Acronym for Research And Development. Discovering new knowledge about products,…
Statistical measure of correlation between a portfolio’s performance and the…
A trader’s attempt to force down the price of a particular security, generally by heavy selling. Also known as bear raid.
An individual or entity attempting to acquire enough equity in a target firm…
A seller’s commitment to sell an out-of-stock item at the advertised price as soon as it becomes available.
rainmaker
An employee who creates a significant amount of new business to a firm. This…
An increase in salary.A raise is given to an employee by an employer. It may…
A substantial rise in the price of a currency, stock, commodity, bonds, or overall…
To increase, as with activity or production.
An investment theory which claims that market prices follow a random path up…
Range refers to the area between high and low prices a currency pair tends to…
The Range-Expansion Index (REI) is a technical indicator derived from historical…
A strategy that involves buying as price moves to lower support levels, and…
Comparison of an investment’s performance to others over a given time period.
Rate – A value describing one quantity in terms of another quantity. 1 Most…
A price list for advertising time or space.
A covenant in a municipal revenue bond that specifies how it will be determined…
A fixed-rate mortgage provision which gives the borrower a one-time option to…
A commitment by a lender guaranteeing a specified interest rate for a specified period of time. Also known as lock-in.
ROC is a momentum indicator that measures velocity and also leads the price…
The rate at which one currency may be converted into another. Generally, one…
The annual rate of return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the total amount invested. Also known as return.
To approve or confirm.
See bond rating, credit rating, stock rating.
A firm that publishes ratings for securities such as preferred stock and debt…
The value of one item relative to another.Commonly taking the form of a fraction…
The study and interpretation of the relationships between various financial variables, by investors or lenders.
An options strategy in which a trader has a ratio calendar spread using calls and a ratio calendar spread using puts, simultaneously.
An options strategy using either puts or calls, in which one buys long-term…
An options strategy using either puts or calls, in which one buys some options and then sells a different amount of options.
An options strategy in which a trader writes multiple option contracts per 100 shares of stock owned or shorted.
Undeveloped, unused land.
Unfinished goods consumed by a manufacturer in providing finished goods. Classified…
Measures the prices paid by Canadian manufacturers for key raw materials, including…
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has a target inflation of 2 to 3 percent….
Meeting eleven times a year, the Reserve Bank of Australia stands as the central…
The decision to change or maintain New Zealand ‘s Official Cash Rate. The RBNZ…
The fraction of a specific market category, demographic group or niche that…
A reversal of the prevailing trend in price movement for a security. The term…
Attempting to predict short-term price changes by examining price and volume information as it comes across the ticker tape.
Economic program utilized during the Reagan administration, which emphasized…
Adjusted for inflation.
An asset that is intrinsically valuable because of its utility, such as real…
Capital, such as equipment and machinery, which is used to produce goods. Real…
The economic growth rate adjusted for inflation.
Piece of land and any structures that are (more or less) permanently attached…
A licensed salesperson working for a real estate broker. If the agent sells…
An individual licensed to arrange the buying and selling of real estate for a fee.
Abbreviated as REIT, refers to a corporation or trust that uses the pooled capital…
Abbreviated as REMIC, refers to an investment-grade mortgage bond that separates…
Abbreviated as REO. Property which is in the possession of a lender as a result of foreclosure or forfeiture.
Real GDP reflects Gross Domestic Product that has been controlled for the effects…
Income of an individual, organization, or country, after taking into consideration…
The current interest rate minus the current inflation rate.
To make something real from a transaction, such as to get the profit from an investment that has appreciated by selling it.
Having been reflected in a transaction, such as a conversion of goods into cash,…
A capital gain or loss that is realized, for example a capital gain or loss…
In securities underwriting, the amount paid to a broker/dealer who is not part…
Rate of return after adjusting for inflation.
Current, as with quotes or news. Opposite of delayed.
A requirement that market makers report each trade in a Nasdaq security to Nasdaq within 90 seconds of execution.
A real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors.
A piece of land, including the air above it and the ground below it, and any…
Income of an individual, organization, or country, after taking into consideration…
Making adjustments to counteract the fact that different assets have performed…
Partial return of a payment.This may also refer to a deduction from an amount…
A rally following a decrease in price.
A distribution calculation method for retirement accounts in which each year’s distributions are based on current life expectancy.
The return of a product to its manufacturer for repair or replacement, generally due to defects or safety concerns.
Restructuring of a company’s debt and equity combination.This is essentially…
A contract stipulation that permits the seller of an asset to at least partially…
A recalculation of earnings based on the assumption that certain expenses could…
A written acknowledgement which grants legal validation to a repayment of all or part of a debt.
Receivables refers to money, goods or services owed from one entity to another….
The average duration of an account receivable, equal to total credit sales divided…
Provision of some institutional sell orders stipulating that only cash will…
A form of bankruptcy in which a firm can avoid liquidation by reorganizing with the help of a court-appointed trustee.
Provision of some institutional sell orders stipulating that only cash will…
A period of general economic decline, spread across the whole economy for longer…
An action consisting of reversing the conversion of an IRA from one type to…
Quoting exchange rates in terms of how many units of the foreign currency equal…
Settling an account.
The recording of a revenue or expense item in given accounting period.
An opinion given by an analyst to his/her clients about whether a given stock…
To repaying
Adjusting one’s checkbook balance to match a bank statement.
An adjustment or series of adjustments resulting in additions to and/or deletions…
The transferring of a title back to its previous owner.
To register, file or write down information about a transaction or event.
Date, set by the issuing in order to be eligible to receive a declared dividend…
To recover all or part of a loss.
A loan for which an undersigner is liable for payment if the borrower defaults.
A period in a business cycle following a recession, during which the GDP rises.
See redemption.
Able to be redeemed prior to maturity. The term generally applies to bonds and…
A bond which the issuer has the right to redeem prior to its maturity date,…
Shares that may be redeemed at the option of the issuer and/or the shareholder.
The return of an investor’s principal in a security, such as a bond, preferred…
The date on which a bond matures or is redeemed, On the redemption date, the…
A sales charge or commission paid when an individual sells an investment, such…
The period during which a borrower may reclaim the title and possession of property by paying the debt it secured.
The price, specified at issuance, at which a bond or preferred stock can be redeemed by the issuer. Also known as call price.
A sign of a problem.
same as preliminary prospectus. Its name comes from the warning, printed in…
Deficit, loss.
Illegal practice of discriminating based on geographic location when providing loans or insurance coverage.
A form of insurance available as a non-forfeiture option, providing for continuation…
Resolution Funding Corporation. The organization created by Congress in 1989…
Paying off an existing loan with the proceeds from a new loan, generally of…
The intentional reversal of deflation through a monetary action by a government
The return of retail goods by a customer for his/her money back.
Issuing a bond to retire an existing bond.
Renovate, clean up.
A part or section of a country or the world.
A bank that operates in one region of a country, as opposed to a money center bank, which operates nationally and globally.
An SEC-registered stock exchange which focuses on listing stocks of corporations…
Mutual fund which invests in one specific region of a country or the world.
To formally record a transaction or event.
Having formally submitted a document to, and received approval for a specific…
A bond issued with the name of the owner printed on the face of the certificate….
A corporation that has filed a registration statement with the SEC prior to releasing a new stock issue.
A bond whose principal, but not interest, is registered. Because of this, the…
Abbreviated as RIA, which refers to an investment advisor registered with the SEC. No certification is required.
An employee of a brokerage firm who observes and regulates options exposure…
An individual who is licensed to sell securities and has the legal power of…
Abbreviated as RRSP, refers to the tax-advantaged retirement planning instrument…
Security that cannot be transferred or delivered to another party. Opposite of negotiable security.
The organization, generally a bank or a trust firm, that maintains a registry…
The filing process a firm performs, in accordance with SEC regulations, prior…
A carefully prepared set of documents, including a prospectus, which is filed with the SEC prior to an initial public offering.
A technique used to discover a mathematical relationship between two variables using a set of individual data points.
A statistical technique used to find relationships between variables for the purpose of predicting future values.
A statistical technique used to explain or predict the behavior of a dependent…
A tax that takes a larger percentage of the income of low-income people than of high-income people.
Delivery of securities in a transaction on the third business day after the…
Investment firm eligible under IRS Regulation M to pass capital gains, dividends…
A rule designed to control the conduct of those to whom it applies. Regulations are official rules, and have to be followed.
An SEC regulation that governs offerings of $1,500,000 or less, which qualify for simplified registration.
An SEC regulation that governs private placement exemption.,,
SEC regulation adopted in 2000 that eliminated the practice of selective disclosure….
A Federal Reserve Board regulation that governs the extension of credit for…
A Federal Reserve Board regulation that limits the interest rate that banks can pay on savings deposits. ,,
A Federal Reserve Board regulation that governs customer cash accounts and the…
A Federal Reserve Board regulation that limits the amount of credit a bank can extend to customers for buying on margin.,,
A federal law requiring lenders to fully disclose in writing the terms and…
A government organization that monitors firms operating in a regulated industry.,,
The restrictions, licenses, and laws applicable to a product or business, imposed by the government.
The risk associated with the potential for laws related to a given industry,…
The pledging of securities in customer margin accounts as collateral for a brokerage’s bank loan.,,
Paying back for out-of-pocket expenses, such as by an employer or an insurance firm.
Restore a past-due loan to a current status.,,
The sharing of insurance policies among multiple insurers, to reduce the risk for each.
Using the dividends, interest, or profits from an investment to buy more of…
The first day of the ex-dividend period. The reinvestment date was created…
The privilege some mutual funds give to their shareholders to use income and/or…
The risk resulting from the fact that interest or dividends earned from an investment…
Acronym for Real Estate Investment Trust. A corporation or trust that uses…
The denial of insurance coverage or credit.,,
A stock’s price change over a period of time relative to that of a market index,…
RSI is basically a more advanced version of the basic momentum indicator….
The standard deviation of an investment’s or portfolio’s return divided by the…
Provision in a mortgage allowing for the freeing of part of a property from…
Letter sent by the lead underwriter in an offering to the other syndicate members, describing the final terms of the offering.
An agreement in which a lender terminates a borrower’s obligation for the payment of a debt.,,
An employee stock option granted upon the exercise of an option using shares…
Move. ,,
The amount left in an estate or trust after expenses and prior beneficiaries have been paid.,,
The amount of time left until a bond becomes due.,,
The amount of principal which, as of a given date, has not yet been paid on a mortgage.
Payment of additional cash or securities to meet minimum maintenance requirements in a margin account.,,
Acronym for Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit. An investment-grade mortgage…
To give up, release, or quitclaim interest in real estate.
To make a payment by any non-credit means. Examples of remittance include cash, check and electronic transfer.
See remit.
Compensation.
An adjustable rate involving a renewable short-term balloon loan, in which the…
A natural resource that can replenish itself over time. Opposite of nonrenewable.
Payment, generally monthly, for use of space or property.
Any form of government restriction, applicable to rental units in certain areas,…
A type of home insurance that protects the holder against accidents, damages,…
Individual living off of income from fixed investments.
Acronym for Real Estate Owned. Property which is in the possession of a lender as a result of foreclosure or forfeiture.
The action that may allow a firm to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Reorganization…
Capital flow from a foreign country to the country of origin. This generally…
The amount it would cost to replace an asset at current prices. If the cost…
An accounting method which allows for additional depreciation on some part of…
Insurance which replaces lost, stolen or destroyed property by paying current market prices, rather than depreciated value.
The value of an asset as determined by the estimated cost of replacing it.
A court action to recover possession of collateral.
A contract in which the seller of securities, such as Treasury Bills, agrees…
Financial information, such as monthly balance sheets, income statements, and…
The taking back of property by a lender or seller from the borrower or buyer, generally due to default.
One who is authorized to act on behalf of another, such as an executor or a trustee.
Deny or reject.
A contract in which the seller of securities, such as Treasury Bills, agrees…
Abbreviated as RFP, refers to an invitation for providers of a product or service…
Abbreviated as RMD, refers to the minimum annual required distribution amount…
The required rate of return in a discounted cash flow analysis, above which…
The amounts that banks are required to keep on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank, as determined by reserve ratios.
A written request to buy something.
A bank loan which was restructured, generally by lengthening the maturity, in order to avoid default.
To cancel a contractual agreement.
The cancellation or annulment of a transaction or contract by mutual consent or by law.
The process of gathering information for the purpose of initiating, modifying…
Abbreviated as R&D. Discovering new knowledge about products, processes, and…
Department in a full-service brokerage in which analysts study markets and securities and issue recommendations.
One who buys goods from a manufacturer and resells them to customers unchanged.
An advanced order, generally without full payment.
The amount in assets kept in case of urgent need for liquidity. For central…
A bulletin board that lists all statistical data published by the Reserve Bank…
Banks accepts deposits, lending out a portion of those funds to borrowers…
As the name suggest, this is the amount banks are required to hold in receive….
The frequency with which a adjustable rate changes.
A type of mortgage of a residential property; up to $1 million is federal and…
Property which is zoned for single-family homes, multi-family apartments, townhouses, condominiums, and/or co-ops.
Real property for which 80% or more of the gross income is from dwelling units.
Having the characteristic of remaining
Security that could potentially dilute earnings per common share, such as preferred…
The amount a firm expects to be able to sell a fixed asset for at the end of its useful life.
The price level in which a currency pair has difficulty trading above. At resistance,…
An official document representing an action on the part of the board of directors of a corporation.
Abbreviated as REFCORP, refers to the organization created by Congress in 1989…
An individual, asset, material, or capital which can be used to accomplish a goal.
The process of allocating resources among the various projects or business units.
Compensation for loss or injury.
Illegally interfering with free marketplace participation. Regulated by the Federal Trade Commission.
A margin account which has less equity than is required by Regulation T. Purchases…
Restricted fee patent refers to the legal relationship between two parties,…
Any kind of securities that have limited transferability, generally issued in a private placement.
A type of stock which is acquired though an employee stock option plan or other…
A portion of a firm’s retained earnings not legally available for dividend payment.
A portion of a firm’s retained earnings not legally available for dividend payment.
To reorganize a firm’s operations.
See restructure.
A brief written summary of an individual’s education, work experience, and accomplishments,…
Limited partnership in which existing properties are sold to new partners, for tax benefits of existing partners.
The selling directly to consumers.
Retail banking refers to the offering of basic banking products to the general…
A brokerage most of whose customers are retail investors rather than institutional investors.
An individual who purchases small amounts of securities for him/herself, as…
Lending to private individuals, as opposed to institutions.
Price charged to store customers.
A measure of inflation used primarily in the UK for wage bargaining and other…
Retail Price Index measures changes in the prices of goods and services bought…
Gauges sales at Canadian retail outlets. The report serves as a direct gauge…
Measures changes in sales of the German retail sector. Given that consumption…
A monthly measurement of all goods sold by retailers based on a sampling of…
Measures the change in the volume of sales by retailers in the United Kingdom…
Measure of the total sales of goods and services by retail stores in Australia….
The total value of goods and services sold each month at retail outlets. The…
The total value of goods and services sold each month at retail outlets. The…
Tracks changes in New Zealand retail sales. As consumption contributes heavily…
Earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business…
A partial fee paid in advance for professional services.
The right of a holder of certain futures contracts, who has received a notice…
Retained earnings divided by total after-tax earnings, expressed as a percentage.
To pay off a debt.
The period of an individual’s life during which he/she is no longer working, or the commencement of that period.
An amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 providing…
A reversal movement, in price action, that counters a previous advance or decline…
Drop in price level following a rise. Opposite of rally.
Effective as of an earlier date than the date enacted.
The annual return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the total amount invested. Also known as rate of return.
A distribution of cash resulting from depreciation tax savings, the sale of…
Abbreviated as ROA, refers to a measure of a firm’s profitability, equal to…
Abbreviated as ROC, refers to a measure of how effectively a firm uses the money…
Abbreviated as ROCE. A measure of the returns that a firm is realizing from…
Abbreviated as ROE, refers to a measure of how well a firm used reinvested earnings…
ROIC is a calculation used to assess the profitability of a firm by determining…
Abbreviated as ROS, refers to a measure of a firm’s profitability, equal to…
Abbreviated as ROTA, refers to a measure of how effectively a firm uses its…
The currency of Reunion.See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Currency Converter
A change, generally an increase, in a country’s fixed exchange rate.
A measure of the total amount of money a firm receives within a given amount…
Security issued in anticipation of future revenue which will be used for repayment.
Bond issued by a municipality to finance a specific public works project and…
Law designed to reduce the federal budget deficit by raising taxes and reducing…
An IRS tax decision resulting from an interpretation of an unclear regulation.
The splitting of operating profits and losses between the general partner and…
Change in the general direction of a market, such as a rally. Also known as trend reversal.
A riskless transaction consisting of the short sale of a security, the purchase…
One way for a firm to become publicly traded, by acquiring a public firm and…
An arrangement in which a homeowner borrows against the equity in his/her home…
The method by which a brokerage earns interest on its customers’ stock holdings…
Negative cash flow.
The acquisition of a public firm by a private firm, allowing the private firm…
An arrangement in which a homeowner borrows against the equity in his/her home…
A purchase of securities with an agreement to resell them at a higher price…
A purchase of securities with an agreement to resell them at a higher price…
A stock split which reduces the number of outstanding shares and increases the…
Abbreviated as RTO, refers to when a firm buys out a larger firm, but could…
To return to a previous condition.
Irrevocable trust that becomes a revocable trust after a specified period of…
The act of recalling or terminating a previously granted power of attorney….
To cancel or annul.
revolving collateral
An agreement by a bank to lend a specific amount to a borrower, and to allow…
Acronym for Request For Proposal. An invitation for providers of a product or…
The dollar change in a given option’s price that results from a 1% change in interest rates.
Acronym for Registered Investment Adviser. Investment advisor registered with the SEC. No certification is required.
Well to do, earning a high level of income or retaining a high level of wealth compared to others.
Assesses regional manufacturing conditions for the Richmond Fed District. Based…
Gauge for costs of homes in the United Kingdom. The figure is based on surveyors’…
An amendment to a contract or policy.
A privilege allowing existing shareholders to purchase shares of an issue of…
The right of a party to match the terms of a proposed contract with another party.
The right to recover a bad debt.
The right of a property owner to redeem his/her real estate from foreclosure…
The right of a consumer to nullify a contract within three business days of signing it without paying a penalty or down payment.
Ownership of property by two or more people in which the survivors automatically…
See right.
Offering of common stock to investors who currently hold shares which entitle…
Laws that make government or corporate data and records available to the public…
A demarcated area on the exchange floor where traders and brokers execute trades.
A technical analysis term for a chart pattern in which each successive low price is higher than the previous one.
The possibility of loss in absolute terms, or relative to expectations. Examples…
A measure of how much an investment returned in relation to the amount of risk it took on.
The use of an arbitrage, usually associated with risk.
The act of investing conservatively.
The funds made available for startup firms and small businesses with exceptional…
A document outlining the risks involved in futures trading (i.e. one may lose…
An asset whose future return is known with certainty, barring complete changes in the market.
A theoretical interest rate that would be returned on an investment, if it were…
A risk-free transaction consisting of purchasing an asset at one price and simultaneously…
An asset whose future return is known with certainty, barring complete changes in the market. Also known as risk-free asset.
A theoretical interest rate that would be returned on an investment which was…
A transaction that guarantees a profit to whoever initiates it (i.e. riskless arbitrage).
The process of analyzing exposure to risk and determining how to best handle such exposure.
Someone who is indifferent to risk, meaning someone who is completely indifferent…
The reward for holding a risky investment rather than a risk-free one.
The rate of return required to attract capital to an investment.
The relationship between risk and return, in which one must be willing to accept…
Someone who is attracted to risk, meaning an investment with a lower expected…
An investor’s ability to handle declines in the value of his/her portfolio.
The shifting risk from one party to another; examples include purchasing insurance coverage or issuing debt.
Acronym for Required Minimum Distribution, which refers to the required distribution…
Return on Assets. A measure of a firm’s profitability, equal to a fiscal year’s…
A series of meetings with potential investors and brokers, conducted by a firm…
Acronym for Return on Capital, which refers to a measure of how effectively…
Acronym for Return on Capital Employed, which refers to a measure of the returns that a firm is realizing from its capital.
Acronym for Return on Equity, which refers to a measure of how well a firm used…
Acronym for Return on Investment, which refers to a measure of a corporation’s…
ROIC is a calculation used to assess the profitability of a firm by determining…
The ISO currency code for the Romanian Leu.
The act of closing out one option position and open another one of the same class but a lower strike price.
The act of closing out one option position and open another one of the same class but a later expiration date.
The process of introducing a new product or service into the marketplace. Also known as launch.
Rollover refers to the interest traders may earn or be charged daily, for positions…
Rollover refers to the interest traders may earn or be charged daily, for positions…
A Mortgage for which the unpaid balance is refinanced every few years at then-current…
The act of closing out one option position and open another one of the same class but a higher strike price.
The official currency of Romania. Learn more about Romania and the Romanian Leu at GoCurrency.com
The ISO code for the Romanian Leu. Learn more about Romania and the Romanian Leu at GoCurrency.com
Anchor of CNBC’s “Street Signs,” Ron Insana is an accredited financial journalist….
Acronym for Return on Sales, which refers to a measure of a firm’s profitability,…
Acronym for Return on Total Assets, which refers to a measure of how effectively…
The movement of money by one investor or the overall market from one or more…
Roth IRA refers a type of individual retirement plan that offers a number of…
The normal unit of trading of a security; 100 shares of stock or 5 bonds. Also…
The stage of financing a start-up firm is in. The usual progression is from startup to first round to mezzanine to pre-IPO.
A complete futures transaction, including both entry and exit. Also known as round trip.
A payment made for the use of property, especially a patent, copyrighted work,…
Acronym for Retail Price Index, which refers to an inflationary indicator that…
Acronym for Registered Retirement Savings Plan, which refers to. A tax-advantaged…
Acronym for Relative Strength Index, which refers to a technical analysis indicator…
Statistical measure of correlation between a portfolio’s performance…
Acronym for Reverse Take-Over. When a firm buys out a larger firm, but could…
The ISO code for the Russian Ruble. Learn more about Russia and the Russian Ruble at GoCurrency.com
A check which a bank returns because it is not payable due to insufficient funds. Also known as bounced check.
A regulation formally known as the Employment of Manipulative and Deceptive Practices…
An extra fee charged by some mutual funds to cover promotion, distributions,…
An SEC rule requiring disclosure by anyone acquiring a beneficial ownership…
Securities and Exchange Commission rule that sets the conditions under which restricted
An SEC rule that permits member firms to make off board trades in securities…
Securities and Exchange Commission rule that sets the conditions under which restricted
An SEC rule allowing for shelf registrations of securities which will be issued…
The estimation of doubling time on an investment, for which the compounded annual…
A formula used to determine rebates on interest for installment loans; since…
Any set of rules established by NASD to protect the best interests of the securities investor.
A trading based on a rumor of a takeover.
A situation in which many customers try to withdrawal their bank deposits simultaneously…
A broker’s trading for his own account before filling his/her customers’ orders,…
The result of extrapolating financial data, collected from a period of time less than one year to a full year.
A sudden, unexpected increase in price.
The most commonly used of a series of market-value weighted indices published…
The official currency of Russia. Learn more about Russia and the Russian Ruble at GoCurrency.com
The area in the Midwest part of the U.S. where manufacturing is largely unmodernized.
The area in the Midwest part of the U.S. where manufacturing is largely unmodernized.
The ISO code for the Rwandan Franc. Learn more about Rwanda and the Rwandan Franc at GoCurrency.com