AAII
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abatement
Abatement refers to a reprieve from or reduction in a debt, tax or other payment obligation faced by an individual more...
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accommodative monetary policy
An accommodative monetary policy is an effort by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board or another central bank to stimulate its more...
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account
Account, in its simplest bookkeeping form, is a record of money paid and owed. A banking account is an more...
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account balance
Account balance is a net figure that refers to the dollar amount of credits and debits at the time the more...
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account executive
In the financial industry account executive is an employee of a brokerage firm who acts as an agent to advise more...
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account reconciliation
Account reconciliation is a banking term referring to the process of confirming that the balance in one's checkbook matches the more...
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account statement
An account statement is a document that provides information about a specified account for a given period of time. more...
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accountant
An accountant provides accounting services to individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities. Because accounting services range widely, an accountant more...
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accounts payable
Accounts payable are obligations due to trade creditors. Let's say a company buys widgets for its inventory for $50. The more...
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accounts receivable
Accounts receivable are obligations due to the company from customers. Suppose a company sells a customer $50 in merchandise. more...
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accrual basis accounting
Accrual basis accounting is a system of accounting that matches revenues and expenses, respectively, to the period they were earned more...
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accrued dividend
An accrued dividend is remuneration owed by a company to its shareholders. Forms of an accrued dividend can be either more...
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accrued interest
Accrued interest is the interest that is due on a bond since its last interest payment was made. A more...
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acquisition
In a broad sense, an acquisition takes place when one corporation takes over controlling interest of another. An acquisition invariably more...
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acquisition cost
Acquisition cost is the pretax amount of money it costs to gain title to any property. Acquisition cost usually more...
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active income
Active income is a form of income for which labor services were performed, such as for self-employment or for another more...
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actuary
An actuary is a business professional specializing in the statistical assessment of financial risk. An actuary uses a variety more...
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adjustable life insurance
Adjustable life insurance is a form of life insurance that allows the policy holder to manipulate the coverage plan in more...
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adjustable rate
An adjustable rate is an interest rate that fluctuates periodically in relation to an index. Payments linked to an more...
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Adjustable Rate Mortgage
An adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) is a type of mortgage on which the interest rate is typically changed by a more...
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Adjusted Gross Income
Adjusted gross income is the amount of income used on IRS Form 1040 to calculate a person’s income tax liability. more...
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ADR
An American Depository Receipt (ADR) is a negotiable, registered certificate representing specific number of corporate stocks in a non-U.S. company. more...
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advance/decline line
The advance/decline line is a technical indicator used to graph the difference between the number of advancing stocks and the more...
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adverse remortgage
An adverse remortgage or adverse credit remortgage is a mortgage refinance contract to an a mortgage borrower with adverse credit. more...
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affidavit
An affidavit is a sworn written statement or declaration made voluntarily stating the facts under an oath or affirmation before more...
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after-hours trading
After-hours trading is stock trading which takes place after the traditional 4:00 p.m. close of the New York markets. While more...
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aftermarket
The aftermarket, also called the secondary market, is the market in which securities which have already been issued are traded. more...
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aggressive growth fund
An aggressive growth fund is a mutual fund whose investment goal is the highest possible appreciation of value. An aggressive more...
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Alan Greenspan
Alan Greenspan was the former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve (the Fed). In 1987, Alan Greenspan was more...
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all ordinaries
All Ordinaries or “All Ords” is the name for the Australian All Ordinaries index. The All Ordinaries index is more...
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allocation
In general, allocation means to distribute according to some plan. In investing, allocation is heard most often in "asset allocation." more...
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alpha
Alpha, the first Greek alphabet letter, is also the risk-adjusted measurement investment term for “excess return”. For example, an more...
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Alternative Minimum Tax
The US Congress introduced alternative minimum tax (AMT) in 1970 to prevent high-income taxpayers from lowering their tax liability through more...
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amended return
An amended return is a tax return filed to correct a previous year’s return. The amended return may be filed more...
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American Association of Individual Investors
American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) is a Chicago-based, investor education organization. James Cloonan, Ph.D., an educator turned market professional, more...
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american depositary receipt
An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is a negotiable certificate that trades in the US whose underlying assets are shares in more...
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American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation
The American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation is one of the largest municipal bond insurers in the United States. An more...
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American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange is one of the largest organized security exchanges in the United States. Originally known as more...
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American-style option
An American-style option is a put or call option that may be exercised on or before its expiration date. more...
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AMEX
AMEX is the American Stock Exchange. AMEX is sometimes called the Curb, a name that refers to its roots more...
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amortization
Amortization refers to the repayment of a debt in small periodic installments of principal and interest, as determined by an more...
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analyst
Although the term analyst can be associated with a broad range of definitions, in the financial environment an analyst is more...
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angel
In the financial world, the term angel is short for angel investor. An angel is an affluent individual who more...
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angel investor
An angel investor is a private investor who provides capital for entrepreneurial start-ups or expansion. An angel investor acts alone more...
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announcement date
Most commonly, the announcement date is the date on which a company declares dividends. In this usage, announcement date is more...
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Annual Percentage Rate
An annual percentage rate, often referred to by its acronym APR, is the yearly interest due on a loan, including more...
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annual report
An annual report is a document that the SEC requires all publicly-traded companies to provide to shareholders each fiscal year. more...
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annual return
The annual return of an investment is the amount gained or lost over a calender year. An annual return is more...
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annualize
To annualize is to take an item measured for a period other than one year and compute what it would more...
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annuity
An annuity is an investment related product designed to provide monetary payments to an annuitant at regular intervals. In more...
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appraisal
An appraisal is a professional evaluation of the current market value of real, personal or intangible property. A qualified more...
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appraiser
An appraiser is a person educated and trained to set an unbiased value on real or personal property. The more...
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APR
APR stands for Annual Percentage Rate. APR is a measure of interest paid for credit received (or earned on principal more...
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APY
APY is short for annual percentage yield. The APY is the actual rate of interest paid, or earned, during more...
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arbitrage
Arbitrage is a financial transaction that involves a simultaneous purchase and sale of a given security or asset for the more...
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arbitrageur
An arbitrageur is an individual or an organization that engages in the act of arbitrage, taking advantage of market imbalances. more...
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arbitration
Arbitration is a means to settle a disagreement by turning it over to an impartial agent, the arbitrator. In order more...
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arithmetic mean
The arithmetic mean of a set of two or more values is the sum of all the values divided by more...
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arm's length transaction
An arm's length transaction is a transaction, often between two affiliated parties, that’s conducted as if the parties were unrelated. more...
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Arms Index
Arms Index is a mathematic market meter designed to communicate the relationship between upward and downward moving stock prices and more...
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ascending bottoms
Ascending bottoms refers to a chart pattern in which the lows of the trading range get progressively higher over a more...
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ascending tops
Ascending tops is a trend of rising high points in a stock's or commodity's or index's trading range over time. more...
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ASEAN
ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a political, cultural, and economic organization of nations in Southeast Asia. ASEAN more...
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asset
An asset can include anything that provides economic value to a company. An asset might be obvious - such as more...
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asset allocation
Asset allocation is the dividing of one’s investment portfolio among different classes of investments. Asset allocation involves choosing among stocks, more...
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asset allocation fund
An asset allocation fund is a single mutual fund that spreads its portfolio across a variety of investments to further more...
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asset turnover
Asset turnover is an efficiency ratio used in financial analysis that shows the sales or revenue volume produced for ever more...
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asset-backed security
An asset-backed security (ABS) is a bond backed by a pool of financial assets which may include credit card payments, more...
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asset/equity ratio
The asset/equity ratio shows the relationship of the total assets of the firm to the portion owned by shareholders, also more...
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assets under management
An important measure of the size of a fund or group of funds is assets under management. Assets under more...
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is an organization made up of countries located in South Asia who meet annually more...
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at the bell
At the bell refers to the traditional opening or closing of a stock exchange. Many stock exchanges, such as the more...
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at the close
An at the close order is either a market order or a limit order which is executed just prior to more...
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at the market
An at the market order is an order to buy or sell shares at the best price currently available. An more...
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at the opening order
An at the opening order is a way for an investor to secure a position at the opening of a more...
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auction
An auction is a method of asset sale by competitive bidding. An auction is most useful when the potential price more...
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auction market
An auction market is a market wherein buyers and sellers both enter simultaneous bids. Unlike a typical auction, an more...
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auditor
An auditor is an individual qualified at the state level to perform financial and accounting audits. An auditor examines, more...
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Automated Order Entry System
An automated order entry system is a computer system installed by exchanges to route stock and option orders directly to more...
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automatic reinvestment plan
An automatic reinvestment plan is an arrangement whereby a mutual fund automatically reinvests any gains back into the fund. Most more...
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average daily volume
Average Daily Volume is the cumulative number of shares traded over a given time period, divided by the number of more...
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average price per share
The average price per share is determined by dividing the cost of acquiring the shares by the number of shares more...
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