value of a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/par-value.htm Payback Period In corporate finance, the payback period is a simple measure  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/payback-period.htm Payout Ratio The payout ratio, sometimes called the dividend payout ratio, is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/payout-ratio.htm PEG Ratio The PEG ratio is a formula used to estimate a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/peg-ratio.htm Preferred Shares Preferred shares are a hybrid form of capital that have  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/preferred-shares.htm Price Gap A price gap is simply an area within a particular  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/price-gap.htm Price Index A price index measures the changes over time in prices  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/price-index.htm Price to Cash Flow Ratio The price to cash flow ratio is computed as the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/price-to-cash-flow-ratio.htm Price to Earnings Ratio The price to earnings ratio (P/E) is the stock price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/price-to-earnings-ratio.htm Price to Sales Ratio The price to sales ratio (PSR) is computed as the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/price-to-sales-ratio.htm Pro Rata Pro rata means in proportion to. Thus pro rata is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/pro-rata.htm Profit Margin Profit margin is shorthand for net profit margin, or earnings  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/profit-margin.htm Profit Motive In the free market economy, the profit motive is the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/profit-motive.htm Profit-Sharing Profit-sharing is an arrangement between an employer and employees in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/profit-sharing.htm Proxy Fight A proxy fight is a strategy typically used during a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/proxy-fight.htm Proxy Statement A proxy statement contains information regarding an issue that needs  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/proxy-statement.htm Proxy Vote A proxy vote is a vote by one entity on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/proxy-vote.htm Public Company A public company is a company that has issued securities  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/public-company.htm Public Offering A public offering is an invitation to participate in a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/public-offering.htm Public Relations Public relations is the effort to spread interest and promote  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/public-relations.htm Pyramid Scheme A pyramid scheme is an illegal "investment" in which vested  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/pyramid-scheme.htm QIB Qualified Institutional Buyer (or QIB) is a legal designation assigned  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/qib.htm Qualitative Analysis Qualitative analysis in investment research refers to efforts by an  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/qualitative-analysis.htm Quarterly Report A quarterly report is an interim report that management issues  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quarterly-report.htm Quasi-Public Corporation A quasi-public corporation is a privately operated company that is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quasi-public-corporation.htm Quiet Period In US securities law, the quiet period was historically a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quiet-period.htm Quorum In law, a quorum is the minimum number of members  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quorum.htm Quote In the financial markets, a quote is the price at  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quote.htm R&D R&D stands for Research & Development, which is an activity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/r&d.htm Rainmaker A rainmaker is an employee who generates a significant amount  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/rainmaker.htm Random Walk Theory The random walk theory states that in an efficient market,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/random-walk-theory.htm Rate of Return The rate of return is the percentage gain or loss  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/rate-of-return.htm Real Rate of Return The real rate of return is the rate of return  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/real-rate-of-return.htm Red Chip A red chip is stock of a company incorporated and  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/red-chip.htm Refund The term refund has several meanings. A refund is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/refund.htm Registered Security A registered security is a security whose ownership is registered  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/registered-security.htm Restricted CUSIP A restricted CUSIP reflects the status of any restricted stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/restricted-cusip.htm Retained Earnings Retained earnings are accumulated earnings that have not been distributed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/retained-earnings.htm Return on Assets Return on assets is net income divided by total assets.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/return-on-assets.htm Return on Equity Put simply, return on equity is net income divided by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/return-on-equity.htm Reuters Reuters is short for the Reuters Group plc, a world-renowned  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/reuters.htm Revenue Revenue is a term primarily used in the United States  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/revenue.htm Revenue Sharing Revenue sharing has multiple meanings. Commonly, revenue sharing is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/revenue-sharing.htm Reverse Split A reverse split is a reduction in the number of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/reverse-split.htm Reverse Stock Split A reverse stock split is a method used by a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/reverse-stock-split.htm RIA An RIA is a Registered Investment Advisor. The term refers  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ria.htm Risk Adjusted Return The risk-adjusted return of an asset or a portfolio is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/risk-adjusted-return.htm Risk Arbitrage Risk arbitrage, or "risk arb" is usually taken to mean  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/risk-arbitrage.htm Risk Management Risk management is a systematic approach to minimizing an organization's  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/risk-management.htm Risk Premium In finance, the risk premium is the additional return received  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/risk-premium.htm Risk Tolerance In investing, risk tolerance is the willingness of an investor  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/risk-tolerance.htm ROE ROE is an abbreviation for return on equity, which is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/roe.htm ROI ROI, or return on investment, is a measurement of performance  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/roi.htm Roth IRA A Roth IRA - Individual Retirement Account - is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/roth-ira.htm Russell 2000 The Russell 2000 is a stock-market index measuring the performance  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-2000.htm Russell 2000 Index The Russell 2000 index is a market capitalization-weighted index comprised  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-2000-index.htm Russell 3000 The Russell 3000 is an index calculated by ranking all  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-3000.htm Russell Top 50 Index The Russell Top 50 Index is an a large cap  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-top-50-index.htm S Corporation An S corporation is a corporation that for tax purposes  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s-corporation.htm S&P 1500 Index The S&P 1500 Index is a broad equity index. The  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-1500-index.htm S&P 400 Index The S&P 400 Index is an equity index representing 400  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-400-index.htm S&P 500 Index The S&P 500 Index is a well known and followed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-500-index.htm S&P 600 Index The S&P 600 Index is an equity index representing 600  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-600-index.htm S&P Global 1200 Index The S&P Global 1200 Index is a worldwide equity index  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-global-1200-index.htm SEC SEC stands for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sec.htm Sell Order A sell order is an order to sell a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sell-order.htm Sentiment Sentiment is a measure of the bearishness or bullishness of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sentiment.htm Shareholder A shareholder is an individual or organization owning stock in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/shareholder.htm Shareholder of Record The shareholder of record is the person named on the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/shareholder-of-record.htm Sharpe Ratio The Sharpe Ratio is a simple measure of the risk-adjusted  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sharpe-ratio.htm Short Interest Ratio Short interest ratio is a metric that reveals positive or  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/short-interest-ratio.htm Short Position The holder of a short position is bearish on the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/short-position.htm Shorting Shorting a stock or other asset is the selling of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/shorting.htm Sideways Trend When the price of a stock moves neither steadily upward  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sideways-trend.htm Small-Cap Stock A small-cap stock has a market capitalization between $500M and  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/small-cap-stock.htm Socially Responsible Investing Socially Responsible Investing (also known as SRI) requires funds to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/socially-responsible-investing.htm Sortino Ratio The Sortino Ratio is a tool, like the Sharpe Ratio,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sortino-ratio.htm SOX Index The SOX Index represents the symbol of the Philadelphia Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sox-index.htm Spread Spread can mean several different things to investors, depending on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/spread.htm Stakeholder Any individual, group or business with a vested interest (a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stakeholder.htm Stock Stock is a security issued in the form of shares  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock.htm Stock Buyback A stock buyback occurs when a company repurchase their own  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-buyback.htm Stock Dividend A stock dividend is a dividend that is paid in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-dividend.htm Stock Exchange Stock exchanges are responsible for listing and trading the stocks  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-exchange.htm Stock Market Analysis A stock market analysis is an evaluation of the market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-analysis.htm Stock Market Breadth Stock market breadth is a tally of how many stocks  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-breadth.htm Stock Market Close The stock market close has traditionally been at 4 pm  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-close.htm Stock Market Index A stock market index is a hypothetical basket of securities  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-index.htm Stock Market Letter A stock market letter is a term used to describe  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-letter.htm Stock Market Order In general, a stock market order refers to any one  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-order.htm Stock Market Timer A stock market timer attempts to profit by predicting the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-timer.htm Stock Option A stock option is the right, but not the obligation,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-option.htm Stock Replacement Strategy A stock replacement strategy is an approach to investing that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-replacement-strategy.htm Stock Screening Stock screening is the process of finding stocks that meets  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-screening.htm Stock Split A stock split occurs when a company releases additional stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-split.htm Stock Symbol Stock symbol refers to the identifying letter code for a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-symbol.htm Stock Ticker Stock ticker is another expression for "ticker" or "ticker tape,"  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-ticker.htm Stockholder A stockholder, or shareholder, is an individual or organization owning  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stockholder.htm Stockholder of Record The stockholder of record is the registered owner of a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stockholder-of-record.htm Stop Order A stop order is an order to automatically liquidate a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stop-order.htm Stop-Limit Order A stop-limit order automatically liquidates a stock at a specific  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stop-limit-order.htm Stop-Loss A stop-loss is used to specify a price at which  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stop-loss.htm Stopped out An investor is stopped out of a position when a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stopped-out.htm Story Stock A story stock is one that trades primarily on expectations  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/story-stock.htm Tax Swap A tax swap is a method of realizing a capital  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/tax-swap.htm Technical Analysis Technical Analysis is a method of forecasting prices of stocks,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/technical-analysis.htm Technical Analyst A technical analyst believes that prices move in predictable patterns,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/technical-analyst.htm TED Spread A TED spread is a yield spread. On any  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ted-spread.htm Three Black Crows Three black crows is a candlestick charting pattern used in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/three-black-crows.htm Three White Soldiers In technical analysis, three white soldiers is a candlestick charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/three-white-soldiers.htm Tick The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Tick is a measure  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/tick.htm Ticker Symbol A ticker symbol is a combination of letters used to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ticker-symbol.htm Timing the Market An investor who is timing the market attempts to increase  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/timing-the-market.htm Total Return Total return is the sum of dividends, interest, and capital  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/total-return.htm Trailing PE A trailing PE is a price-earnings ratio based on the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/trailing-pe.htm Trendline A trendline is a straight line connecting multiple points on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/trendline.htm Triple Top A triple top is a price pattern used by technical  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/triple-top.htm Triple Witching Triple Witching is a market phenomenon that occurs when contracts  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/triple-witching.htm UIT An investment product that consists of a diversified basket of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/uit.htm Undercapitalization Undercapitalization is the condition that occurs when a business lacks  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/undercapitalization.htm Underlying The term underlying generally refers to the asset that a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/underlying.htm Underlying Security Also called an underlier, an underlying security is the security  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/underlying-security.htm Undervalued A stock is undervalued when, based on fundamentals like earnings  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/undervalued.htm Uniform Gift to Minors Act The Uniform Gift to Minors Act creates a custodial vehicle  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/uniform-gift-to-minors-act.htm Universe of Securities Universe of securities refers to a group of stocks that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/universe-of-securities.htm Unrealized Loss An unrealized loss is a loss on an investment that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/unrealized-loss.htm Unrealized Profit An unrealized profit is a potential profit that has not  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/unrealized-profit.htm Uptick An uptick is a transaction that occurs at a higher  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/uptick.htm Valuation Valuation is the attempt to determine whether a stock is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/valuation.htm Value Investing Value investing is an investment technique where one buys shares  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-investing.htm Value Stock A value stock is a stock that, in the opinion  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-stock.htm Value-Added Value-added is used in several ways to indicate an enhancement  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/value-added.htm Venture Capital Venture capital is a source of funding for a high  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/venture-capital.htm Venture Capital Firm A venture capital firm is an investment company that invests  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/venture-capital-firm.htm VIX VIX is the CBOE Volatility Index, created by the Chicago  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/vix.htm Volatility In finance, volatility is a statistical measure of the tendency  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volatility.htm Volume Volume is a measure of trading activity. On stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volume.htm Wall Street Wall Street is a street in downtown New York City  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wall-street.htm Wall Street Analyst A Wall Street analyst is a security analyst who works  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wall-street-analyst.htm Wallflower A wallflower stock is one that has been largely ignored  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wallflower.htm War Chest A war chest contains funds that are set aside and  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/war-chest.htm Warrant A warrant, or stock warrant, is a security issued by  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/warrant.htm Warren Buffett Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 30,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/warren-buffett.htm Wash Sale A wash sale occurs if an investor sells a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wash-sale.htm Wash Sale Rule The wash sale rule is an IRS rule that prohibits  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wash-sale-rule.htm Weighted Alpha Weighted alpha is a measure of stock price movements over  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/weighted-alpha.htm Weighted Average A weighted average is an average that adjusts for the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/weighted-average.htm Whipsaw Whipsaw refers to the rapid movement of stock prices, either  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/whipsaw.htm Whisper Number A whisper number is an unofficial, unpublished forecast of a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/whisper-number.htm Whistle Blower In US employment law, a whistle blower is an employee  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/whistle-blower.htm White Knight A white knight is a friendly bidder who steps in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/white-knight.htm White-Collar White-collar is a term that refers to workers who are  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/white-collar.htm Wholly-Owned Subsidiary A wholly-owned subsidiary is a company whose stock is entirely  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wholly-owned-subsidiary.htm Widow-and Stock A widow-and-orphan stock is a low risk stock that pays  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/widow-and-orphan-stock.htm Wilshire 5000 The Wilshire 5000 Index was created by Wilshire Associates in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wilshire-5000.htm X The letter X has a variety of meanings in the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/x.htm XAU Index The XAU Index represents the symbol of the Philadelphia Gold  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xau-index.htm XD XD means ex-dividend or without the dividend. The ex-dividend  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xd.htm XOI Index The XOI Index represents the symbol of the American Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xoi-index.htm XR The letters XR are an abbreviation for ex-rights. Stocks  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xr.htm XRT The letters XRT are an abbreviation to signify that a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xrt.htm XW The letters XW are a symbol used to identify when  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xw.htm Yield In general, yield is a term that defines a return  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/yield.htm Zero Downtick In securities trading, a zero downtick is a trade that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-downtick.htm Zero Minus Tick A zero minus tick transaction occurs when a listed stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-minus-tick.htm Zero Plus Tick Zero plus tick refers to a transaction where the price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-plus-tick.htm Zero Uptick In securities trading, a zero uptick is a trade that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/zero-uptick.htm

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