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A
ADVANCE
ALPHA
ARBITRAGE
ASK
AWAY
Abandon
Acceptance
Account
Acquisition
Active
Active market
Activity
Actual
Adjustment
Advance
Agency
Agent
Aggressive
Aging
Alpha
Analyst
Annuity
Appreciation
Arbitration
Ask
Asset
Asset Allocation
Audit
Auditor
Average daily volume
Averages
Authority
Average
Average down
Average up
Away
B
BID
BLACK
BOOK
BREAK
Backwardation
Bail out
Bailout
Balance of trade
Balanced Fund
Bankruptcy
Barometer
Basis
Basket
Bear
Bearish
Bell
Bellwether
Benchmark
Beta
Bid
Bill
Black
Block
Blue Chip
Board of Directors
Board of Governors
Bond
Bond Fund
Bond fund
Book
Book value
Book value per share
Bottom
Bottom line
Bounce
Bourse
Boutique
Box
Break
Break Through
Broker-dealer
Bubble
Bull
Bullion
Bullish
Bunch
Buoyant
Business Cycle
Bust
Buy
Buy in
Buyback
Buyout
C
CASH
CF
CHANGE
CLEAR
CLOSE
COMP
COST
COVER
CRASH
CROSS
CROWD
CV
Cage
Calendar
Call
Cap
Capital Asset
Capital Market
Capital flight
Cartel
Cash
Cash Reserves
Cash flow
Central Bank
Central bank
Certificate
Chairman
Change
Channel
Chart
Charter
Charting
Cheap
Cheap money
Churn
Circle
Class
Clear
Clearing House
Clearing house
Climax
Clip
Close
Collar
Collateral
Combination
Commission
Commodity
Common stock
Comparison
Comptroller
Concession
Confirmation
Consol
Consolidation
Consortium
Continuing operations
Contract
Contrarian
Controller
Convergence
Core inflation
Corner
Corporate Bond Fund
Custodian
Corporate
Corporation
Corpus
Correction
Correspondent
Cost
Coupon
Covenant
Cover
Crash
Credit
Credit Rating
Credit Union
Credit Watch
Cross
Crowd
Crush
Cumulative
Custody
Cyclical
D
DC
DEFAULT
Dealer
Debit
Debt
Debt Management
Debt service
Debtor
Declare
Decline
Deduction
Default
Deficiency
Deficit
Deflation
Deliver
Delivery
Depletion
Depository
Depreciation
Depressed
Deregulate
Deregulation
Dip
Director
Disabilities
Disclosure
Discount
Disinvestment
Disposable income
Distribute
Distribution
Diversify
Dividend
Dome
Double-Dip Recession
Downsize
Downstream
Downturn
Draft
Due
Dumping
Duration
Duty
E
E-Commerce
E-Trade
E-commerce
ESTATE
EXCHANGE
Earned Income
Earnings
Easy money
Economic Growth
Economic activity
Economic growth
Eighth
Elastic
Elect
Elephant
Endorsement
Equipment
Equity
Estate
Euro
Ex
Excess Return
Exchange
Execution
Exercise
Expensive
Export
F
FIT
FIX
FLAG
FRANCHISE
Factor
Fail
Farther out
Fed Funds
Fed funds
Federal funds
Federal funds rate
Felines
Fill
Financial Planner
Financial analyst
Financial planner
Financial risk
Finder
First Section
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal policy
Fit
Fix
Flag
Flat
Flat Tax
Flat tax
Flight to quality
Flipping
Floor
Folio
Formation
Fragmentation
Franchise
Franchisee
Fraud
Free cash flow
Frontier markets
Full disclosure
Fund
Fund of Funds
Fundamentalist
Fundamentals
G
GAP
Gain
Gap
Gilt
Global Fund
Global fund
Global shares
Goodwill
Governments
Grantor
Gross margin
Gross sales
Growth Fund
Growth fund
HIT
Headline risk
Hedge
Hedge Fund
Hedge fund
High-grade
Hit
Holder
Holding Company
Holding company
Horizon
House
House rules
I
INDEX
Impairment
Import
Improvement
Income Fund
Income fund
Incubator
Index
Index Fund
Index futures
Indicator
Industrial
Industrial production
Inflation
Inside information
Insider
Institutional Investor
Instrument
Intangible Asset
Interest
Intermediate-Term
Inventory
Investment
Investment Adviser
Investment-Grade
Investment-grade
Issue
Issuer
J
Joint Venture
Joint venture
K
Kill
LAST
LEG
LINE
LOAD
LOCKED IN
LONG
LOSS
LOT
Land
Large-Cap
Large-cap
Last
Leader
Leadership
Lease
Leg
Legal
Lemon
Leverage
Leveraged
Liability
Lien
Limited Partnership
Line
Liquid
Liquidity
Load
Locked in
Long
Long-Term
Long-term
Look
Loser
Loss
Lot
Lows
M
MODEL
MONEY
Management Company
Margin
Margin Call
Market Index
Market Letter
Market Share
Market risk
Market sentiment
Matching
Material
Maturity
Mediation
Member
Merger
Mid-Cap
Mid-cap
Minimum Tax
Minimum tax
Model
Momentum
Monetary Policy
Monetary policy
Money
Money market
Monopoly
Mortgage
Moving Average
Moving average
Multinational
Muni
Municipal
Mutual Fund
N
NA
NET
NOTE
Na
Nearby
Net
Net Worth
Net assets
Net income
Net income per share
Net loss
Net proceeds
Net profit
Net sales
Neutral
New Lows
Noise
Nominee
Normalized earnings
Note
ON THE SIDELINES
ORDER
Offer
Offering
Offshore
Open interest
Opening
Operating Income
Operating expense
Operating income
Operating loss
Operating profit
Operating revenue
Opinion
Option
Order
Other assets
Overhead
Oversold
P
PEG
POINT
POSITION
POST
POT
PUT
Panda
Panic selling
Paper
Par
Parking
Participating
Partner
Partnership
Pattern
Peg
Pension Fund
Pension Plan
Pension fund
Personal income
Pickup
Picture
Piece
Pipeline
Pit
Place
Plant and equipment
Play
Point
Pool
Portfolio
Position
Post
Pot
Preferred Stock
Premium
President
Price
Price Index
Pricing
Prime
Principal
Print
Priority
Proceeds
Productivity
Profit
Property Tax
Prospect
Protectionism
Proxy
Public Distribution
Purchasing power
Put
Pyramid
Quarter
R
RALLY
REAL ESTATE
RECESSION
ROLL
RT
RUN
Raider
Rally
Range
Rating
Reaction
Real Estate
Real Return
Real estate
Receiver
Recession
Reclamation
Recovery
Red
Redemption
Refinance
Registration
Rejection
Repo
Report
Research Department
Reserve
Resistance
Restructuring
Retail
Retention
Retirement
Return
Revenue
Reverse
Revolver
Rich
Ring
Risk
Risk aversion
Roll
Roll over
Royalty
Royalty Trust
Ruling
Run
S
SHARK
SHELTER
STOCK
STOCK EXCHANGE
SWEEP
Safe Harbor
Sales
Savings Bank
Scale
Screen
Seasoned
Seat
Secondary Market
Sector
Sector Rotation
Securities Exchange
Securities Loan
Securities analyst
Security
Segment
Sell
Seniority
Sentiment Index
Series
Settlement
Shakeout
Share
Shareholder
Shares outstanding
Shark
Shelter
Shop
Short
Short hedge
Short-Term
Short-term
Signal
Sizing
Small-Cap
Small-cap
Speculation
Speculative
Spider
Spike
Spinning
Split
Sponsor
Spread
Stakeholder
Statement
Stock
Stock Average
Stock Exchange
Stock Index
Stock exchange
Stock option
Strength
Strip
Stripping
Subscribe
Subsidiary
Substitute
Support
Swap
Sweep
Switch
Syndicate
Synergy
T
TICK
TOP
Tailgating
Take
Take Out
Takeover
Tape
Tariff
Tax Credit
Tax Deduction
Tax evasion
Tax haven
Technical Indicator
Technical analysis
Technician
Term
Test
Thrift
Tick
Ticker
Ticket
Tier
Time horizon
Timing
Tip
Top
Total Return
Total cost
Trade
Trade Deficit
Trademark
Trader
Trading Post
Trading profit
Transaction
Transaction costs
Transfer
Translation
Transparency
Treasurer
Trend
Triangle
Trust
Trustee
Turkey
Turnover
Twisting
U
UN
UT
Un
Unit
Unit sales
Upgrading
Upside potential
Upstream
Utility
Valuation
Value Investing
Variable
Variable annuity
Vega
Venture Capital
Venture capital
Volatile
Volume
Voluntary bankruptcy
Voting Rights
WI
Warrant
Watch List
Weak dollar
Wedge
White Knight
Wholesale
Window
Window dressing
Without
Workout
Writer
Writing
X
Yield
Z
Zero
abandonment
account number
a
abandon
absorb
acceptance
accommodative monetary policy
account
accounts receivable
accretion
accrued interest
accumulate
accumulation
acquisition
acting in concert
active
activity
actual
add-on
adjusted basis
adjustment
advance
adverse opinion
aftermarket
agency
agent
aggressive
aging
alligator
allocate
allotment
alpha
analyst
angel investor
annual meeting
annuity
appreciation
arbitrage
arbitration
arbitration panel
ascending triangle
ask
asset
asset allocation
asset class
asset play
asset value
assign
assignment
auction market
audit
audit committee
audit trail
auditor
authority
average
average cost
average daily volume
average down
average life
average maturity
averages
averaging
away
away from the market
b
back office
back up
backdating
backdoor listing
backing away
backwardation
bail out
bailout
balance of payments
balance of trade
balance sheet
balanced budget
balanced fund
bandit
bank holding company
bankruptcy
barometer
basic earnings per share
basis
basis point
basket
bear
bear market
bear trap
bearish
bell
bells and whistles
bellwether
benchmark
beta
bid
bid-ask spread
bid-to-cover ratio
bill
black
block
blowout
blue chip
board of directors
board of governors
board room
bogey
boiler room
boilerplate
bond
bond fund
bond swap
bondholder
book
book value
book value per share
booths
bootstrap
bottom
bottom fishing
bottom line
bounce
bourse
boutique
box
bracket creep
bracketing
break
break through
breakeven
breakout
breakup
breakup fee
bridge loan
broad-based
broker-dealer
bubble
bull
bull market
bullion
bullish
bunch
buoyant
business cycle
business day
business fundamentals
business risk
business segment
bust
butterfly spread
buy
buy back
buy in
buy order
buy out
buy side
buy signal
buy-and-hold strategy
buyback
buying power
buyout
bylaws
c
cage
calendar
calendar spread
call
call loan
call option
call spread
cancellation
cap
capital appreciation
capital asset
capital expenditure
capital flight
capital formation
capital gain
capital gains tax
capital intensive
capital loss
capital market
capital outlay
capital spending
capital structure
capitalization
capitalization rate
capitalize
carload
carrying value
carryover
cartel
carve-out
cash
cash cow
cash dividend
cash flow
cash market
cash on delivery
cash price
cash reserves
cash settlement
central bank
certificate
chairman
change
channel
chart
charter
charting
cheap
cheap money
churn
circle
circuit breaker
class
clawback
clear
clearing fee
clearing house
clearing member
climax
clip
close
closely held company
closing price
coil
collar
collateral
collateralize
collectible
college-savings plan
combination
commercial paper
commission
commodity
common equity
common stock
community property
comp
company Risk
comparison
competitive bidding
comptroller
concession
confidence indicator
confirmation
conglomerate
consideration
consolidated balance sheet
consolidation
consortium
construction loan
consumer durables
contango
contingent liability
continuing operations
contract
contrarian
controller
controlling interest
convergence
conversion price
convert
convertible
core inflation
corner
corporate
corporation
corpus
correction
correlation
correspondent
cost
cost basis
cost center
cost of capital
cost of goods sold
cost-benefit analysis
counterparty risk
coupon
covenant
cover
crash
creative accounting
credit
credit crunch
credit enhancement
credit line
credit rating
credit risk
credit squeeze
credit union
credit watch
creditor
cross
crossing session
crowd
crown jewel
crush
cubes
cumulative
current income
current issue
current market value
current yield
cushion
custodian
custody
cut out
cyclical
d
dated date
day trader
days to cover
dealer
death spiral
death tax
debit
debit card
debt
debt financing
debt limit
debt ratio
debt restructuring
debt security
debt service
debt-to-equity ratio
debtor
decimalization
declare
decline
dedication
deduction
deep market
default
default risk
defensive stock
deferred annuity
deferred compensation
deficiency
deficit
deficit financing
deficit spending
defined-benefit pension plan
deflation
delayed delivery
delayed opening
deleted
deliver
delivery
delivery point
denomination
depletion
depository
depreciate
depreciation
depressed
depth
deregulate
deregulation
derivative
detailed audit
devaluation
differential
diluted earnings per share
dilution
dip
direct cost
direct purchase
direct tax
director
disabilities
disbursement
disclaimer of opinion
disclosure
discontinued operation
discount
discount window
discretionary income
disinvestment
disposable income
distribute
distribution
diversify
divestiture
dividend
dividend payout ratio
divider
dollar bond
dollar price
dome
dot-com
double bottom
double taxation
double up
double-dip recession
downgrading
downside protection
downside risk
downsize
downstream
downtick
downtrend
downturn
draft
dual listing
due
dumping
durable goods
duration
duty
e
e-commerce
earned income
earning power
earnings
earnings before taxes
earnings momentum
earnings multiple
earnings report
earnings statement
earnings yield
easy money
economic activity
economic growth
economic indicator
economic life
effective date
efficient market
efficient portfolio
eighth
elastic
elasticity
elect
election cycle
elephant
embargo
embezzle
encryption
endorse
endorsement
entrepreneur
equipment
equity
equity financing
equity security
equity-indexed annuity
escrow
estate
estate planning
estate tax
euro
evaluator
even up
ex
exception
excess reserves
exchange
exchange offer
excise tax
execution
exemption
exercise
exercise price
exit strategy
expensive
expiration
expiration date
export
external audit
f
face value
factor
fail
fallen angel
falling knife
family trust
farther out
fed funds
federal funds
federal funds rate
fence
fiduciary
fill
final dividend
financial analyst
financial condition
financial contagion
financial planner
financial position
financial risk
financial statement
finder
fineness
fingerprint
firm commitment
firm order
first mortgage
fiscal period
fiscal policy
fit
fix
fixed annuity
fixed asset
fixed cost
fixed exchange rate
fixed price
fixed-income security
flag
flat
flat tax
flexible exchange rate
flight to quality
flipper
flipping
float
floor
floor broker
floor trader
folio
follow-on offering
footnote
foreign exchange controls
formation
forward contract
forward rate
fragmentation
franchise
franchisee
franchisor
fraud
free cash flow
freed up
friendly takeover
frontier markets
full price
fully invested
fund
fund of funds
fundamental analysis
fundamentalist
fundamentals
future value
futures contract
futures market
g
gain
gainer
gap
ghosting
gift tax
gilt
give-up
giveback
global fund
going away
going concern
going private
going public
going short
going south
gold bug
gold fund
gold standard
goodwill
governments
grace period
graph
graveyard market
greenshoe
gross income
gross margin
gross profit
gross profit margin
group of funds
group sales
growth fund
growth rate
growth stock
guaranteed bond
gunslinger
haircut
half-life
handle
hard asset
head-and-shoulders
headline risk
hedge
hedge fund
heir
hidden assets
high flyer
high-grade
high-yield bond
highs
historical cost
hit
holder
holding company
home run
horizon
hostile takeover
hot money
hot stock
house
house rules
hyperinflation
i
illiquid
immaterial
immediate annuity
immediate family
immunization
impairment
import
improvement
in Play
in play
in the tank
income fund
income statement
income tax
incorporate
incubator
independent audit
index
index arbitrage
index fund
index futures
index of industrial production
index of leading economic indicators
indexing
indication
indication of interest
indicator
individual retirement account
industrial
industrial production
inelastic
inflation
inflation hedge
inheritance tax
inside information
insider
insolvent
installment
institutional investor
instrument
interest
interest coverage
interest rate risk
interim dividend
interim report
intermediary
intermediate-term
intermediation
internal audit
internalize
intraday
intrinsic value
inventory
invested capital
investment
investment adviser
investment banker
investment climate
investment club
investment objective
investment philosophy
investment vehicle
investment-grade
involuntary bankruptcy
irrevocable trust
issue
issue date
issuer
joint return
joint venture
junior debt
junk bond
k
karat
kickers
kiddie tax
kill
laissez-faire
land
large-cap
last
layoff
lead underwriter
leader
leadership
leading economic indicator
lease
leaseback
leg
leg on
legal
legal opinion
lemon
lessor
letter of intent
leverage
leverage up
leveraged
leveraged recapitalization
liability
lien
lighten up
limited liability
limited partnership
line
line of credit
liquid
liquidity
listing requirements
load
loan portfolio
lock in
lockdown
locked in
lockup period
long
long bond
long position
long-term
look
loser
loss
lot
low-grade
lowball
lows
m
maintenance fee
managed account
management company
management fee
margin
margin call
margin requirement
margin trading
marginal cost
markdown
market bottom
market breadth
market index
market leadership
market maker
market outperform
market price
market risk
market sentiment
market share
market technician
market tone
market top
market value
marketability
markup
matching
material
maturity
mediation
member
member firm
merchant bank
merger
microlender
mid-cap
minimum investment
minimum maintenance
minimum tax
minority interest
model
momentum
monetary policy
monetize the debt
money
money manager
money market
money supply
monopoly
mortgage
mortgage banker
mortgage bond
moving average
multinational
multiplier
muni
municipal
mutual fund
n
naked short
nationalization
nearby
neckline
negative net worth
negotiable
net
net assets
net income
net income per share
net loss
net margin
net present value
net proceeds
net profit
net sales
net tangible assets per share
net worth
neutral
new highs
new issue
new lows
new money
next day
noise
nominal interest rate
nominal return
nominee
nonparticipating
nonpublic information
not held
note
offer
offering
offering price
official statement
offset
offshore
oligopoly
on the sidelines
open interest
open position
open-market operations
open-market purchase
opening
opening price
operating company
operating expense
operating income
operating leverage
operating loss
operating profit
operating rate
operating ratio
operating revenue
operating unit
opinion
opportunity cost
option
order
order flow
order period
ordinary income
ordinary shares
original cost
originator
other assets
other revenue
out-of-the-money
outside director
overallotment option
overbooked
overbought
overdraft
overhead
oversold
oversubscribed
overvalued
p
paid-in capital
panda
panic buying
panic selling
paper
paper company
paper gain
paper loss
paper profit
par
par value
parent company
parity
parking
participating
partner
partnership
pattern
payable
paydown
payout ratio
peg
penetration
pennant
pension fund
pension plan
per capita debt
perfect hedge
perpetuity
personal exemption
personal income
pickup
picture
piece
piggyback
pipeline
pit
place
plain-vanilla
plant and equipment
play
point
poison pill
pool
portfolio
portfolio insurance
portfolio manager
position
post
pot
precedence
preference
preferred Stock
preferred creditor
preferred stock
premium
premium income
prenuptial agreement
prepackaged bankruptcy
prepaid interest
prepayment
president
pretax income
pretax loss
price
price change
price gap
price index
price range
price stabilization
price target
price-to-book-value ratio
pricey
pricing
primary dealer
primary market
primary trend
prime
prime broker
prime rate
principal
principal risk
print
priority
private placement
privately held company
privatization
proceeds
producer price index
product mix
productivity
profit
profit center
profit range
profit taking
progressive tax
property tax
proprietor
prospect
protectionism
protective put
proved reserves
provisional rating
proxy
proxy fight
proxy statement
public distribution
public offering
public offering price
publicly held
publicly traded company
purchasing power
pure play
put
put option
put spread
put-call ratio
pyramid
quality of earnings
quant
quarter
quick asset
quid pro quo
quiet period
quota
r
raiding
rally
range
rate of return
rating
rating agencies
ratio
raw material
reaction
real asset
real estate
real income
real interest rate
real market
real property
real-time
recapitalization
receivables
receiver
recession
reclamation
recoup
recovery
rectangle
red
red herring
redemption
refinance
refund
registrar
registration
regression analysis
regulatory climate
rejection
relative strength
remit
reopening
reorganization
reorganization plan
repatriate
repo
repo rate
report
repricing
research department
reserve
reserve requirement
resistance
resistance level
restatement
restructuring
retail
retail investor
retail market
retained earnings
retention
retirement
return
return of capital
return on sales
revenue
revenue bond
revenue enhancement
reversal pattern
reverse
reverse stock split
revolver
rich
rights offering
rights on
ring
risk
risk arbitrage
risk aversion
risk hedge
risk premium
risk-free return
road show
rocket scientist
roll
roll over
rolling stock
rolling up
rollover
round trip
royalty
royalty trust
ruling
run
rundown
running ahead
runup
s
safe harbor
safekeeping
sales
sales mix
salvage value
sandbag
saucer
savings bank
scale
scorched earth
screen
scrip
seasonal variation
second mortgage
secondary offering
sector fund
secular trend
secured bond
secured creditor
seasoned
seat
secondary market
sector
securities analyst
securitized
security
seed money
segment
sell
sell order
sell out
sell signal
sell-off
selling short
sellout
senior debt
seniority
sentiment index
separate property
series
settle
settlement
settlement price
shakeout
share
share repurchase plan
shareholder
shareholders' equity
shares outstanding
shark
shelter
shop
short
short bond
short hedge
short interest
short position
short-term
shrinkage
sideline
signal
simulation
sinker
sinking ship
sizing
small investor
small-cap
smart money
soft landing
soft market
solvent
sovereign risk
special dividend
specialist
speculation
speculative
speculator
spider
spike
spin off
spinning
spinoff
split
split offering
split up
sponsor
spot market
spot price
spread
spreading
spreadsheet
squeeze-out
stabilize
stagflation
staggered maturities
stakeholder
stand-alone company
standard deduction
standard deviation
standstill agreement
start-up company
statement
statement of additional information
step-up
stock
stock Index
stock average
stock buyback
stock certificate
stock exchange
stock index
stock option
stock split
stock symbol
stockbroker
stockholder
stopped out
straddle
strap
strength
strike price
strip
stripping
strong dollar
structured note
stubs
subindex
subscribe
subsidiary
substitute
suitor
supervoting stock
supply-side economics
support
support level
surplus
suspended trading
swap
sweep
sweetener
sweetheart deal
switch
syndicate
syndicate manager
synergy
t
tail
take
take a bath
take a position
take delivery
take out
takeover
takeover defense
takeover target
taking profits
tandem
tangible asset
tape
target company
target price
tariff
tax avoidance
tax base
tax bracket
tax credit
tax deduction
tax evasion
tax rate
tax selling
tax year
tax-exempt bond
taxable income
technical analysis
technical correction
technical default
technically strong
technician
telephone booth
tender
tender offer
term
termination fee
test
thin market
thrift
tick
ticker
ticker symbol
ticket
tier
tight market
tight money
time horizon
time stamping
timing
tip
tipster
top
total cost
total return
total volume
tout
tracking error
trade
trade deficit
trade surplus
trade through
trademark
trader
trading gap
trading halt
trading limit
trading pattern
trading post
trading profit
trading range
trading ring
trading unit
trailing earnings
tranche
transaction
transaction costs
transfer
translation
transparency
treasurer
trend
trend analysis
trendline
triangle
trust
trustee
turkey
turnaround
turnover
turnover rate
twisting
u
un
underbanked
undercapitalized
underleveraged
underlying asset
underlying debt
undervalued
underwater
underwrite
underwriter
unearned income
unencumbered
unit
unit growth
unit sales
universal life insurance
unlisted trading
unload
unwind
upgrading
upside potential
upstream
uptick
uptick rule
uptrend
utility
valuation
value investing
variable
variable annuity
variance
venture capital
venture capital fund
volatile
volume
voting rights
waiting period
walk-in
war chest
warrant
wash sale
watch list
weak dollar
wealth effect
wedge
whipsaw
white knight
wholesale
wholesale price index
wholly owned subsidiary
windfall
window
window dressing
withholding
without
working capital
workout
wrinkles
write off
writedown
writeoff
writer
writing
x
year-end dividend
year-end rally
yield
yield advantage
yield basis
yield curve
yield spread
yield to call
zero
zero-sum game
zombie
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