The lowest price achieved by a tradable security or commodity during a given day....
The highest price achieved by a tradable security or commodity during a given da....
The effective date of a new securities issuance. This date is determined by und....
d daily high daily low daily trading limit daisy chaining damages Danish Krone d....
The financial compensation that is given to a plaintiff in response to injur....
Daisy Chaining is an illegal form of price manipulation where brokers create art....
"The highest and lowest prices that a commodity or security is allowed to re....
This term describes a .raider's. instruction to one or more brokers to purchase....
Granting more generous credit terms to a customer. An example of this is ext....
The date set by the issuer of a security in order to determine the holder.s eli....
This is the scheduled date for a mutual fund distributions or a bond interes....
The date at which a debt is due for repayment. With notes, drafts, acceptance bo....
A deposit paid by a hopeful buyer to bind a purchase.....
Equities - the date on which a new stock is issues and started publicly trading,....
"A draft that matures a certain number of days after it is issued, regardless of....
This number is an indicator of whether a technology company is attempting to hid....
"This figure indicates the average amount of time a company's customers requ....
"This figure indicates the average amount of time a company requires to pay ....
An order to buy or sell a security which automatically expires if it is not ex....
A loan that a broker obtains in order purchase securities whose delivery pen....
"This is when a trader purchases and sells a security on the same day. When an....
This is the price-weighted index of the one-hundred most heavily traded stock....
An individual or entity that acts as a principal and stands ready to buy and se....
This is a proposal, which, if agreed to, finances a business creation or expan....
A quick upward advance in the price action following a previous overall downtren....
This is a method of evaluating investments that takes the time value of money i....
"Day Trading" refers to opening and closing positions within the same day. The m....
A very active trader who holds positions for a very short time and makes several....
The purchase and sale (or the short sale and cover) of the same security on the....
This is a form of unsecured debt. It is backed by the integrity of the borrower....
The payment that a beneficiary receives from an annuity or insurance policy ....
The part of a company.s stock that is rumored to be a takeover target.....
A desk where transactions for buying and selling securities occur. Trading ....
The rate at which funding institutions receive investment offers.....
A market whose transactions occur between principals, acting as dealers by p....
A financial institution that can underwrite, buy or sell debt offered by the fed....
Debt may be reflected in the form of a contract, bond, mortgage or other form st....
A spread position where the price of the bought option is greater than the pric....
This note indicates how much money a person or company owes. It serves a simila....
A card that accesses cardholders. funds immediately, through electronic tran....
imply put, a negative balance - where the account holder owes money to their bro....
When used in reference to accounting, this term describes an entry which res....
This form of stock is issued under a contract which specifies payment amount....
The holder of a promise to repay. In addition to interest the amount owed, debt....
Debt financing is the process where a firm sells bonds, bills, notes or other pr....
A transaction where a corporation exchanges existing debt in the form of bon....
This ratio measures a company's financial leverage. It is riskier to invest ....
The process of combining a number of loans and other liabilities into one lo....
In terms of raising funds, debt capital refers to funds borrowed to a firm or in....
The debt/asset ratio shows how great a proportion of a company's assets are ....
Granting more generous credit terms to a customer. An example of this is extendi....
The part of a company.s stock that is rumored to be a takeover target.....
A written, or otherwise recorded promise to repay. Debt instruments enable the......
This is the maximum amount of debt that a state, city or local government is all....
The market in which instruments of fixed-income debt are issued and traded........
An individual or company that owes money to another individual or company as.......
A company that continues its operations while filing for and going through Chapt....
This is when a company that is experiencing Chapter 11 bankruptcy incurs new deb....
This ratio shows the extent to which a company relies on debt to finance assets.....
The repayment of a debt.....
From the issuer's perspective, a debt security is a method of raising capital.......
A series of periodic interest and principal payments on a debt.....
A measure of a company's or individual's ability to repay debt. Debt service.......
This is a shelf registration for a bond offering.....
A dead person.....
A rating system which uses a one to ten scale. In this scale, one is the best.......
This is the process of changing the recording of security prices from fractions ....
The date when a company.s directors meet to announce the details of the next.......
To authorize the payment of dividends to shareholders.....
A decrease in a price or rate.....
This is a rapid depreciation method. A depreciation rate is applied to the book.....
A type of life insurance for which premiums are fixed but the benefit from the p....
A court.s decision.....
An item or expense that may be subtracted from adjusted gross income in order.......
An expense that is subtracted from adjusted gross income when finding taxable.......
A legal document that may be used to transfer ownership rights for a property.....
A deed that confirms the release of a property from a lien.....
A deed that transfers a property to another person.s name for a specified tempo....
This document is used instead of a mortgage in some states. It conveys the title....
A bond that sells at a significant discount (usually 20% or more) from face.......
A brokerage that offers lower commissions than a discount broker, but also provi....
An option that is so far in the money that the chances of it going out of the mo....
A market so large that a great number of shares can be transacted without stron....
An option that is so far out of the money that the chances of it going in the mo....
A provision of a contract which specifies a price decrease in the event of certa....
Something that is treated as standard or official, even if it is not explicitly....
A failure to make required debt payments by the time they are due. It may also......
Default risk refers to the danger either side of an agreement will not live.......
A provision in an instrument that nullifies it when certain events occur.....
The person who is charged and under trial in a legal action.....
A conservative estimate of a company's ability to meet its debts, found by calcu....
A portfolio allocation strategy that minimizes the risk of losing principal........
An illiquid stock that tends to remain stable under difficult economic condition....
To postpone an action, most often a payment, until a later date.....
An account that postpones taxes to a later date (the date of withdrawal). Exampl....
An annuity that allows a holder to move income payments to later dates.....
The postponed billing of a credit customer.....
An expenditure that is considered an asset until the time when the object of.......
An arrangement for a portion of an employee's income to be paid out at a date.......
Deferred Credit refers to income or income items a business receives but has.......
A bond that pays interest at a later date.....
The months in which futures trading is taking place, as apposed to the nearby m....
An incurred debt which will is repaid at some point in the future.....
An annuity by whose terms payments are made to the annuitant only after a specif....
Deferred Revenue refers to income or income items a business receives but has.......
A share of stock that has last priority in regards to the company.s remaining as....
A liability stemming from income that has already been earned for accounting pur....
The difference between the tax charged by the IRS and the amount stated on a re....
An SEC letter stating that a preliminary prospectus for an offering must to be ....
The amount by which spending exceeds income over a period of time. This is also.....
On a balance sheet, this is the excess of liabilities over assets that results......
The amount by which spending exceeds income over a period of time. This is also.....
A company retirement plan whose terms are that an employee receives a specific......
A company retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or 403(b), allowing an employee.......
A decline in general price levels, often caused by a reduction in the supply.......
A statistical tool that converts current dollars into inflation-adjusted dollars....
Out of business.....
A state chartered corporation that is legally entitled to do business. ....
A description for something that is not up to the minute. It may used in referen....
A postponement of the start of the trading. Circumstances leading to such an.......
An agency, factor or broker who sells products and services for another party.....
This a description for a payment that is not made on time.....
To remove a stock from an exchange due to a violation or a failure to meet certa....
The standard grades of commodities or instruments as determined by the governmen....
The transfer and receipt of ownership.....
The month of expiration for a futures contract. Delivery may take place during......
A formal notification of the delivery of products on a specified date.....
A location designated by a futures exchange for tendering and accepting the.......
The price at which deliveries on futures contracts are invoiced. This price is ....
The delivery of securities in exchange for an asset, such as money. The other.......
The delivery of securities in exchange for an asset, such as money. The other.......
The delivery of securities in exchange for an asset, such as money. The other.......
The change in the price of a call option for every one-point move in the price......
An options strategy designed to reduce the risk associated with price movements.....
A spread designed to create a delta equal to zero; this means that a small price....
The former currency of German. ISO international currency code: DEM and.......
Defined in economics as an individual's willingness to consume a good or service....
A graph showing the different quantities of a product that consumers are willin....
An account balance capable of being drawn upon on demand or without prior notice....
The percentage change in quantity demanded per a one percent change in price.....
Demand Index, DI, incorporates price and volume to give a ratio of buying pressu....
Price increases resulting from excess of demand over supply in the economy........
A loan which is repayable on demand rather than on a specific date. This allows.....
The price for goods and services increases due to excessive demand meeting inade....
A contract that gives a shareholder the right to force a company to register his....
The currency of The Democratic Republic of Congo. ISO international currency.......
Socioeconomic groups that may be divided by age, income, sex, education, occupat....
Demonetization is the withdrawal from circulation of a particular form of curren....
A process that converts a mutually owned company into a shareholder-owned compan....
The government conversion of a nationalized industry or business to a privately.....
The face value of a security or currency.....
This is a federal agency that encourages housing development. It is sometimes pl....
The total value of goods sold by major department store outlets. As the first.......
A measure of the portion of the population that is composed of dependents, peopl....
A person who depends on the financial support of another individual.....
The exhaustion of a resource.....
Transaction involving the transfer of funds from one party to another for a.......
This is often called an ADR. It is a negotiable certificate issued by a U.S........
A deposit that has been made but is yet to be posted by the bank and is therefor....
A value that expresses the ratio of bank reserves to bank deposits. If bank.......
A bank or company holding security and funds deposited by others. Exchanges.......
A central repository through which members electronically transfer stock and.......
This is a written notification that accompanies a bank deposit. It specifies.......
The original cost of an asset minus its accumulated depreciation. This is also c....
A noncash expense that reduces the value of an asset as a result of wear and.......
A market containing more sellers than buyers. Low prices result from this excess....
A sustained period of economic decline. Specific definitions will vary, but.......
The quantity of shares of a security that can be bought or sold without causing....
The removal of government controls from an industry or sector to allow for free.....
A financial instrument whose characteristics and value depend upon the character....
A financial security whose characteristics and value are dependent on the charac....
This is a technical analysis term referring to a chart pattern in which each.......
This is a technical analysis term referring to a chart pattern in which each.......
With descending triangles, trend lines converge with a horizontal trend line.......
This is often called DOT - the NYSE electronic system for order handling, permit....
This term refers to the securities department at the New York Federal Reserve.......
A tool for providing real time or delayed quotes on a computer screen.....
This is a notice given by the IRS in order to communicate that a retirement acco....
The use of regressions and other statistical techniques in order to factor out ....
A large drop in the value of a currency in relation to gold or the currencies ....
d Desk (the) desktop ticker Determination Letter detrend devaluation DEWR Skille....
An option strategy with two possible actions, a put and a call, with different ....
These are shares in a trust representing all thirty stocks in the Dow Jones.......
A minor additional charge that is imposed by some brokers on odd-lot trades.....
A security that is purchased by an investor who is likely to hold it for an ext....
A form of electronic money that may be used to purchase goods and services over.....
Earnings per share for common stock, preferred stock, unexercised stock options,....
Earnings per share for common stock, preferred stock, unexercised stock options,....
The change in earnings per share or book value per share that occurs if all.......
A reduction in every current shareholder's fractional ownership that occurs.......
Something having the impact of reducing earnings per share.....
An economic theory that states as additional inputs are put into production,.......
This is when the allocation of resources results in a less than proportional i....
A small, short-term decline in price.....
A cost that can be directly attributed to the manufacturing of a product. This ....
The deposit of funds directly into a bank account. Direct deposit is used when ....
DSP is an acronym for direct share program. This program is a plan .......
Financing that does not require underwriting.....
An investment that is great enough to affect a company's subsequent decisions.......
This is a company that sells commercial paper directly to retail investors, rath....
This is a contractual financing arrangement involving a lessor (often a bank).......
The deliverance of promotional messages to potential customers on an individual....
One of several individuals who are elected by a corporation's shareholders .......
Shareholder elected individuals who oversee the management of the corporation.......
Pledges of a company's creditors to protect the board of directors against liab....
Commercial paper distributed by an issuer rather than by an underwriter.....
A program that provides direct cash flow and tax benefits to investors, often t....
An offering that is performed without the services of an underwriter and is usu....
Sales revenues less direct costs.....
This is an initial offering in which IPO shares of stock are sold directly to in....
This is an SEC-regulated program that enables a company to sell shares of stock.....
A distribution from a qualified pension plan such as a 401(k) plan or 403(b).......
This is when a bank sends a check directly to the drawee bank in order to speed ....
DSP is a commonly used acronym for this term. A DSP is an SEC-regulated program.....
This is the movement of tax-deferred retirement funds from one plan or custodian....
A stock that does not have all necessary endorsements, and does not meet all.......
A person.s inability to perform all or part of his occupational responsibilitie....
This is an Insurance policy that provides benefits in the event that a policyho....
A payment in the discharge of a debt or expense.....
This is an individual or institution that is responsible for handling dividend a....
To satisfy or dismiss the obligations of a previously incurred debt.....
This is a court order that terminates bankruptcy proceedings and usually reliev....
This is the removal of a lien on real property after the satisfaction of the cl....
A statement that announces any risk associated with a product and relieves a.......
This is an auditor's statement disclaiming his opinion regarding a company's.......
The admission of relevant information.....
This term describes something that has been stopped or is no longer in affect.......
The amount by which a bond's market price is less than its par value.....
Outside of the traditional, rather obvious laymen definition - Discount also.......
A brokerage that executes buy and sell orders at lower commission rates than.......
This is when expected upcoming news affects a security's value.....
Outside of the traditional, rather obvious laymen definition - Discount also.......
DCF is an acronym for discounted cash flow analysis. This is a method used when.....
A loan whose interest and financing charges are subtracted from its face amount ....
The interest rate charged to borrow directly from the Federal Reserve Bank.......
The yield on a security that is acquired at a discount.....
This is the addition of calculated interest to existing principal and interest......
This is the right, rather than the obligation, to do something.....
This is when something is optional rather than mandatory. This term is often.......
An account whose holder gives his broker or someone else the absolute or restric....
An expense for either non-essential or especially expensive goods. Examples.......
This is an individual's left over income after expenditures on essential items....
This is an order giving the right to determine when and at what price to execut....
A trust that provides an investor a wide variety of options. ....
Not to make a necessary payment.....
A decrease in the rate of inflation; in other words, a reduction in the rate at....
The extraction of an intermediary, or middleman, from a transaction or communica....
A decrease in capital investment.....
This is a nickname for the field of economics. The name came about as a result......
The amount of income that an individual possesses after taxes have been assesse....
This is the exchange, sale, or loss of property, whether intentional or uninten....
The conclusion of the legal life of a corporation. It may be caused by sharehold....
A security of a company that is undergoing or expected to undergo bankruptcy.......
This is an urgent sale; thus prices are often significantly reduced.....
A situation that comes about when a benefit plan lacks the funds necessary to.......
A group of investment banks which jointly underwrite and distribute a new securi....
A dividend or capital gain given to an investor.....
The ability to sell shares.....
The date when a mutual fund distribution, dividend, or bond interest payment.......
The intermediaries responsible for bringing goods to market. These intermediarie....
The period of time that begins with the declaration date and ends with the recor....
Stock that it sold over a period of time, rather than in a single transaction.......
A company that purchases open-end investment company shares directly from the fu....
Price divergence is a technical situation where indicators signal a different.......
The risk of price change due to the unique circumstances of a specific security,....
An investment strategy designed to manage risk. Components of the portfolio.......
An investment strategy designed to manage risk. Components of the portfolio.......
A mutual fund or unit trust that invests in a wide variety of securities, and.......
To sell off a division of the company because it is either a poor fit within.......
A disposition or sale of an asset. A company will divest an asset that is not.......
A taxable payment extracted from a company.s current or retained earnings........
This is when corporations buy and sell other corporations' stock to maximize.......
An arrangement in which the sponsors of a project agree to use prior dividends......
Shareholders who want the company to follow a specific dividend policy. The desi....
A valuation model that estimates the present value of all future dividend payme....
Dividends on current stock that are not paid currently but will be paid to the ....
A requirement that companies notify Nasdaq's Uniform Practice Department a minim....
Dividends paid divided by company earnings, expressed as a percentage, over.......
The rate at which a dividend pays out.,,....
"A type of plan that utilizes the funds gained through the accumulation of divi....
The amount of annual earnings a company is required to produce in order to pay......
The strategy of buying securities immediately before their ex-dividend dates.......
The dollar amount of dividends declared by a company's board of directors. The......
A deduction on dividends received stemming from a company's ownership in anothe....
This is the yield a company pays to its shareholders in the form of dividends.......
A department within the SEC that is responsible for the review of registration......
A department within the SEC responsible for enforcing securities legislation and....
"A department within the SEC responsible for regulating mutual funds, investment....
Division of labor refers to the process where individual employees and their.......
The Division of Market Regulation is a department within the United States Secur....
Financial indexes are price weighted indicators calculated by dividing the.......
The currency of Djibouti. ISO international currency code: DJF. Learn more.......
Short for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The most widely used indicator of.......
The currency of Djibouti. ISO international currency code: DJF. Learn more.......
The currency of Denmark. ISO international currency code: DKK. Learn.......
"Written information explaining the responsibilities, rights, and duties of each....
"This is an investment strategy that advises buying the ten DJIA stocks with.......
"DBA is an acronym for this term; it is a formal notice that an individual,.......
1 A dollar bond is the common name for municipal bonds with a large signal payme....
"An investment strategy that reduces the volatility with which securities, typic....
Dollar drain refers to the situation where a country's imports exceed their.......
"A bond priced at a percentage of par, rather than in terms of yield to maturity....
This is when a country does not have the dollars necessary to import the desired....
In quoting foreign exchange rates, Dollar terms refers to how much of a foreign.....
"This is the dollar amount of shares traded in a given period, for a security o....
"The rate of return that would make the present value of future cash flows plus.....
Pertaining to within a given country. Opposite of foreign.,,....
A bond denominated in the currency of the country where it's issued.,,....
The Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index measures prices for goods purchased.......
A U.S. corporation doing business in the state in which it is incorporated. Opp....
Measure of the amount of goods and services sought by German consumers. This.......
The part of a nation's market that represents the systems of trading securities ....
An individual.s place of permanent residence, for tax purposes. ....
The currency of Dominica.See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Currency Con....
The currency of the Dominican Republic. ISO international currency code:.......
Capital stock given back to the issuing corporation by a shareholder, often in....
An individual or organization which receives a gift.....
An individual who gives a gift through a trust or a charitable contribution.....
"Do Not Reduce, commonly Abbreviated as DNR, is a feature of a buy or sell.......
The currency of the Dominican Republic. ISO international currency code:.......
Abbreviation for Designated Order Turnaround, which is the NYSE electronic syste....
A firm whose operations are entirely or primarily internet-based, or more specif....
A system in which buyers enter competitive bidders and sellers enter competitive....
A technical analysis term used to describe a chart on which the price of a secur....
An accounting system that keeps capital expenses and operating expenses separat....
A method of accelerated depreciation, in which double the straight-line deprecia....
An accounting technique which records each transaction as both a credit and.......
Free from both federal and state income tax liability, such as for a municipal ....
The hedging of a cash market position by both a futures position and an option ....
A life insurance policy provision that calls for an additional payment, generall....
A lease in which the lessee pays rent to the lessor, as well as all taxes and.......
The taxation of the same earnings at two levels. One common example is taxation.....
A technical analysis term for two successive rises to the same price level........
A technical chart pattern in which a stock price moves to a high level, then.......
The act of adding to an existing long or short position, after a move Opposite......
The final hour of the stock market trading session on the third Friday of all.......
Dovish refers to an economic outlook which generally supports lower interest.......
Dovish refers to an economic outlook which generally supports lower interest.......
Short for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.The most widely used indicator of.......
An investment strategy that advocates purchasing the ten DJIA stocks with the.......
The oldest and most widely used measures of the overall condition of the stock......
Abbreviated as DJIA, which is the most widely used indicator of the overall.......
A negative change in ratings for a security; two common examples are an analyst'....
The part of the purchase price paid in cash up front, reducing the amount of th....
The potential for loss for a given investment or activity.....
A value representing the potential loss that may arise from risk as measured.......
A position that limits the potential loss that would result from a decline in.......
The likelihood that a security or other investment will decline in price, or.......
The reduction in the total number of employees at a firm through terminations, r....
A Downtick occurs when a security's transaction occurs at a lower price than.......
Downward price movement of a security or the overall market over a period of.......
A negative change in the economy, such as from expansion to recession.....
When a stock closes in negative territory on the day, the volume in that stock ....
A document written by a person (drawer) to have an institution (drawee) to pay......
The actions of the Federal Reserve System, taken to decrease the money supply.......
A rebate on taxes or duty paid for imported goods which are subsequently export....
A reduction in account equity from a trade or series of trades. ....
The party directed to pay the amount of a draft or check.....
The party who draws the draft upon another party for payment.....
An account used to track withdrawals, such as withdrawals from a partnership or....
Securities called for redemption.....
The deceptive practice of some mutual funds, in which recently weak stocks are......
Abbreviation for Dividend Reinvestment Plan, which is an investment plan offered....
An aspect of a business that effects a change on another aspect of the business.....
The currency of Dronning Maudland.See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Cur....
A fall in a price, index, or rate.....
A floating-rate security which becomes fixed income if the rate to which it is p....
The shipping of merchandise from a supplier directly to a retail store's custome....
Abbreviation for Days Sales Outstanding. Accounts receivable divided by sales.......
Abbreviation for Direct Stock Purchase Plan. A SEC-regulated program which enabl....
A Dual currency bond is debt which pays the principal in one currency upon redem....
A form of insurance which pays a death benefit only upon the death of the last......
The situation that arises when a security is registered for trading on more.......
A closed-end fund which distinguishes between common shareholders and preferred.....
The practice by a broker of acting as an agent (purchasing and selling for custo....
A printed statement serving as evidence of the transfer of a security from the......
The date on which an obligation must be paid. Also known as law day.....
The process of investigation, performed by investors, into the details of a.......
A provision in a mortgage enabling the lender to demand full repayment if the b....
The protocol of legal procedures.....
An identification number that may be internally assigned to a security by a fi....
1 In financial slang, dumping refers to selling securities with little regard.......
Durable Goods are manufactured goods that generally offer a long utility (lastin....
The value of orders placed for relatively long lasting goods. Durable Goods.......
A legal document that enables an individual to designate another person, called.....
The change in the value of a fixed income security that will result from a 1%.......
A method of attempting to quantify interest rate risk involving a comparison.......
Also known as descending price auction, is a type of auction that uses a bidding....
The deindustrialization of a nation's economy that occurs when the discovery.......
The currency of the Netherlands from the 13th century until 2002, when it was.......
1 Taxes on imported, exported or consumed goods. Duties serve are a source.......
Abbreviation for Delivery vs. Payment.....
Abbreviation for Delivery vs. Receipt.....
Pool of mortgage-backed securities with a maturity of 15 years, issued by the F....
The number of construction starts on new homes in the past month. The figure,.......
The currency of the Algeria. ISO international currency code: DZD. Learn.......
Short for call swap option. This is an exchange in which the buyer pays an optio....