To negotiate or bargain.
In the context of lending, the difference between the value of a loan and the…
The currency of Haiti. Learn more about the Haitian Gourde and Haiti at GoCurrency.com
The future date on which half of a mortgage’s principal will have been paid off.
The selling of large amounts of a stock by speculators who believe that stock will soon fall.
The balance remaining on a loan when the term ends.
The Hang Seng Index (HSI)is a compilation index of all the leading stocks in…
A currency in which investors have confidence, such as that of an economically and politically stable country.
Paying a full-service brokerage for its non-trading services (such as research) with cash. opposite of soft dollars.
Products that aren’t consumed or quickly disposed of, and can be used for several…
When the economy goes directly from a period of expansion to a recession. This…
An antitrust regulation requiring any investor seeking to acquire either a 15%…
Hawkish refers to a negative (high) inflationary outlook and its effects on…
The term refers to the predatory, stern nature of the hawk. In finance, hawkish…
A type of insurance that covers property damage caused by fire, wind, storms,…
A technical analysis term referring to a chart formation in which a price exhibits…
A tax filing status that can be used by a married or unmarried person who maintains…
Health Insurance is an insurance policy that pays for all or part of an individual…
Abbreviated as HIPAA. A law mandating that anyone belonging to a group health…
Abbreviated as HMO. A form of health insurance combining a range of coverages…
The currency of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Heard Island and…
An industry which is capital- and/or labor-intensive, such as automobile, industrial…
A hedge is a type of protective investment designed to offset adverse price…
A statement made to free oneself from responsibility. Also known as disclaimer.
The short sale of some portion of the shares in a tender offer to protect against…
A fund, generally used by wealthy individuals and institutions, which is allowed…
The change in price of a call option for every one-point move in the price of the underlying security. Also known as delta.
An options strategy in which a trader with a long position in the underlying…
An individual who will receive assets upon the death of another (the decedent).
Something in one’s portfolio or possession.
Having the condition in which a listed equity does not open for trading when…
When items or entities in a group are different. Opposite of homogeneous.
A brief market dip.
Asset not immediately apparent from a balance sheet.
A sales charge which an investor pays often without realizing it, such as an…
An indirect tax levied on goods and/or services at some point during the production cycle and paid unknowingly by the consumer.
The greatest value that a security or currency hit during a specific period…
The maximum dollar amount of all loans an individual can have outstanding at…
A stock that is trading at an ungenerally high valuation based on traditional…
A bond with a rating of AAA or AA, the two highest ratings.
Moving average of the number of stocks that reach new highs and lows each day,…
For the purposes of retirement plans, an employee who owns 5% or more of a firm…
A letter from an investment bank indicating that it is very likely that it will…
Mortgage whose amount is greater than 80% of the value of the mortgaged property.
Refers to stocks that have reached new 52-week high prices in the current or most recent trading session. opposite of lows.
Stock in a technology sector, such as software, semiconductors, networking, or biotechnology.
The description of investments with high rates of return.
Abbreviated as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. A law mandating…
Over a specific period of time in the past.
An accounting principle requiring all financial statement items to be based on original cost.
Past information about a firm, used to help forecast the firm’s future; for…
The highest and lowest prices a security or commodity has ever traded at.
The yield that has been earned by a mutual fund, generally a money market fund, over a period of time.
Situation in which a dealer agrees to sell at the highest price offered (“”bid”")…
The ISO currency code for the Hong Kong Dollar. Learn more about the Hong Kong dollar and Hong Kong at GoCurrency.com
Abbreviated as Health Maintenance Organization. A form of health insurance combining…
The ISO currency code for the Honduras Lempira. Learn more about the Honduran lempira and Honduras at GoCurrency.com
Applied to a specific security, hold refers to an analyst’ recommendation to…
A contractual condition in which money is withheld until a specified event occurs.
One who is in possession of something, generally the purchaser and owner.
An individual who acquires a negotiable instrument in good faith.
The name of an individual or entity that an issuer carries in its records as…
A firm that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and…
The length of time an asset was held (the time between the trade date of the…
The activity of placing and/or maintaining buy orders to create price support…
A type of security created by Merrill Lynch and traded on the American Stock…
The current market value of a home minus the outstanding mortgage balance.
Abbreviated as HECM. An arrangement in which a homeowner borrows against the…
Debt secured by a primary residence or second home to the extent of the excess of fair market value over acquisition debt.
A method of borrowing in which a homeowner may borrow against home equity as…
A loan secured by a primary residence or second home to the extent of the excess…
An inspection of a prospective home done by a professional, soon after an offer…
Tracks developments in the number and value of outstanding home loans in Australia…
A federal law requiring some financial institutions to disclose certain information…
A type of insurance that combines liability insurance and hazard insurance. Required by most mortgage lenders.
A stock which has risen dramatically in price in a short period of time.
When items or entities in a group are similar. Opposite of heterogeneous.
The currency of Honduras. Learn more about the Honduran lempira and Honduras at GoCurrency.com
The currency of Hong Kong. Learn more about the Hong Kong dollar and Hong Kong at GoCurrency.com
An education tax credit designed to reduce education costs in the first two…
The length of time a sum of money is expected to be invested. Also known as investment horizon or time horizon.
An acquisition by one firm of another firm in the same industry.
A market which meets a given need of a wide variety of industries, rather than…
Merger of two or more companies with similar product lines.
The price movement that remains within a relatively narrow range over an extended…
An option strategy involving the purchase and sale of put options and call options…
A takeover which goes against the wishes of the target firm’s management and board of directors. opposite of friendly takeover.
Stock, often an IPO, which is in great demand.
A house has a number of meanings in the financial world. In economics, a house…
Brokerage account created by a brokerage for its own use..
A call from a broker to a customer (called a maintenance margin call) or from…
Euro-zone Household Consumption reports the mean expenditure on individual consumption…
Level of equity that a brokerage requires on a customer’s margin account. Generally higher than the level required by NASD.
The investment bank which acted (or will act) as the underwriter for a given securities issue.
The condition of having very little cash because nearly all of one’s net worth is tied up in one’s house.
Tracks changes in housing prices in Australia ‘s eight provincial capital cities:…
A broker/dealer’s set of internal rules describing how customer accounts should…
A bond that is issued to finance a municipal construction project such as housing…
The number of new dwellings sold in the past month. An increase in home sales…
The housing sector often leads the overall health of the economy. Home sales…
An index of several hundred home builders that measures demand for new homes….
Overview – Housing Reports – At times, housing figures may be the most watched…
Gauges the change in the number of new houses beginning construction. Housing…
The rate of growth in housing construction, usually expressed as a year on year…
Reflects the rate of growth in housing construction. Housing Starts act as an…
The Housing Starts figure reflects the rate of growth in housing construction….
Gauges the change in the number of new houses built in the United States. Housing…
The ISO currency code for the Croatian Kuna. Learn more about the Croatian Kuna and Croatia at GoCurrency.com
The ISO currency code for the Haiti Gourde. Learn more about the Haitian Gourde and Haiti at GoCurrency.com
Abbreviated as Department of Housing and Urban Development. Federal agency responsible for encouraging housing development.
A document prepared by a closing agent describing a real estate transaction,…
The ISO currency code for the Hungarian Forint. Learn more about the Hungarian Forint and Hungary at GoCurrency.com
A rating service for advisory newsletters.
The set of skills which an employee acquires on the job, through training and…
The currency of Hungary. Learn more about the Hungarian Forint and Hungary at GoCurrency.com
Situation in which one or more of an investor’s securities have fallen well…
The term used by traders to describe the act of aggressively selling off a large position in a stock.
The required rate of return in a discounted cash flow analysis, above which…
A payment made to an individual to keep them from disclosing certain information to others. Often illegal.
An annuity which combines features of a fixed annuity and a variable annuity.
A type of Real Estate Investment Trust that generates income from rent and capital…
A period of rapid inflation that leaves a country’s currency virtually worthless.
The pledging of securities or other assets as collateral to secure a loan, such as a debit balance in a margin account.
A document signed by an individual wanting to open a margin account, in which…