# 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 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 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 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 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 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 arbitrage Arbitrage is a financial transaction that involves a simultaneous purchase  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arbitrage.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 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 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. 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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. 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(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 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 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 a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/drip.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 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. 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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 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 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 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&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 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 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 SOX Index The SOX Index represents the symbol of the Philadelphia Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sox-index.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 timer A stock market timer attempts to profit by predicting the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-timer.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 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 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 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 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 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 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-orphan 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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