AAII
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Abatement
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Above The Line Deduction
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ABS
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Absolute Return
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Accidental Death Benefit
An accidental death benefit is the amount paid to a more...
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Accommodative Monetary Policy
An accommodative monetary policy is an effort by the U.S. more...
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Account
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Account Balance
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Account Executive
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Account Reconciliation
Account reconciliation is a banking term referring to the process more...
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Account Statement
An account statement is a document that provides information about more...
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Accountant
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Accounts Payable
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Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are obligations due to the company from customers. more...
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Accredited Personal Financial Planning Specialist
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Accrual Basis Accounting
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Accrued Dividend
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Accrued Expenses
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Accrued Interest
Accrued interest is the interest that is due on a more...
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ACH
ACH, an abbreviation for Automated Clearing House, is a networked more...
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Acquisition
In a broad sense, an acquisition takes place when one more...
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Acquisition Cost
Acquisition cost is the pretax amount of money it costs more...
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Active Income
Active income is a form of income for which labor more...
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Activity Based Budgeting
Activity based budgeting is a budgeting method that evaluates business more...
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Actuarial Assumption
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Actuary
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Ad Valorem Tax
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Additional Child Tax Credit
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Adjustable Life Insurance
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Adjustable Rate
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Adjustable Rate Mortgage
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Adjustable-Rate Mortgage
An adjustable-rate mortgage (i.e. ARM) is a mortgage on a more...
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Adjusted Gross Income
Adjusted gross income is the amount of income used on more...
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ADR
An American Depository Receipt (ADR) is a negotiable, registered certificate more...
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Advance/Decline Line
The advance/decline line is a technical indicator used to graph more...
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Adverse Remortgage
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Affidavit
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Affiliate
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After Hours Trading
After hours trading refers to stock trades that occur outside more...
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After-Hours Trading
After-hours trading is stock trading which takes place after the more...
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Aftermarket
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Aggregate Demand
Aggregate demand is the total demand in an economy for more...
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Aggregate Demand Curve
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Aggregate Supply
Aggregate supply is the total supply in an economy for more...
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Aggregate Supply Curve
The aggregate supply curve is a concept from economics that more...
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Aggressive Growth Fund
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Alan Greenspan
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All Ordinaries
All Ordinaries or "All Ords" is the name for the more...
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Allocation
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Alpha
Alpha, the first Greek alphabet letter, is also the risk-adjusted more...
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Alternative Minimum Tax
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Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit
The Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit was enacted with the Energy more...
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Amended Return
An amended return is a tax return filed to correct more...
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American Association of Individual Investors
American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) is a Chicago-based, investor more...
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American Depositary Receipt
An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is a negotiable certificate that more...
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American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 implemented a range more...
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American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
The American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation is one of the more...
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American Option
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American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange is one of the largest organized more...
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American-Style Option
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AMEX
AMEX is the American Stock Exchange. AMEX is sometimes more...
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AMEX Composite Index
The AMEX Composite Index is an index that reflects the more...
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Amortization
Amortization refers to the repayment of a debt in small more...
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AMT
The Alternative Minimum Tax, or AMT, is a tax intended more...
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Analyst
Although the term analyst can be associated with a broad more...
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Angel
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Angel Investor
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Announcement Date
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Annual Percentage Rate
An annual percentage rate, often referred to by its acronym more...
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Annual Report
An annual report is a document that the SEC requires more...
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Annual Return
The annual return of an investment is the amount gained more...
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Annualize
To annualize is to take an item measured for a more...
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Annuity
An annuity is an investment related product designed to provide more...
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Antitrust Laws
Antitrust laws are regulations enacted at the state and federal more...
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Appraisal
An appraisal is a professional evaluation of the current market more...
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Appraiser
An appraiser is a person educated and trained to set more...
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APR
APR stands for Annual Percentage Rate. APR is a measure more...
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APT
The term APT generally refers to the arbitrage pricing theory. more...
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APY
APY is short for annual percentage yield. The APY more...
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Arbitrage
Arbitrage is a financial transaction that involves a simultaneous purchase more...
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Arbitrage Pricing Theory
Arbitrage pricing theory (APT) posits that investors can predict the more...
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Arbitrageur
An arbitrageur is an individual or an organization that engages more...
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Arbitration
Arbitration is a means to settle a disagreement by turning more...
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Arithmetic Mean
The arithmetic mean of a set of two or more more...
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ARM
An ARM is an acronym standing for adjustable-rate mortgage, a more...
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Arm's Length Transaction
An arm's length transaction is a transaction, often between two more...
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Arms Index
Arms Index is a mathematic market meter designed to communicate more...
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Ascending Bottoms
Ascending bottoms refers to a chart pattern in which the more...
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Ascending Tops
Ascending tops is a trend of rising high points in more...
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ASEAN
ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a political, more...
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Ask Price
The ask price is the lowest price at which an more...
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Asset
An asset can include anything that provides economic value to more...
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Asset Allocation
Asset allocation is the dividing of one's investment portfolio among more...
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Asset Allocation Fund
An asset allocation fund is a single mutual fund that more...
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Asset Depreciation Range
Asset depreciation range refers to a system used to determine more...
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Asset Management
Asset management can refer to the primary activity of a more...
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Asset Turnover
Asset turnover is an efficiency ratio used in financial analysis more...
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Asset-Backed Security
An asset-backed security (ABS) is a bond backed by a more...
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Asset/Equity Ratio
The asset/equity ratio shows the relationship of the total assets more...
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Assets Under Management
An important measure of the size of a fund or more...
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is an organization made more...
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At the Bell
At the bell refers to the traditional opening or closing more...
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At the Close
An at the close order is either a market order more...
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At the Market
An at the market order is an order to buy more...
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At the Money Option
An at-the-money option is an option whose strike price is more...
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At the Opening Order
An at the opening order is a way for an more...
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Auction
An auction is a method of asset sale by competitive more...
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Auction Market
An auction market is a market wherein buyers and sellers more...
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Audit
An audit is an objective process that involves evaluating and more...
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Auditor
An auditor is an individual qualified at the state level more...
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Automated Clearing House
Automated clearing house (ACH) is the system administered by the more...
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Automated Order Entry System
An automated order entry system is a computer system installed more...
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Automatic Reinvestment Plan
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Average Daily Volume
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Average Price Per Share
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