The state of being free from risk.
The capability of a firm’s management personnel to discuss a particular firm’s…
Abbreviation forSavings Association Insurance Fund, which refers to an entity….
Having the characteristic of being able to be sold.
A wages received at regular intervals, either weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.
A situation in which a particular firm temporarily stops offering salary raises to employees due to budge constraints.
The tax-deferred contributions withheld from an employee’s salary in order to financially maintain a retirement plan.
Abbreviated as SARSEP Plan. An alternative to a 401k plan, available solely for firms…
A transaction that involves the exchange of goods and/or services for money.
An arrangement in which one party sells a property to a buyer, …
The aggregate dollar amount gained through the distribution of goods and services.
A fee charged by an intermediary for his service in facilitating a transaction…
A fee charged by an intermediary for his service in facilitating a transaction…
The group of persons employed in order to facilitate the selling process.
A record of sales, calculated daily.
A tax levied by a given state or city government on the retail price of an item, and collected by the retailer.
See Student Loan Marketing Association.
The estimated value of an asset after it is unable to perform its initial functional use.
A type of settlement that is made on the same day as the transaction…
In the context of retail, same-store sales refer to stores which have been open for more than one year…
The currency of Samoa.
The currency of Western Samoa.
A small portion of a product offered, free of charge, to potential customers.
A type of leasing arrangement in which an entity leases property from one party…
A leasing arrangement in which an entity leases property from one party…
The currency of San Marino.
The rise in stock prices that frequently occurs in the week following Christmas, in anticipation for the January effect.
The currency of Sao Tome.
The ISO currency code for the Saudi Riyal.
Acronym for Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension Plan…
A branch of a larger firm that is physically separated from its corporate headquarters.
A document issued by the lender after the full repayment of a debt.
Saturation is a term used to describe a good or commodity…
In the context of technical analysis, used to describe a chart on which the price…
The currency of Saudi Arabia.
Calculated by the following formula: Income – Consumption = Savings.
A type of deposit account offered at a bank or savings and loan, which pays interest, but cannot be withdrawn by writing a check.
A federally or state established financial institution that takes deposits directly from individuals…
An entity created in 1989, and provides deposit insurance to thrifts. Also known as SAIF.
A banking organization that accepts customer deposits and funds mortgages.
Treasury securities for individual investors. US Savings Bonds are a registered,…
Accounts that offer interest and can be withdrawn upon demand. Savings deposits…
The accumulated cash value of a life insurance policy.
Abbreviated as SIMPLE. A retirement plan sponsored by firms with fewer than 100 employees…
The percentage of savings of a population, calculated by dividing the overall savings by disposable income.
Acronym for Small Business Administration.
The ISO code for the Soloman Islands.
Acronym for Small Business Investment Firm…
The quality of being able to function effectively as its size increases.
The standard wage levels for a given type of job, measured by firms, unions, and the government.
The execution of a sale or purchase in parts, at specified price levels.
The practice of trading quickly for small gains, often holding a position for less than a day.
Having the characteristic of being short in supply
Acronym for Stock Clearing Corporation. The clearinghouse for the NYSE.
The set of future events.
See tax schedule.
The form that must be filed, corresponding to Rule 13d.
The section in the NASD bylaws that outlines membership requirements and procedures.
The practice of knowingly transacting a fraudulent securities deal.
Acronym for Small Corporate Offering Registration. An over the counter sale…
A reaction to a seizure attempt that involves liquidating valuable assets…
A form of corporation, allowed by the IRS for most companies with 75 or fewer shareholders….
The ISO currency code for the Seychelles Rupee.
The initial assessment of job candidates or investment opportunities based on a given set of criteria.
A certificate representing a fraction of a share of stock
The collection of old stock and bond certificates.
The ISO currency code for the Sudanese Dinar.
Special Drawing Right. An artificial currency unit based upon several national currencies…
The cyclicality in the business sector from one season to the next.
The holding of membership on an exchange, which is a requirement for transacting business….
A United States government agency, created in 1934, with the responsibility of enforcing…
The SEC’s system in order to transmit required filings, such as quarterly reports…..
The SEC-fee is a small charge (one cent per several hundred dollars) issued by the Securities…
A document, often containing financial data, that a firm delivers to the SEC and, thereby, to the public.
The offering of a large unit of a security by a current shareholder. Also known as secondary offering.
Any listing of a security on an exchange other than its primary exchange…
A market in which an investor purchases a security from another investor rather than the issuer…
A type of market, where existing mortgages and mortgage-backed securities are traded.
The offering of a large unit of a security by a current shareholder. Also known as secondary offering.
The examination or study of someone else’s research (either primary or secondary).
A firm’s stock that is inferior in quality, yields a higher risk, or having smaller market capitalization.
A mortgage on real estate that has already been pledged as collateral for a previous mortgage…
A preferred stock with rights subordinate to those of other preferred stock.
A type of insurance that pays a death benefit only upon the death of the last surviving insured person….
A state-sponsored program designed to help parents finance education expenses…
A particular subset of a market, society, industry, or economy.
A mutual fund, which invests fully or predominantly in a single economic sector, and thus, are generally riskier.
The movement of investment between distinct economic sectors. Also known as rotation.
In the long term, in contrast to temporary or cyclical.
The state of being backed by a pledge of collateral. Opposite of unsecured.
A Secured Bond is a type of bond backed by an asset from the issuer..
A credit card linked to a savings account. The funds contained in the account…
A loan which is backed by assets belonging to the borrower in order to decrease…
More than one security
The first Congressional law regulating the securities industry, and requiring registration to discourage fraud and deception.
A Congressional law, calling for the establishment of a National Market System…
An employee of a bank, brokerage, advisor, or mutual fund who utilizes technical analysis…
A United States government agency, created in 1934, with the responsibility of enforcing the federal securities…
See exchange.
The act which established the SEC.
A crime in which investing or trading laws are violated.
Acronym for SIA. The main trade organization and lobbying group for broker and dealers. ..
Acronym for SIPC. A non-profit membership corporation established by Congress…
A loan of a security from one broker/dealer to another, who must eventually..
The loan of securities by one broker to another.
The process of integrating similar instruments, such as loans or mortgages, into a single negotiable security.
See securitization.
Any form of a tradable contract that carries a specified value. A security represents..
An examination and technical evaluation of the various factors affecting the value of a security.
A quantity of money paid prior to a transaction to protect a seller or renter against damage or non-payment.
The right of the creditor to take all or part of a property offered as security.
A loan backed by the pledge of collateral.
The relationship between an investment’s hurdle rate and its market risk.
Acronym for The Stock Exchange Daily Official List number, which refers…
A quantity of money used for the initial investment in a project or startup firm. Also known as seed financing or seed money.
The action of a buyer searching for a seller, or vice-versa.
A part of a market.
A series of SEC regulations stipulating that accounts holding customer funds be kept separate from brokerage firm accounts.
The profit that results from the gap in the cost of printing money and the face value of that money.
The ISO currency code for the Swedish Krona.
The revelation by a public firm of material information to a selected group of people…
A type of mortgage in which all principal is paid off in a specified period of time…
A type of retirement account in which an investor designates an account custodian…
A classification of employment in which an individual who operates a business…
A tax-deferred qualified retirement plan designated for self-employed individuals…
A social Security tax paid by the self-employed.
The establishment of reserves for future losses instead of purchasing insurance.
Acronym for SRO, which refers to a non-governmental organization with the responsibility…
A type of bond sold to finance a project whose revenues will be used to pay off the interest and principal on that bond.
The process of liquidating an asset held in the market.
A home-financing technique, where the buyer borrows from the seller rather than a formal financial institution…
The requirement of a seller to disclose a product’s faults to the buyer.
A market that is dominated by the sellers, rather than the buyers.
A lump sum paid by the seller to the buyer’s creditor to reduce the cost of the loan to the buyer.
The action of selling a security when the price is neither rising or falling; Also known as sideways.
SG&A. Income statement item which combines salaries, commissions, and travel expenses…
A group of investment bankers who aid a union or an underwriter in the sale of a new securities issue
The sale of a futures or options contract to prevent the possibility of a decline in the price of that security.
A trader is in a SHORT POSITION when she sells a currency pair…
A short sale of a given security, where the seller does own but does not want to close…
The action of selling when an option sold has a higher premium than the option bought.
A mandate to a broker to sell a specified quantity of a security at or above a specified price (called the limit price).
A sudden drop in price as a result of widespread selling.
Specific instructions made by an individual to a broker, bank, market maker, or financial institution…
An order to sell a specified amount of stock as long as the price of the trade…
A trader is in a SHORT POSITION when she sells a currency pair.
An analyst employed by a brokerage firm in order to manage clients’ accounts…
A mandate by an investor to a broker to sell as much of its current position as possible in a given security…
The currency of Senegal.
The reception of priority in a debt claim in the event of liquidation. opposite of junior.
A type of debt that has priority for repayment in a liquidation.
The exchange of bonds for other bonds with longer maturity durations. Opposite of junior refunding.
A security that has priority over other securities, with respect to claims or bankruptcy liquidation.
The degree of exposure of a security to market risk.
The investigation into how projected performance varies along with changes…
A gauge of the mood from investors, consumers or businesses. Analysts will often sum…
A pooled fund created by an insurance firm which is segregated from the general funds…
See married filing separately.
A type of retirement program for self-employed people or owners of companies…
Having the characteristic of a regular sequence of parts.
An indicator designed to identify market exhaustion using price patterns. It can help to anticipate trend reversals.
The currency of Serbia. ISO international currency code: CSD.
A set of bonds issued at the same time but having different maturity dates. Also known as installment bond.
The correlation of a variable with itself over successive time intervals. Technical analysts use serial…
Options of the same class, strike price, and maturity. Also known as option series or series of options.
The license required to sell commodity futures.
A test that registers an individual to transact a limited set of securities.
The General Securities Registered Representative License, which is required to sell all types of securities…
The Uniform Securities Agent State Law License required by some states to be a stockbroker.
A single bond issue offered to the public on multiple dates.
A Savings Bond issued at a discount from par with a fixed rate of interest, established at the time of purchase.
A mutual fund whose prospectus allows for the creation of multiple portfolios.
A type of bond that is sold in amounts from $500 to $10,000. They may be redeemed after only six months…
An inflation-indexed savings bond offered by the U.S. government. Series I bonds pay a fixed interest…
A contract offered by a retailer in exchange for maintaining and repairing a product beyond its manufacturer’s warranty coverage.
A part of a mutual fund’s 12b-1 fee, not to exceed 0.25%, which compensates financial planners for shareholder services.
A design, symbol, logo, or other mark used to establish the identity and image of a service.
An organization that collects principal and interest payments from borrowers.
The Euro-zone Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) assesses business…
A monthly guage of the UK service sector that takes into account business outlook….
A period of trading activity from the time a market opens until the time that it closes. Also known as the trading session.
To pay a bill; make a financial arrangement
The finalizing of the sale of a property, as its title is transferred from the seller to the buyer. Also known as closing.
The fees and expenses associated with the sale of a property, or the transfer of a title.
The date by which an executed securities transaction must be settled, by paying for a purchase or by delivering a sold asset.
The different ways in which a benefit may be paid when an individual covered by a life insurance policy dies…
The closing range of prices after a trading session, which are then in turn, used to calculate gains and losses…
A document prepared by a closing agent, explicating a real estate transaction, including the escrow deposits for taxes,…
An individual who creates an inter vivos trust.
A clause in a contract that permits that any portion of the contract deemed unable to be enforced, not affect the validity..
A type of agreement that establishes the responsibility for selling the securities in an underwriting.
The ownership of real estate by a single individual.
A payment made to a employee who is recently terminated.
The currency of Seychelles.
Acronym for Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Income statement item…
The ISO currency code for the Singapore Dollar.
The consolidation of an industry or sector, where the smaller and weaker competitors are acquired or driven out of business.
A certificate representing one unit of ownership in a corporation, mutual fund, or limited partnership.
A type of mortgage in which a borrower receives an interest rate below the market rate…
Somebody who owns shares of stock in a corporation or mutual fund.
The name of an individual or entity that an issuer carries in its records…
The total assets minus total liabilities of an individual or firm. Also known as owner’s equity or net worth or net assets.
A part of a firm’s annual report in which the management discusses the firm’s activities…
The value that a shareholder is able to obtain from his/her investment in a firm…
The price of one share of stock.
A program through which a corporation purchases back its own shares in the open market…
The maximum number of shares of stock that a particular firm is permitted to issue, specified in the firm’s charter.
The shares of a firm’s stock that have been issued and are in the hands of the public. Also known as outstanding stock.
Any corporate activity that is utilized to discourage a hostile takeover.
A risk-adjusted measure, calculated by using the standard deviation and excess return..
The maximum amount of time that a given item can remain in a salable condition on a retailer’s shelf.
The registration of a new issue, which can be prepared up to two years in advance. Also known as called shelf registration.
The registration of a new issue, which can be prepared up to two years in advance.
The speed at which a good moves from a manufacturer’s inventory to a distributor to a customer.
A firm with no real assets or operations.
To put off or aside from consideration; to postpone
The total value of products shipped by the mining and manufacturing industries…
Any of a number of procedures implemented by a major stock or commodity exchange when a certain index falls.
A small store that sells retail goods.
A trader is in a SHORT POSITION when she sells a currency pair.
A type of bond with a maturity of less than one year.
A bond interest payment covering less than the usual six-month period, often the bond’s first coupon.
The repurchasing of a previously sold contract. Also known as cover.
An amount, which is lower than (i.e. worse than) expected or required.
The sale of an options contract to protect against the possibility a decline in the price of securities…
The process of undertaking a short sale.
A short sale of a given security, where the seller does own but does not want to close out his position…
The total number of shares of a security that have been sold short and not yet repurchased.
The proportion calculated by taking the short interest divided by average daily volume…
The part of an option spread indicating a commitment to sell the underlying security.
The total value of all securities that have been shorted in a given account…
A trader is in a SHORT POSITION when she sells a currency pair.
The repurchasing of a formerly sold contract. Also known as short cover or cover.
A trader is in a SHORT POSITION when she sells a currency pair…
The SEC regulation that stipulates short sales to be made only on an uptick or zero-plus tick…
See short sale.
A situation in which the price of a stock rises quickly, and investors who sold…
A straddle in which a short position is taken in both a put and a call option…
The profits earned within six months of a trade.
A regulation that restricts firm insiders from making short swing profits. …
Often referring to one year or less, often used to refer to bonds or loans. Opposite of long-term.
A capital gain or loss on an investment which was held for less than a period of time, usually one year or less.
Investments in interest-bearing bank deposits, money market instruments, ..
The ISO currency code for the St. Helena Pound.
The discrepancy of inventory recorded on a firm’s records, and the inventory on hand, due to theft, loss or accounting error.
The stoppage of production by a firm.
Acronym for Securities Industry Association. The main trade organization…
Acronym for Standard Industrial Classification. 4-digit codes used to categorize and uniquely identify business activities.
A price that is neither rising or falling; Also known as flat
The currency of Sierra Leone.
A draft that is payable on demand.
A letter of credit that is payable as soon as the required documents have been presented.
A term used in technical analysis to connote a trigger to initiate a trade…
An authentication of a signature in the form of a stamp or seal by a bank..
A type of loan that is not backed by collateral, but rather the faith of the borrower. Also known as an unsecured loan.
An order to purchase or sell securities that is large enough to affect the market price.
A business partner who provides capital but does not actively participate in the management of operations.
Acronym for Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees. A retirement plan sponsored…
A type of retirement plan sponsored by firms with less than 100 employees…
The interest calculated on a principal sum, as opposed to compounded on earned interest.
See Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees.
The mean value, as calculated over a continuing previous period of fixed length.
Acronym for SEP IRA. A type of retirement program for self-employed people…
The use of a theoretical mathematical model to recreate a situation, often repeatedly…
The currency of Singapore.
The filing status of an individual who is not married on December 31 of the year for which the return is filed.
A retirement plan under the control of one firm.
An accounting method in which transactions are recorded as a single entry, rather than as both…
An annuity that provides income benefits for one, individual person.
A put or call option held by itself, rather than multiple options as used in a spread or straddle.
A loan whose principal is due in total with a single payment at maturity.
Acronym for SPDA. A tax-deferred investment plan in which an individual makes a single payment to a mutual fund or insurance firm.
A type of whole life insurance, requiring one initial lump sum payment.
A single transaction equivalent to the simultaneous sale of a put and purchase…
A type of fund, where a firm sets aside money over time, in order to retire its preferred stock…
An excise tax levied on products considered vices (i.e. tobacco and alcohol).
Acronym for Securities Investor Protection Corporation, which refers to a non-profit membership …
The ISO currency code for Slovenia.
The position or location
The ISO currency code for the Slovakia Koruna.
A sudden, sharp rise in price, value, or rate.
Savings and Loan. A federally or state chartered financial institution…
A malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report
A stock that is trading at an unusually low valuation based on traditional measures such as price/earnings ratio.
The difference between the price a trader expects to be filled at, and the price…
The ISO code for the Sierra Leone’s Leone.
Acronym for Student Loan Marketing Association.
The currency of Slovakia.
The currency code of Slovenia.
A short period of economic or financial weakness.
A Federal agency which makes loans to small businesses.Small Business Administration
A measure of small businesses optimism. As small businesses tend to be more sensitive…
SBIC. A private investment company licensed by the Small Business Administration…
A maximum amount ranging from $250 million to $1 billion capitalization.
See small cap.
Acronym for SCOR. An over the counter sale of securities that allows for up to $1 million…
An individual who purchases small amounts of securities for himself…
Also known as SOES, an automated system that bypasses brokers when processing small order agency executions of Nasdaq securities.
A reference to experienced investors and traders, who tend to spot trends and find investment…
A basic manufacturing industry (i.e. the automobile, steel, rubber, paper, and chemical industry).
The speeches of the Chief Economist for the Swiss National Bank have heavy influence…
States the central bank’s views on developments in the Swiss economy, current…
The target interest rate set by the Swiss National Bank (SNB). Adjusting the…
A situation in which the exercise of stop orders in a declining (or advancing)…
A type of economic system, where cooperation rather than competition is valued,…
The practice of investing in firms that operate ethically, provide social benefits, and are sensitive to the environment.
A type of mutual fund that only invests in firms that meet certain ethical and moral standards.
The belief that businesses should contribute to the overall welfare of their communities.
The comprehensive US federal program of benefits providing workers and their…
A federal tax levied in order to fund the Social Security programs.
Acronym for Small Order Execution System. An automated system that bypasses…
A label for a set of commodities, generally including cocoa, sugar, and coffee….
A nation’s currency unacceptable in the exchange for currency of other countries, due to unrealistic exchange rates.
The payments to a full-service brokerage in exchange for its services in terms…
The avoidance of inflation and high interest rates during the period of a recession.
A loan with accommodating repayment terms.
A market with more sellers than buyers. Low prices result from this excess of…
The label given to a set of commodities, usually including cocoa, sugar, and coffee.
See sole proprietorship.
A type of business structure in which an individual and his/her firm are considered…
The official currency of the Soloman Islands. Learn more about Soloman Islands and the Soloman Dollar at GoCurrency.com
Any of several formulas used to gauge a firm’s ability to meet its long-term…
Having the characteristic of being able to pay all debt obligations as they become due. Opposite of insolvent.
The official currency of Somalia. Learn more about Somolia and the Somolian Shilling at GoCurrency.com
An investor who has sufficient knowledge and experience with investing.
A variation of the Sharpe ratio which differentiates harmful volatility from…
The ISO code for the Somalian Shilling. Learn more about Somalia and the Somali Shilling at GoCurrency.com
The origin of revenues, products and services, or financing.
The ISO currency code for the South African Rand. Find more on South Africa, the Rand at GoCurrency.com
The official currency of South Korea. Learn more about South Korea and the Korean Won at GoCurrency.com
A debt instrument guaranteed by a governing body.
Standard & Poor’s 500. A basket of 500 stocks that are considered to be widely held…
The currency of Spain until 1 January 1999, when it was superseded by the euro.
Acronym for Summary Plan Description. A document containing a comprehensive…
Acronym for Single-Premium Deferred Annuity. A tax-deferred investment plan…
Acronym for Standard and Poor’s Depository Receipt. The shares of a security…
Acronym for special purpose entity.
A nonrecurring dividend that is exceptional in terms of either size or date issued.
Abbreviated as SDR. An artificial currency unit based upon several national…
SDR. An artificial currency unit based on multiple national currencies, and…
An endorsement of a check authorizing payment to an entity other than the entity…
A stock exchange member who makes a market for certain exchange-traded securities,…
A market which arises when limit orders cannot be filled using available market…
A chronological record of a specialist’s inventory of securities and orders. Also known as book.
A specialist authorized by an exchange to act as both the principal and agent for other brokers in maintaining a stable market.
A type of mutual fund investing in the securities of a particular industry, sector, type of security or geographic region.
A municipal bond which is repaid from taxes collected from those who benefit…
A business interest formed solely in order to accomplish a particular task or tasks, and used for accounting purposes.
A stock that one believes is about to rise for some particular reason.
A type of mutual fund investing primarily in the securities of a particular…
An income-producing property, which is designed for a specific use.
A kind of money with intrinsic value (i.e. gold and silver coins).
Speculation is the practice of selecting investments (exposing one’s self to…
Speculation is the practice of selecting investments (exposing one’s self to…
One who engages in speculation.Speculation is the practice of selecting investments…
Speed Resistance, or Speedlines, are a combination of percentage retracements…
The shares of a security designed to track the value of the S&P 500. Spiders…
A sudden, temporary rise or fall in price of large magnitude.
An independent firm created from an existing part of another firm through a…
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a firm’s stock, such that…
The price per share of a stock following the splits.
A commission received by the broker who executed the transaction and the investment professional.
A type of bond, which pays no coupons, is sold at a deep discount to its face value, and matures at its face value.
A type of municipal bond, which is part serial bond and part term maturity bond.
A large order which is broken into smaller pieces to be executed one at a time to avoid affecting the market price.
A security that is rated differently by two or more major rating agencies.
An ADR, which is issued with the cooperation of the firm whose stock will underlie the ADR.
Advertising, often for a specific event, program, or project.
Stock market manipulation in which a trader with a position in a stock places…
Literally means for immediate delivery. In the FX market transactions in…
A commodity traded on the spot market, with the expectation that the buyer will take delivery
A market in which commodities, such as grain, gold, crude oil, or RAM chips,…
The closest delivery month on a futures contract.
The present delivery price of a given commodity being traded on the spot market. Also known as cash price.
The theoretical yield on a zero-coupon Treasury.
A type of trading that involves cash sales for immediate delivery.
A traditional IRA or Roth IRA set up by a married person in the name of his…
A trust in which income-producing property is placed in the trust by the grantor…
Tendency of stocks to increase in price upon being added to the S&P 500, as index funds buy for their portfolios.
The Spread refers to the difference between the sell and buy price for a security….
The purchase of one option and the simultaneous sale of a related option, such…
Futures – In Futures Spread Trading the trader simultaneously buys (longs)…
A living trust or will in which the trustee has discretion over how the trust’s…
A period characterized by tight monetary policy, when interest rates are high and borrowing is difficult.
The ISO code of the Suriname Dollar. Learn more about Surinam and the Suriname Dollar at GoCurrency.com
The ISO currency code for the Surinam Guilder.
The official currency of Sri Lanka. Learn more about Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Rupee at GoCurrency.com
Acronym for Self-Regulatory Organization. A non-governmental organization which…
resistance to change; continuance without change
The situation in which an underwriter\ tries to prevent a recent offering from…
A price or rate that does not fluctuate rapidly.
A need-based government loan made to university-bound students rather than their parents.
The unfavorable situation characterized by high inflation and high unemployment.
A board of directors only a part of which is elected each year, often to discourage takeover attempts.
The act of holding a portfolio of bonds which includes some short-term, some…
The practice of buying initial public offerings at the offering price and then…
A state of economic inactivity
The amount of a security either owned (a long position) or owed (a short position)…
Any party that has an interest or stake in a firm.
A security which has been stamped to show that some feature of it has changed since its issuance, such as the maturity date.
A technologies or product that has achieved a level of market saturation such…
A management tool used to estimate the overall cost of production, assuming normal operations.
A fixed deduction allowed to taxpayers who do not itemize.
A statistical term used in a wide range of price indicators, a standard deviation…
SIC. 4-digit codes used to categorize and uniquely identify business activities.
A fixed rate allowed by the IRS for business transportation expenses in place of deducting actual expenses.
The financial health of a population, as measured by the quantity of consumption by the members of that population.
The monthly payment required to repay the remaining balance of a mortgage in…
S&P 100. Of the firms in the S&P 500, the 100 which have the largest market capitalization.
S&P 500. S&P 500.
The shares of a security designed to track the value of the S&P 500….
The commitment by an underwriter to purchase for resale any part of a new issue…
A formal offer by a lender, explicating the terms under which it agrees to lend…
The consent to make regular periodic shipments of a specified product.
The initial interest rate on an adjustable rate mortgage, most often referring to the first year.
A new business venture that is in its earliest stage of development.
A bank organized under a state, rather than a federal, charter.
The value assigned to a firm’s no-par stock by its board of directors, for accounting purposes.
A written declaration, such as of financial data.
In the context of mutual funds, a document which contains detailed information…
See cash flow statement.
A quantitative summary of a firm’s financial condition at a specific point in…
An attempt to profit from pricing inefficiencies that are identified through the use of theoretical mathematical models.
The condition in which a sample size is large enough to be considered representative of the overall population being studied.
The existing condition or state of affairs.
A legislative act or law.
A state law limiting the amount of time within which legal action may be taken.
Having been enacted by legislation.
A merger, where a new corporate entity is created from the two merging companies, which cease to exist.
An investment in which a fiduciary is authorized to make, according to state laws.
A merger in which one of the merging companies continues to exist as a legal…
A type of employee stock option that provides tax advantages for the employer that a non-qualified stock option does not.
A system in which shareholders voting for the board of directors may not give more than one vote per share to any single nominee.
The ISO currency code for the Sao Tome Dobra.
To resign from a position
A lease providing for specified rent decreases at certain future dates. Opposite of step-up lease.
A type of bond that pays one coupon rate for an initial period followed by a higher coupon rate.
The change in the value of an asset inherited upon the owner’s death. The taxable…
A type of lease providing for specified rent increases at certain future dates. Opposite of step-down lease.
A call warrant which includes one or more increases in the strike price, occurring on specified dates.
The variable costs which change dramatically at certain points because they…
The practice of using open market operations to counteract the effects of exchange market…
See GoCurrency
The degree to which the existing use of a product or service encourages its…
To specify or require something, as in a written contract or formal agreement.
See GoCurrency
See GoCurrency
The stochastic oscillator is based on the assumption that as prices increase,…
The stochastic oscillator is based on the assumption that as prices increase,…
The capital raised by a corporation through the issuance and distribution of shares.
A savings association organized as a capital stock corporation.
A profit-sharing plan that delivers benefits to employees in the form of stock rather than cash.
An intermediary who deals primarily with transactions involving stocks.
See buyback.
A document reflecting legal ownership of a specific number of stock shares in…
SCC. The clearinghouse for the NYSE.
A reverse stock split.
A type of dividend paid as additional shares of stock rather than as cash. If…
An exchange on which shares of stock and common stock equivalents are bought and sold. Examples include the NYSE and the AMEX.
A mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks.
An investor who owns shares of common stock in a corporation or mutual fund…
The name an issuer uses in its records for an investor who is the registered…
An index of market prices of a particular group of stocks, such as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index.
A record of each shareholder’s ownership in a corporation.
A life insurance firm owned by shareholders who share in its earnings, in contrast to a mutual firm, which is owned by policyholders.
A department of a stock exchange which monitors listed firms to make sure they…
The loan of securities by one broker to another, such as to cover a customer short sale. Also known as securities loan.
General term for the organized trading of stocks through exchanges and over-the-counter.
A steep drop in market prices or economic conditions. Also known as crash.
See stock index.
An option in which the underlier is the common stock of a corporation, giving…
A program within a firm whereby employees are allowed to buy a specific number…
The storage of materials or assets for later use.
A power of attorney enabling a person other than the owner to transfer stock ownership to another party. S
A trust established by a firm, which acts as a tax-qualified, defined-contribution…
An evaluation of a stock’s expected performance and/or its risk level as judged by a rating agency such as Standard and Poor’s.
See screening
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a firm’s stock, such that…
An acquisition in which the acquiring firm uses its own stock to pay for the acquired firm.
A ticker symbol denoting a particular stock.
See ticker.
A signal to buy the opposite position upon the closing of a position due to a stop.
An Entry Order is an order to enter the market at a specified price.Entry orders…
An order to buy or sell a certain quantity of a certain security at a specified…
A market order to close a position if a specified stop price is reached.
An instruction for a bank not to honor the payment of a check before it has been cashed.
This is when a position is closed due to the execution of a stop order.
In a stop order, this is the indicated price.
This is the expense that is incurred when storing commodities from one delivery…
The location where final retail sales are made.
A stock whose price is volatile at a given time because of expected company news.
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This is when an investor purchases or sells an equal number of puts and calls,…
A type of bond that will pay back the principal upon its maturity date and certain…
A method for adjusting asset value which assumes the asset loses an equal amount…
Uninsured notes, bills of exchange, and banker’s acceptances.
This is the approximate open market price for a security lacking convertibility….
An asset whose market value is less than its book value because it has become…
This is when an investor purchases or sells an equal number of puts and calls,…
This is an option contract where an investor is long in one put option and two…
This is an agreement between two or more individuals or entities to cooperate…
An acquisition that is made because of operational benefits from two companies…
The preparation of a strategy that aids a company in achieving its long term goals.
A methodology used to achieve goals.
A broker who is not a member of the exchange.
This term applies to securities held in the name of a brokerage instead of the…
This is a work stoppage undertaken by the labor force of a firm in opposition…
The price of an underlying stock index pertaining to a buyer’s index option.
The purchase or sale price of underlying stock that an option holder sees upon the exercising an option contract.
A bond that is issued by the U.S. Treasury for which interest and repayment…
An insignificant difference between cash prices and futures. An investor who…
This term is used to describe the dollar when it can be exchanged for increasing…
Planned inflation that is caused by a government’s monetary policy.
This term refers to the proportions of debt and equity that are used to finance a company.
Non-standard lending arrangements offered by institutions to companies who have unique financing needs.
This is a debt security with multiple special features, such as making payments…
A strategy that shapes a portfolio in a way that allows it to generate profits…
A lawsuit settlement where payments are made in intervals, rather than in one lump sum.
This is commonly known as Sallie Mae. It is a federally established and publicly…
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The investment strategy a mutual fund relies upon in order to realize its goals.
This IRS law regulates conduit theory.
This is a form of corporation that the IRS allows for most firms with less than…
An individual or company hired by a general or prime contractor to perform a specific task as part of the overall project.
A group of stocks that are included in a larger index, but are also tracked as if they were a separate index.
A limit for a subset of items that are also subject to an overarching group…
This is when a mortgage lender promises a mortgage as collateral for his own loan.
This is when somebody’s position is reduced to that of a junior in priority of claim.
This type of debt is not secured or is subordinated in priority to that of another…
This is a clause found in some mortgages. It allows previous mortgages on the…
This is an order for an individual to testify in a court of law.
To accept a claim or right against one party from another party that previously…
This is when an investor agrees to purchase stock in a new issue.
This is the set price for a new securities offering to the public.
This is the opportunity current shareholders have to maintain their fractional…
This is the current shareholders’ right to maintain their proportional ownership…
This is a document entitling the holder to buy a specific amount of bond or…
An offering of shares that follows a company’s initial public offering. Such an offering is also called a follow-on.
A firm for which a holding company owns the majority of the voting stock.
Financial assistance that the government provides to individuals or groups.
A documented transfer of a decedent’s assets and rights to his heirs.
The currency of Sudan. Learn more about Sudan and the Sudanese Dinar at GoCurrency.com
To bring legal action against a person or entity.
This is an extreme version of the poison pill defense; a target company takes…
A stated or implied regulatory guideline that many security bodies apply to…
A document that reveals the annual results of a retirement plan and is distributed…
This is a document containing a comprehensive description of a retirement plan….
A method for calculating the depreciation of an asset that has greater depreciation…
A cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered regardless of…
A quickly growing industry that is expected to become prominent in the future.
A slowly growing, declining, industry. Such an industry is considered to be irrelevant to the future.
State and federal laws that require the majority of regulatory meetings and decisions to be publicized.
To rise in power, authority, validity, or importance, replacing a previously superior entity.
A bond with long-term coupons coupled with a short-term maturity. Such a bond…
A New York Stock Exchange member firm research analyst who has passed a special…
An agreement whose main purpose is to modify a previous agreement, usually by adding additional conditions.
A company that supplies products to another company. Such a company is often called a vendor.
The total amounts of a good or service available in a market at different price…
The members of a chain of suppliers that is responsible for the delivery and production of a particular good.
A graph that depicts the hypothetical supply of a product or service at different…
The percentage amount by which supply changes in response to a one percent change…
An economic theory which holds that reducing tax rates, especially for businesses…
A price level in which a currency pair has difficulty falling below. At support,…
A fee that is charged in addition to another charge.
This is a pledge, guarantee, or bond regarding the performance of an individual or a company.
A bond issued by an entity on behalf of another party. This bond guarantees…
The currency of Suriname.See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Currency Converter
The official currency of Surinam. Learn more about Surinam and the Suriname Dollar at GoCurrency.com
This is an excess of any sort. It is also called an overage.
A fee that is charged when one terminates an annuity contract prior to its maturity.
The amount of cash one receives upon cancelling his insurance policy. Surrender…
A tax that is only applicable to certain individuals and is charged in addition to another tax that is applicable to a broader group.
A department that monitors the activity of a trading exchange, confirming that it meets exchange and SEC regulations.
Monthly report on Canada’s manufacturing sector. The data shows the current…
The payment a beneficiary receives from an annuity or insurance policy when…
This is when a survivor automatically gains ownership of a decedent.s property…
Not including failed companies in performance studies because they no longer…
A type of insurance that is applied to more than one person at a time. It pays…
A temporary trading stoppage in a particular security for a specific reason,…
The ISO currency code for the El Salvador Colon. Learn more about the El Salvador Colon and El Salvador at GoCurrency.com
Tracks trends in the Swiss Manufacturing sector. The Purchasing Manager’s Index…
Tracks trends in the Swiss Manufacturing sector. The Purchasing Manager’s Index…
An exchange of different streams of payments over a given period of time, in…
The difference between the forward exchange rate and the spot rate of a currency. The spot rate is usually expressed in points.
An option on a swap. Such an option is most often given with interest rate swaps.
The currency of Swaziland Lilangeni. See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Currency Converter
Equity that is acquired by a company and attributed to the hard work of its executives.
The currency of Sweden. Learn more about Sweden and the Swedish Krona at GoCurrency.com
A brokerage account whose cash balance is automatically transferred into a high…
A feature of a debt obligation or preferred stock which is included in order…
This momentum indicator is used primarily as a component of the Accumulative…
This loan is short-term financing. Borrowers often take out a subsequent long…
A trading strategy that attempts to create profits by holding positions for…
The currency of Switzerland. ISO international currency code: CHF. The…
To move money between mutual funds that may be within a fund family or in different fund families.
The costs a customer incurs when moving from one supplier or marketplace to…
A combination of letters used to uniquely identify a stock or mutual fund listed…
With symmetrical Triangles, trend lines converge with the support line is ascending…
A group of investment banks that jointly underwrite and distribute a new security…
A bid that a syndicate makes in order to stabilize the price of a Nasdaq security prior to a secondary offering occurs.
The commercial or investment bank which is primarily responsible for organizing…
An investment bank, brokerage, or bank that participates in a syndicate.
Information provided for simultaneous publication in several periodicals or web sites.
This is when multiple parties coordinate mutually beneficial arrangements.
A transaction that appears to be a lease from an accounting standpoint, but…
This occurs when somebody short sells a security and buys it long upon its call….
Multiple assets are combined to form a synthetic stock. For example, a synthetic…
The ISO code for the Syrian Pound. Learn more about Syria and the Syrian Pound at GoCurrency.com
The official currency of Syria. Learn more about Syria and the Syrian Pound at GoCurrency.com
This plan provides for a system of repetitive investments. Using such a plan,…
This is when an entire class of assets or liabilities is subject to the same…
This is when an entire class of assets or liabilities is subject to the same…
The ISO currency code for the Swaziland Lilangeni. Learn more about currencies at GoCurrency.com
A Stop Loss is an order to close a trade when the market moves a specified amount…