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A

A-B Trust

A-Shares

AAA

AARP

Abenomics

Ability-to-Pay Taxation

Abnormal Return

Absolute Advantage

Absolute Return

Absorption Costing

Absorption Rate

Accelerated Depreciation

Acceleration Clause

Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)

Accepting Risk

Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)

Accidental Death Benefits

Account Balance

Account in Trust

Account Number

Account Statement

Accountability

Accountant

Accountant Responsibility

Accounting

Accounting Conservatism

Accounting Cycle

Accounting Equation

Accounting Information System (AIS)

Accounting Method

Accounting Policies

Accounting Principles

Accounting Profit

Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)

Accounting Ratio

Accounting Standard

Accounting Theory

Accounts Payable (AP)

Accounts Payable Turnover Ratio

Accounts Receivable (AR)

Accounts Receivable Aging

Accounts Receivable Financing

Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS)

Accredited In Business Valuation (ABV)

Accredited Investor

Accretion

Accretion of Discount

Accretive

Accrual Accounting

Accruals

Accrue: Definition, How It Works, and 2 Main Types of Accruals

Accrued Expense

Accrued Income

Accrued Interest

Accrued Liability

Accrued Revenue

Accumulated Depreciation

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulation Phase

Accumulation/Distribution Indicator (A/D)

Acid-Test Ratio

Acquisition

Acquisition Accounting

Acquisition Cost

Acquisition Premium

Active Management

Activist Investor

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB)

Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

Activity-Based Management (ABM)

Activity Cost Driver

Activity Ratios

Actual Deferral & Actual Contribution Percentage Test (ADP/ACP)

Actuarial Gain Or Loss

Actuarial Life Table

Actuarial Science

Ad Valorem Tax

Add-On Interest

Additional Child Tax Credit

Additional Paid-In Capital

Addition Rule for Probabilities

Adhesion Contract

Adjudication

Adjustable Life Insurance

Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)

Adjusted Closing Price

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO)

Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)

Adjusted Present Value (APV)

Adjusting Journal Entry

Administrative Expenses

Administrative Services Only (ASO)

Advance/Decline Line (A/D)

Advance Payment

Advanced Internal Rating-Based (AIRB)

Adverse Possession

Adverse Selection

Advertising Budget

Affiliate

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliated Companies

Affirmative Action

Affordable Care Act

After-Tax Real Rate of Return

After-Hours Trading

After-Tax Contribution

After-Tax Income

Agency Bond

Agency by Necessity

Agency Costs

Agency Problem

Agency Theory

Agent

Aggregate Demand

Aggregate Stop-Loss Insurance

Aggregate Supply

Aggregation

Aggressive Investment Strategy

Agribusiness

Air Waybill (AWB)

Aktiengesellschaft (AG)

Alan Greenspan

Aleatory Contract

Algorithmic Trading

All Risks

Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses (ALAE)

Allocational Efficiency

Allotment Definition, Reasons for Raising Shares, IPOs

Allowance for Bad Debt

Allowance for Credit Losses

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Alpha

Alphabet Stock

Altcoin

Alternative Depreciation System (ADS)

Alternative Investment

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

Alternative Trading System (ATS)

Altman Z-Score

Always Be Closing (ABC)

Amalgamation

Amended Return

American Depositary Receipt (ADR)

American Depositary Share (ADS)

American Dream

American Express CardAmerican Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)

American Option

American Stock Exchange History: From AMEX to NYSE American

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Amortizable Bond Premium

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization Schedule

What Is an Amortization Schedule? How to Calculate With Formula

Understanding Amortized Bonds: Definition, Mechanics, and Examples

Amortized Loan

Amsterdam Stock Exchange (AEX)

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Android Operating System

Anchoring

Anchoring and Adjustment

Angel Investor: Definition and How It Works

Animal Spirits

Annual Equivalent Rate (AER)

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Annual Percentage Yield (APY)

Annual Report

Annual Return

Annual Turnover

Annualize

Annualized Income

Annualized Income Installment Method

Annualized Rate of Return

Annualized Total Return

Annuitant

Annuitization

Annuity

Annuity Due

Annuity Table

Anomaly

Anti-Dilution Provision

Anti-Dumping Duty

Anti Money Laundering (AML)

Anticipatory Breach

Antitrust

Appellate Courts

Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)

Application Programming Interface (API)

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)

Applied Economics

Appraisal

Appraisal Costs

Appraisal Management Company (AMC)

Appreciation

Appropriation

Appropriation Account

Aptitude Test

Arab League

Arbitrage

Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)

Arbitrageur

Arbitration

Arc Elasticity

Arithmetic Mean

Arm’s Length Transaction

Arms Index (TRIN)

Aroon Indicator

Aroon Oscillator

Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem

Article 50

Articles of Association

Articles of Incorporation

Artificial Intelligence

Ascending Channel

Ascending Triangle

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Asian Development Bank

Asian Financial Crisis

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Ask

Assemble to Order (ATO)

Assessed Value

Asset

Asset Allocation

Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP)

Asset-Backed Security (ABS)

Asset-Based Approach

Asset-Based Lending

Asset Class

Asset Coverage Ratio

Asset Financing

Asset-Liability Committee (ALCO)

Asset/Liability Management

Asset Management

Asset Management Company (AMC)

Asset Protection

Asset Retirement Obligation

Asset Swap

Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction (ASCOT)

Asset Turnover Ratio

Asset Valuation

Assets Under Management (AUM)

Assignment

Assortment Strategies

Assumable Mortgage

Assurance

Assurance Services

Asymmetric Information

At Par

Atomic Swaps

At The Money

Attorney-in-Fact

Attribution Analysis

Attrition

Auction Market

Audit

Audit Committee

Audit Risk

Auditor

Auditor’s Opinion

Auditor’s Report

Augmented Product

Austerity

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)

Autarky

Authorized Stock

Autocorrelation

Automated Clearing House (ACH)

Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS)

Automated Teller Machine (ATM)

Automatic Bill Payment

Automatic Premium Loan

Automatic Stabilizer

Autonomous Consumption

Autonomous Expenditure

Autoregressive

Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA)

Available Balance

Available-for-Sale Security

Average Age Of Inventory

Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR)

Average Annual Return (AAR)

Average Inventory

Average Collection Period

Average Cost Basis

Average Cost Method

Average Daily Balance Method

Average Daily Rate (ADR)

Average Daily Trading Volume (ADTV)

Average Directional Index (ADX)

Average Life

Average Outstanding Balance

Average Propensity to Consume

Average Return

Average Selling Price (ASP)

Average True Range (ATR)Axe

B

Baby Bond

Baby Boomer

Back-End Ratio

Back Office

Back Stop

Back-to-Back Letters of Credit

Backdoor Roth IRA

Backflush Costing

Backlog

Backorder

Backtesting

Backup Withholding

Backward Integration

Backwardation

Bad Credit

Bad Debt

Bad Debt Expense

Bag Holder

Bail Bond

Bail-In

Bailout

Bait and Switch

Balance of Payments (BOP)

Balance of Trade (BOT)

Balance Sheet

Balanced Budget

Balanced Fund

Balanced Investment Strategy

Balanced Scorecard

Balloon Loan

Balloon Payment

Ballpark Figure

Baltic Dry Index

Bancassurance

Bandwagon Effect

Bank

Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW)

Bank Capital

Bank Confirmation Letter (BCL)

Bank Credit

Bank Deposits

Bank Identification Number

Bank Rating

Bank Reserve

Bank Statement

Bank Stress Test

Bank Draft

Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI)

Banker’s Acceptance

Bank Guarantee

Bank Reconciliation

Bank Run

Bankruptcy

Banner Advertising

Baptism by Fire

Barbell

Bar Chart

Bare Trust

Barrel Of Oil Equivalent (BOE)

Barrels Of Oil Equivalent Per Day (BOE/D)

Barrier Option

Barriers to Entry

Barter

Base Effect

Base Pay: Definition as Income, and Comparison to Annual Pay

What Is a Base Year? How It’s Used in Analysis and Example

Basel I

Basel II Explained: Banking Regulations, Purpose, and Key Reforms

Understanding the Basel Accords: Regulations and Global Impact

Basel III

Baseline

Basic Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Basic Materials

Basis

Basis Point (BPS)

Basis Risk

Basket of Goods

Basket Trade

BAT Stocks

Batch Processing

Baye’s Theorem

BCG Growth-Share Matrix

Beacon Score

Bear Call Spread

Bear Hug

Bear Market

Bear Put Spread\

Bear Spread

Bear Stearns

Bear Trap

Bearer Bond

Bearer Share

Bearish Engulfing Pattern

Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Finance

Bell Curve

Below-the-Line Advertising

Ben Bernanke

Benchmark

Beneficial Owner

Beneficiary

Benefit-Cost Ratio

Who Was Benjamin Graham?

Berhad (BHD)

Berkshire Hathaway

Bermuda Option

Bernie Madoff

Bespoke CDO

Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)

Best Endeavors

Best Practices

Beta

Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Bicameral System

Bid

Bid and Ask

Bid-Ask Spread

Bid Bond

Bid Price

Bid Size

Big Data

Bilateral Contract

Bilateral Trade

Bill Auction: Definition, How It Works, and How to Participate

Bills of Materials (BOM)

What Is a Billing Cycle? How It Works, How Long It Is and Example

Bill of Exchange

Bill of Lading

Binance Coin (BNB)

Binary Option: Definition, How It Trades, and Example

Binomial Distribution

Binomial Option Pricing

Bioremediation

Bird In Hand

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Misery Index

Bitcoin Wallet

Black Money

Black Box Model

Black Friday

Black Market

Black Monday

Black Scholes Model

Black Swan

Black Tuesday

Blended Rate

Blind Trust

Block Trade

Blockchain

Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)

Blockchain Wallet

Bloomberg

Bloomberg Terminal

Blotter

Blue Book

Blue Chip

Blue-Chip Stock

Blue Ocean

Blue Sky Laws

Board of Directors (B of D)

Board of Governors

Board of Trustees

Boil the Ocean

Boilerplate

Boiler Room

Bollinger Band

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

Bond

Bond Covenant

Bond Discount

Bond Equivalent Yield (BEY)

Bond ETF

Bond Fund

Bond Futures

Bond Ladder

Bond Market

Bond Quote

Bond Rating

Bond Rating Agencies

Bond Valuation

Bond Yield

Bondholder

Bonus

Bonus Depreciation

Bonus Issue

Book Building

Book Runners

Book-to-Bill

Book-to-Market Ratio

Book Value

Book Value of Equity Per Share (BVPS)

Book Value Per Common Share

Bookie

Boom And Bust Cycle

Bootstrap

Borrowing Base

Both-to-Blame Collision Clause

Bottleneck

Bottom Line

Bottom-Up Investing

Bounced Check

Boundary Conditions: What They are, How They Work

Box Spread

Brain Drain

Branch Accounting

Branch Banking

Branch Manager

Brand

Brand Awareness

Brand Equity

Brand Extension

Brand Identity

Brand Loyalty

Brand Management

Brand Personality

Brand Recognition

Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)

Breadth Indicator

Break-Even Price

Break-Even Analysis: What It Is, How It Works, and Formula

Breakeven Point: Definition, Examples, and How To Calculate

Breakout

Bretton Woods Agreement and System

Brexit

Brick and Mortar

Bridge Financing

Bridge Loan

Broad Money

Broker

Broker-Dealer

Brokerage Account

Brokerage Company

Brokerage Fee

Brown Bag Meeting

Brownfield Investment

Bubble

Budget

Budget Deficit

Budget Surplus

Budget Variance

Build America Bonds (BABs)

Build-Operate-Transfer Contract

Bull

Bull Call Spread

Bull Market

Bull Put Spread

Bull Spread

Bull Trap

Bullet Bond

Bullet Repayment

Bullish Abandoned Baby

Bullish Engulfing Pattern: Definition, How It Works, and Example

Bullish Harami

Bundle of Rights

What Defines a Bungalow? Characteristics and History Explained

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Bureaucracy

Burn Rate

Business

Business Activities

Business Asset

Business Banking

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

Business Cycle

Understanding Business Development Companies (BDCs) and Investment Tips

Business Economics

Business Ecosystems

Business Ethics

Business Exit Strategy

Understanding Business Expenses and Which Are Tax Deductible

Business Insurance

Business Intelligence (BI)

Business Models

Business Plan

Business Process Outsourcing

Business Risk

Business-to-Business (B2B): What It Is and How It’s Used’

Business to Consumer (B2C)

Business to Government (B2G)

Business Valuations

Butterfly Spread

Buy and Hold

Buy and Sell Agreement

Buy-In

Buy-In Management Buyout (BIMBO)

Buy Limit Order

Buy-Side

Buy Stop Order

Buy the Dips

Buy to Cover

Buy to Open

Buyback

Buyer’s Market

Buying on Margin

Buying Power

Buyout

C

C Corporation

C-Suite

Call

Call Option

Callable Bond

Canceled Check

Candlestick

Cap and Trade

Capacity Utilization Rate

CAPE Ratio

Capital

Capital Account

Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)

Capital Asset

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

Capital Budgeting

Capital Employed

Capital Expenditure

Capital Gain

Capital Gains Tax

Capital Goods

Capital Improvement

Capital Investment

Capital IQ

Capital Leases

Capital Loss Carryover

Capital Market Line (CML)

Capital Markets

Capital Project

Capital Stock

Capital Structure

Capitalism

Capitalization

Capitalization Rate

Capitalization Table\

Capitalize

Capitalized Cost

Capitalized Interest

Capitulation

Carbon Credit

Carding

Carriage and Insurance Paid to (CIP): Definition and Example

Carried Interest

Carve-Out

Cash Accounting

Cash Advance

Cash-and-Carry-Arbitrage

Cash and Cash Equivalents (CCE)

Cash Back

Cash Balance Pension Plan

Cash Budget

Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)

Cash Cow

Cash Dividend

Cash Equivalents

Cash Flow

Cash Flow from Financing Activities (CFF)

Cash Flow from Investing Activities

Cash Flow from Operating Activities (CFO)

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Management

Cash-on-Cash Return

Cash on Delivery (COD)

Cash-Out Refinance

Cash Ratio

Cash Surrender Value

Cash Value Life Insurance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): What It Was

Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware): What It Is, vs. Caveat Venditor

Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP)

Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

Centrally Planned Economy: Features, Pros & Cons, and Examples

Certainty Equivalent

Certificate of Deposit (CD)

Certificate of Insurance (COI)

Certificate of Origin (CO)

Certified Financial Planner (CFP)

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Ceteris Paribus

Chairman

Channel Stuffing

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Chart of Accounts (COA)

Chartered Accountant (CA)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC)

Chattel Mortgage

Cheapest to Deliver (CTD): Definition and Calculation Formula

Check

Checking Account

Checks and Balances

Chi Square Statistic

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Child Tax Credit

Chinese Wall

Churn Rate

Churning

Circular Flow Of Income

Classical Economics

Clawback

Clayton Antitrust Act

Clearing

Clearing House

Close Position

Closed Economy

Closed-End Fund

Cloud Computing

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)Coase Theorem

Code of Ethics

Coefficient of Determination

Coefficient of Variation (CV)

CoInsurance

Collar

Collateral

Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)

Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO)

Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)

Collection Agency

Collusion

Combined Loan-To-Value Ratio (CLTV Ratio)

Combined Ratio

Command Economy

Commerce

Commercial

Commercial Bank

Commercial Loan

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security (CMBS)

Commercial Paper

Commercial Real Estate

Commercialization

Commingled Fund

Commission

Commodity

Commodity Futures Contract

Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)

Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)

Common Law

Common Size Financial Statement

Common Size Income Statement

Common Stock

Communism

What Is the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)?

Comparable Company Analysis (CCA)

Comparative Advantage

Comparative Market Analysis

Compensatory Damages

Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Advantage

Complement

Compliance Officer

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)

Compound Interest

Compounding

Comprehensive Income

Comps

Conditional Probability

Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR)

Confidence Interval

Conflict of Interest

Conflict Theory

Conglomerate

Consignment

Consolidate

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Consolidation

Construction Loan: Definition, How It Works, and Example

Consumer Credit

Consumer Discretionary

Consumer Goods

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Consumer Surplus

Consumer Staples

Consumerism

Consumption Function: Formula, Assumptions, and Implications

Contango

Contingency

Contingent Asset

Contingent Beneficiary

Contingent Convertible

Contingent Liability

Contingent Value Rights (CVR)

Continuous Compounding

Contra Account

Contract For Differences (CFD)

Contractionary Policy

Contrarian

Contributed Capital

Contribution Margin

Controller

Conventional Mortgage

Convertible Bond

Convertible Preferred Stock

Convexity

Cook the Books

Copyright

Core Competencies

Corporate Bond

Corporate Charter

Corporate Citizenship

Corporate Culture

Corporate Finance

Corporate Governance

Corporate Hierarchy

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Corporate Tax

Corporation

Correction\

Correlation

Correlation Coefficient

Correspondent Bank

Cost Accounting

Cost and Freight (CFR)

Cost Basis

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost of Capital

Cost Control

Cost of Debt

Cost of Equity

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)

Cost of Labor

Cost of Living

Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)

Cost of Revenue

Cost Per Click (CPC)

Cost Per Thousand (CPM)

Cost-Plus Contract

Cost-Push

Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP)

Cottage Industry

Counteroffer

Counterparty

Counterparty Risk

Countertrade

Coupon Rate

Covariance

Covenant

Cover Letter

Coverage Ratio

Covered Call

Covered Interest Rate Parity

Creative Destruction

Credit

Credit Analyst

Credit Bureau

Credit Card

Credit Card Balance

Credit Card Dump

Credit Default Swap (CDS)

Credit Facility

Credit Limit

Credit Linked Note (CLN)

Credit Rating

Credit Report

Credit Risk

Credit Score

Credit Spread

Credit Union

Creditor

Creditworthiness

Cross Culture

Cross Elasticity of Demand

Cross-Sell

Crowdfunding

Crowding Out Effect

Crude Oil

Crypto Token

Cryptocurrency Explained With Pros and Cons for Investment

Cum Dividend

Cum Laude

Master the Cup and Handle Pattern: Trading Strategies & Targets

Currency

Currency Carry Trade

Currency Exchange

Currency Peg

Currency Swap

Current Account

Current Account Deficit

Current Assets

Current Liabilities

Current Ratio

Current Yield

CUSIP Number

Custodial Account

Custodian

Customer

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Customer Service

Customer to Customer (C2C)

Cyclical Industry

Cyclical Stocks

Cyclical Unemployment

D

DAGMAR

Dark Cloud Cover

Dark Pool

Dark Web

Darvas Box Theory

Data Analytics

Data Mining

Data Smoothing

Data Warehousing

Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number

David Ricardo

David Tepper: Early Life, Appaloosa, Investing in Debt

DAX Stock Index: Definition and Member Companies

Day-Count Convention

What Is a Day Order? Definition, Duration, Types, and Example

Day Trader

Days Payable Outstanding

Days Sales of Inventory (DSI)

Days Sales Outstanding

Days Working Capital

De Minimis Tax Rule: Definition, Calculation, and Example

Dead Cat Bounce: What It Means in Investing, With Examples

Deadweight Loss of Taxation: Definition, How It Works, and Example

Deadweight Loss

Dealer

Dealer Market

Death Benefit

Death Cross

Death Taxes

Debenture

Debit

Debit Balance

Debit Card

Debit Note

Debt

Debt Collector

Debt Consolidation

Debt/EBITDA Ratio

Debt/Equity Swap

Debt Financing

Debt Fund

Debt Instrument

Debt Issue

Debt Overhang

Debt Ratio

Debt Restructuring

Debt Security

Debt Service

Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)

Debt-to-Capital Ratio

Debt-to-Equity Ratio (D/E)

Debt-to-GDP Ratio

Debt-to-Income Ratio (DTI)

Debtor

Debtor in Possession (DIP)

Debtor-in-Possession Financing (DIP Financing)

Decentralized Applications (dApps)

Decile

Decision Analysis (DA)

Decision Support Systems (DSS)

Decision Theory

Decision Tree

Declaration Of Trust

Declining Balance Method

Decoupling

Decreasing Term Insurance

Deductible

Deduction

Deed

Deed Of Reconveyance

Deed of Release

Deep Learning

Deep In The Money

Default

Default Rate

Default Risk

Defeasance

Defensive Interval Ratio

Defensive Stock

Deferment Period

Deferred Acquisition Costs (DAC)

Deferred Annuity

Understanding Deferred Compensation: Benefits, Plans, and Tax Implications

Deferred Income Tax Explained: Definition, Purpose, and Key Examples

Deferred Interest

Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)

Deferred Revenue

Deferred Tax Asset

Deferred Tax Liability

Deficit

Deficit Spending

Deficit Spending Unit

Defined-Benefit Plan

Defined-Contribution Plan

Deflation

Degree of Combined Leverage

Degree of Financial Leverage

Degree of Operating Leverage

Degrees of Freedom

Delaware Corporations

Delayed Draw Term Loan

Deleveraging

Delinquency Rate

Delinquent

Delinquent Account Credit Card

Delisting

Deliverables

Delivered at Frontier (DAF)

Delivered-at-Place (DAP)

Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)

Delivered Ex Ship (DES)

Delivery Versus Payment (DVP)

Delphi Method

Delta

Delta Hedging

Delta Neutral

Demand

Demand Curve

Demand Deposit

Demand Draft

Demand Elasticity

Demand for Labor

Demand-Pull Inflation

Demand Schedules

Demand Shock

Demand Theory

Dematerialization (DEMAT)

What Is the Demographic Dividend, and How Does It Work?

Demographics

Demonetization

Demutualization

Denomination

Dependency Ratio

Dependent Care Benefits: Meaning, How it Works

Dependent

Depletion

Deposit

Deposit at Custodian (DWAC)

Deposit Multiplier

Deposit Slip

Deposition

Depository

Depositary Receipt

Depository Transfer Check

Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Depository Trust Company (DTC)

Depreciated Cost

Depreciation

Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization (DD&A)

Depreciation Recapture

Depression

Depth of Market (DOM)

Deregulation

Derivative

Derived Demand

Descending Triangle

Descriptive Statistics

Devaluation

Developed Economy

Development Economics

Diamonds

Digital Currency

Digital Marketing

Digital Money

Digital Option

Digital Wallet

Diluted Earnings per Share (Diluted EPS)

Dilution

Dim Sum Bond

Direct Cost

Direct Deposit

Direct Investment

Direct Market Access (DMA)

Direct Marketing

Direct Method

Direct Participation Program (DPP)

Direct Public Offering (DPO)

Direct Quote

Direct Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP)

Direct Tax

Directional Movement Index (DMI)

Dirty Price

What Is Disability Insurance? Definition and How It Protects You

What Is a Disbursement?

Disclosure

Discontinued Operations

Discount

Discount Bond

Discount Broker

Discount Margin (DM)

Discount Rate

Discount Yield

Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Discounted Payback Periods

Discounting

Understanding Discounts for Lack of Marketability (DLOM) in Valuation

Discouraged Worker

Discrete Distribution

Discretionary Account

Discretionary Expense

Discretionary Income

Discretionary Investment Management Definition, Benefits & Risks

Diseconomies of Scale

Disequilibrium

Understanding Disguised Unemployment: Key Concepts and Types

Disinflation

Disintermediation

Disinvestment

Dispersion

Disposable Income

Disposition

Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive Technology

Dissenters’ Rights

Distressed Sales

Distressed Securities

Distributable Net Income (DNI)

Distributed Ledger Technology

Distributed Ledgers

Distribution

Distribution Channel

Distribution In Kind

Distribution Management

Distribution Network

Distribution Waterfall

Distribution Yield

Divergence

Diversification

Diversified Company

Divestiture

Divestment

Dividend

Dividend Aristocrat

Dividend Discount Model (DDM)

Dividend Growth Rate

Dividend Irrelevance Theory

Dividend Payout Ratio

Dividend Per Share (DPS)

Dividend Policy

Dividend Rate

Dividend Recapitalization

Dividends Received Deduction (DRD)

Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)

Dividend Yield

Documentary Collection

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Dogs of the Dow

Doji

Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)

Dollar Duration

Dollarization

Domestic Corporation

Domestic Relations Order (DRO)

Domicile

Donchian Channels

Dormant Account

Dotcom

Dotcom Bubble

Double Bottom

Double Declining Balance Depreciation Method (DDB)

Double Entry

Double Exponential Moving Average (DEMA)

Double Irish With A Dutch Sandwich

Double-Spending

Double Taxation

Double Top

Dove

Dow 30

Dow Jones CDX

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

Dow Theory

Down Payment

Down Round

Downside Risk

Downstream: Definition, Types, and Examples of Operations

Downtrend

Drag-Along Rights

Dragonfly Doji Candlestick

Drawdown

Drawee

Drawing Account

Dry Powder

Dual Class Stock

Dual Income, No Kids (DINK)

Dual Listing

Due from Account

Due to Account

Due Diligence

Dumping

Dun & Bradstreet (D&B)

Duopoly

DuPont Analysis

Durable Goods Orders

Duration

Durbin Watson Statistic

Dutch Auction

Dutch Disease

Dutch Tulip Bulb Market Bubble

Dynasty Trust

E

E-Mini

EAFE Index

Early Adopter

Early Exercise

Earmarking

Earned Income

Earned Income Credit (EITC)

Earned Premium

Earnest Money

Earnings

Earnings Announcement

Earnings Before Interest After Taxes (EBIAT)

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)

Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation and Amortization (EBIDA)

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)

Earned Income Credit (EIC)

Earnings Call

Earnings Credit Rate (ECR)

Earnings Estimate

Earnings Management

What Is an Earnings Multiplier? How It Works and Example

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Earnings Power Value

Earnings Report

Earnings Yield

Earnout

Easement In Gross

Eavesdropping Attack

EBIT/EV Multiple: Definition, Formula, Benefits, Example

EBITA

EBITDA Margin

EBITDA/EV Multiple: Definition, Example, and Role in Earnings

EBITDA-to-Interest Coverage Ratio

EBITDA-to-Sales Ratio

EBITDAR

eCash

Eclectic Paradigms

What Is an ECN Broker?

Econometrics

Economic Calendar

Economic Capital

Economic Collapse\

Economic Conditions

Economic Cycle

Economic Depreciation

Economic Efficiency

Economic Equilibrium

Economic Exposure

Economic Forecasting

Economic Growth

Economic Growth Rate

Economic Indicator

Economic Integration

Economic Justice

Economic Life

Economic Moat

Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)

Economic Profit (or Loss)

Economic Recovery

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA)

Economic Rent

Economic Shock

Economic Stimulus

Economic Value

Economic Value Added (EVA)

Economic Value of Equity (EVE)

Economics

Economies of Scale

Economies of Scope

Economist

Economy

EdTech

Education Loan

Education IRA

Effective Annual Interest Rate

Effective Dates

Effective Duration: Definition, Formula, and Example

Effective Gross Income (EGI)

What Is the Effective Interest Rate Method of Amortizing a Bond?

Effective Tax Rate: How It’s Calculated and How It Works

Effective Yield

Efficiency

Efficiency Ratio Explained: Definition, Formula, and Banking Example

Efficient Frontier

Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)

Egalitarianism: Definition, Ideas, and Types

Elastic\

Elasticity

Elective-Deferral Contribution

Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment (EBPP)

Electronic Check

Electronic Commerce (e-commerce)

Electronic Communication Network

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR)

Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)

Electronic Filing (E-File)

Electronic Fund Transfer Act

Electronic Money

Electronic Payments Network (EPN)

Electronic Retailing (E-tailing)

Elevator Pitch

Elliott Wave Theory

Email Money Transfer (EMT)

Embargo

Embezzlement

Emergency Banking Act of 1933

Emergency Fund

Emerging Industry

Emerging Market Economy

Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI)

Emerging Markets Index (MSCI)

Emigration

Eminent Domain

Empire Building

Empirical Rule: Definition, Formula, and Example

Employee Buyout (EBO)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Employee Stock Option (ESO)

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Employers’ Liability Insurance

Employment Agency Fees

Employment Insurance (EI)

Employment-to-Population Ratio

Encroachment

Encumbrance

End-to-End

Endogenous Growth Theory

Endogenous Variable

Endorsement

Endowment

Endowment Effect

Energy Return on Investment (EROI)

Energy Risk Professional (ERP)

Energy Sector

Engagement Letter

Engel’s Law

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

Enrolled Agent (EA): Overview, History, FAQ

What Was Enron? What Happened and Who Was Responsible

Enterprise Multiple

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Enterprise Value (EV)

Enterprise-Value-to-Revenue Multiple (EV/R)

Enterprise Value-to-Sales (EV/Sales)

Entity Theory

Entrepreneur

Envelope

Environmental Economics

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Mission, Regulations, and Impact

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing: What It Is & How It Works

EOS

Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Equal Weight

Equated Monthly Installment (EMI)

Equation of Exchange

Equilibrium

Equilibrium Quantity

Equitable Relief

Equity

Equity Accounting

Equity Capital Market (ECM)

Equity Co-Investment

Equity Compensation

Equity Derivative

Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff

Equity Financing

Equity Fund

Equity-Linked Note (ELN)

Equity-Linked Security (ELKS)

Equity Market

Equity Method

Equity Multiplier

Equity Premium Puzzle (EPP)

Equity Risk Premium

Equity Swap

Equivalent Annual Annuity Approach (EAA)

Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC)

Erosion

Error Term

Errors and Omissions Insurance (E&O)

Escheat

Escrow

Escrow Agent

Escrow Agreement

Escrowed Shares

Esoteric Debt

Estate

Estate Planning

Estate Tax

Estimated Ultimate Recovery (EUR)

Estoppel: Definition, How It Works, and History

What Is Ether (ETH)? Definition, How It Works, vs. Bitcoin

Ethereum Classic (ETC) Definition, History, and Future

Ethereum Explained: Blockchain, Smart Contracts, and Its Future

Ethical Investing: Overview and How To Do It

Euro

Euro Interbank Offer Rate (Euribor)

Euro Medium Term Notes (EMTN)

Euro Overnight Index Average (Eonia)

Eurobond

Euroclear

Eurocurrency

Eurocurrency Market

Eurodollar

Euromarket

Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

European Banking Authority (EBA)

European Central Bank (ECB)

European Community (EC)

European Currency Unit (ECU)

European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

European Monetary System (EMS)

European Option

European Sovereign Debt Crisis

European Union (EU)

Eurozone

EV/2P Ratio

Evening Star

Event Study

Evergreen Contract

Evergreen Funding

Evergreen Loan

Ex-Ante

Ex-Date

Ex-Dividend

Ex Gratia Payment

Ex-Post

Ex Works (EXW)’

Excess Capacity

Excess Cash Flow

Excess of Loss Reinsurance

Excess Reserves

Excess Return

Exchange

Exchange Control

Exchange of Futures for Physical (EFP)

Exchange Rate

Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)

Exchange Ratio

Exchange Traded Derivative

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

Exchange-Traded Note (ETN)

Exchange Traded Product (ETP)

Excise Tax

Exculpatory Clause

Execution

Executive MBA

Executor

Exempt Employee

Exempt Income

Exempt-Interest Dividend

Exempt Transaction

Exemption

Exercise

Exercise Price: Overview, Put and Calls, In and Out of The Money

Exit Strategy

Exogenous Growth

Exotic Option

Expanded Accounting Equation

Expansion

Expansionary Policy

Expatriate

Expectations Theory

Expected Loss Ratio (ELR Method)

Expected Value: Definition, Formula, and Examples

Expected ReturnE

Expected Utility

Expedited Funds Availability Act (EFAA): What it is, How it Works

Expenditure Method

Expense

Expense Ratio

What Are Experience Ratings in Insurance

Expiration Date

Expiration Time

Expiration Date (Derivatives)

Explicit Cost

Exploration & Production (E&P)

Exponential Growth

Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

Export Credit Agency

Export Trading Company (ETC)

Export

Exposure at Default (EAD)

Express Warranty

Expropriation

Extended Trading

External Debt

External Economies of Scale

Externality

Externality of Production

Extraordinary General Meetings (EGM)

Extraordinary Item

Extrinsic Value

F

1913 Federal Reserve Act

FAANG Stocks

Face Value

Facility

Factor

Factor Investing

Factor Market

Factors of Production\

FactSet

Facultative Reinsurance

Fail

Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

Fair Labor Standards Act

Fair Market Value (FMV)

Fair Value

Fallen Angel

Falling Knife

Fama and French Three Factor Model

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Family Limited Partnership (FLP)

Family Offices

FANG Stocks

Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)

Fast Fashion

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

FDIC Insured Account

Fear and Greed Index

Fed Balance Sheet

Federal Agencies

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Federal Direct Loan Program

Federal Discount Rate

Federal Funds

Federal Funds Rate

Federal Home Loan Bank System (FHLB)

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Federal Housing Administration Loan

Federal Income

Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC Meeting)

Federal Poverty Level (FPL)

Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

Federal Reserve System (FRS)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)

Feasibility Study

Fee

Feed-In Tariff (FIT)

Feeder Fund

FHA 203(k) Loan

Fiat Money

Fibonacci Extensions

Fibonacci Numbers and Lines

Fibonacci Retracement

FICO Score

Fidelity Bond\

Fiduciary Definition: Examples and Why They Are Important

Filing Status

Fill Or Kill (FOK)

Finance

Financial Account

Financial Accounting\

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Financial Advisor

Financial Analysis

Financial Asset

Finance Charge

Financial Crisis

Financial Distress

Financial Economics

Financial Engineering

Financial Exposure

Financial Guarantee

Financial Health

Financial Inclusion

Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Financial Information Exchange (FIX)

Financial Institution (FI)

Financial Instrument

Financial Intermediary

Financial Literacy

Financial Market

Financial Modeling

Financial Performance

Financial Plan

Financial Planner

Financial Risk

Financial Risk Manager (FRM)

Financial Sector

Financial Statement Analysis

Financial Statements

Financial Structure

Financial System

Financial Technology (Fintech)

Financial Times Stock Exchange Group (FTSE)

Financing

Finder’s Fee

FINRA BrokerCheck

Fire Insurance

Firm

First In, First Out (FIFO)

First Mortgage

First Mover

First Notice of Loss (FNOL)

First World

Fiscal Deficit

Fiscal Multiplier

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal Year (FY)

Fiscal Year-End

Fisher Effect

Fisher Transform Indicator

Fitch Ratings

Five Cs of Credit

Five-Year Rule

Fixed Annuity

Fixed Asset

Fixed Asset Turnover RatioF

ixed Capital

Fixed-Charge Coverage Ratio

Fixed Cost

Fixed Exchange Rate

Fixed Income

Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC)

Fixed-Income Security

Fixed Interest Rate

Fixed-Rate Mortgage

Fixed-Rate Payment

Flat\

Flat Tax

Flat Yield Curve

Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Flip

Float

Floating Charge

Floating Exchange Rate

Floating Interest Rate

Floating Rate Fund

Floating Rate Note (FRN)

Floating Stock

Floor Area Ratio (FAR)

Floor Trader (FT)

Flotation

Flotation Cost

Flow of Funds (FOF)

Flow-Through Entity

Folio Number

Follow-On Offering

Follow On Public Offer (FPO)

Food And Drug Administration (FDA)

Footnotes to the Financial Statements

For Sale By Owner (FSBO)Forbearance

Force Majeure

Forecasting

Foreclosure

Foregone Earnings

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

Foreign Aid

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Foreign Currency Convertible Bond (FCCB)

Foreign Currency Swap

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Foreign Earned Income Exclusion

Foreign Exchange

Foreign Exchange Reserves

Foreign Exchange Risk

Foreign Institutional Investor (FII)

Foreign Investment

Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)

Foreign Tax Credit

Forensic Accounting

Forensic Audit

Forex (FX)

Forfaiting

Forfeited Share

Form 3

Form 4

Form 144

Form 1040X

Form 1045

Form 1065

Form 1095-A

\Form 1095-B

Form 1095-C

Form 1098

Form 1099-B

Form 1099-DIV

Form 1099-INT

Form 1099-MISC

Form 1099-R

Form 1099-Q

Form 1120S

Form 1310

Form 13F (SEC)

Form 2106: Employee Business Expenses\

Form 2106-EZ: Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses

Form 2439

Form 2848

Form 4506: Request for Copy of Tax Return

Form 4562

Form 4684

Form 4797

Form 4952

Form 5405

Form 6251

Form 6252

Form 6781

Form 706

Form 8283

Form 8379

Form 8396

Form 843

\Form 8606

Form 8949

Form ADV

\Fortune 100

Fortune 500

Forward Contract

Forward Dividend Yield

Forward Exchange Contract

Forward Integration

Forward Market

Forward Points

Forward Premium

Forward Price

Forward Price-To-Earnings (Forward P/E)

Forward Rate

Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)

Four Asian Tigers

Four Percent Rule

Four Ps

Fourth World

Fractal Indicator

Understanding Fractional Reserve Banking: How It Fuels Economic Growth

Fractional Share

Franchise

Franchise Tax: Definition, Rates, Exemptions, and Example

Franchisee

Franked Dividend

FraudF

Freddie Mac

Free Carrier (FCA)

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Free Cash Flow to Equity (FCFE)

Free Cash Flow to the Firm (FCFF)

Free Cash Flow Yield

Free Enterprise

Free-Float Methodology

Free Look Period

Free Market

Free On Board (FOB)

Free Rider Problem

Free Trade

Free Trade Area

Freemium

Frequency Distribution

Freudian Motivation Theory

Frictional Unemployment

Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Hayek

Fringe Benefits

Front-End Debt-to-Income Ratio (DTI)

Front-End Load

Front Office

Front-Running

Full Costing

Full Disclosure

Full Employment

Full Ratchet

Fully Amortizing Payment

Fully Diluted Shares

Fully Vested

Functional Currency

Functional Obsolescence

Fund

Understanding Fund Flow: Definition, Examples, and Insights for Investing

Fund Manager

Fund of Funds (FOF)

Fundamental Analysis

Fundamentals

Funded Debt: Overview and Types in Corpporate Accounting

Funds From Operations (FFO)

Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP)

Fungibility

Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF&E)

Future Value (FV)

Future Value of an Annuity

Futures

Futures Commission Merchant (FCM)

Futures Contract

Futures Market

G

Gadfly

GAFAM Stocks

Gain

Gambler’s Fallacy

Game Changer

Game Theory

Gamification

Gamma

Gamma Hedging

Gamma Neutral

Gann Angles

Gann Fans

Gantt Chart

Gap

Gap Analysis

Gap Insurance

Gapping

Garage Liability Insurance

GARCH Process

Gardening Leave

Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act

Garnishment

Gartley Pattern

Gas (Ethereum)

Gas Guzzler Tax

Gate Provision

Gatekeeper

Gazelle Company

GBP

GDAX

GDP Gap

GDP Price Deflator

Gearing

Gearing Ratio

Gemini Exchange

Gemology

General Account

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

General Agreements to Borrow (GAB)

General and Administrative Expense (G&A)

General Business Tax Credit

General Collateral Financing Trades (GCF)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

General Equilibrium Theory

General Depreciation System (GDS)

General Ledger

General Manager (GM)

General Obligation Bond (GO)

General Order (GO)

General Partner

General Partnership

General Provisions

General Public Distribution: What It is, How It Works, Example

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS)

Generally Accepted Principles And Practices (GAPP)

Generation Gap

Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (GSTT)

Generation-Skipping Trust

Generation X (Gen X)

Generic Brand

Genesis Block

Genetic Engineering

Genetically Modified Food (GMF)

Gentlemen’s Agreements

Gentrification

Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)

Geographical Diversification

Geographical Labor Mobility

Geographical Pricing

Geolocation

Geometric Mean

George Soros

Gharar

Ghetto

G.I. Bill

Giffen Good

Gift Card

Gift Causa Mortis

Gift Letter

Gift in Trust

Gift Inter Vivos

Gift of Equity

Gift Splitting

Gift Tax

Gift Tax Return

Gig Economy

Gilt-Edged Bond

Gilt-Edged Securities

Gilts

Gini Index

Gibraltar Pound (GIP): What It is, Gibraltar Economy

Give Up

The Glass Ceiling: Definition, History, Effects, and Examples

Glass Cliff: Definition, Research, Examples, Vs. Glass Ceiling

Glass-Steagall Act

Glide Path

Global Bond

Global Depositary Receipt (GDR)

Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR)

Global Fund: What it Means, How it Works, Investing

Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS)

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS): Definition and Uses

Global Macro

Global Macro Hedge Fund

Global Recession

Global Registered Share (GRS)

Globalization

Globex

Glocalization

GmbH

Go-Go Fund

Go-Shop Period

Goal-Based Investing

Goal Seeking

Godfather Offer

Going Concern

Going-Concern Value

Going Private

Going Public

Gold Bug

Gold Certificate

Gold Option

Gold Standard

Golden Cross

Golden Handcuffs

Golden Handshake

Golden Parachute

Golden Rule

Golden Share

Goldilocks Economy

Good Credit

Good Delivery

Good Faith Estimate (GFE)

Good Faith Money

Good This Week (GTW)

Good ‘Til Canceled (GTC)

Goodness-of-Fit

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Goodwill

Goodwill Impairment

Google Blogger

Google Tax

Gordon Gekko

Gordon Growth Model

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC)

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

Government Bond

Government Grant

Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)

Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC)

Government Pension Fund of Norway

Government Purchase

Government Securities Clearing Corporation (GSCC)

Government Security

Government Shutdown

Government-Sponsored Enterprise

Government-Sponsored Retirement Arrangement (GSRA)

Government-Wide Acquisition Contract

Grace Period

Graded Vesting

Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

Graduated Lease

Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM)

Graham Number

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLBA)

Grandfather Clause

Grant

Grant Deed

Grant-in-Aid

Grantee

Grantor

Grantor Trust Rules

Granular Portfolio

What Is a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)? Definition and Examples

Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT)

Gravestone Doji

Gray Box

Gray List

Gray Market

Graduate Record Examination (GRE)

Great Depression

Great Leap Forward

Great Moderation

Great Recession

Great Society

Greater Fool Theory

Greek Drachma

Greeks

Green Bond

Green Card

Green Chip Stocks

Green-Field Investment

Green Fund

Green Investing

Green Marketing

Green Monday

Green Tech

Greenback

Greenmail

Greensheet

Greenshoe Option

Greenspan Put

Greenwashing

Gresham’s Law

Grexit

Grey Market

Grid Trading

Grinder

Gross Debt Service Ratio (GDS)

Gross Dividends

Gross Domestic Income (GDI)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross Earnings

Gross Estate

Gross Expense Ratio (GER)

Gross Exposure

Gross Income

Gross Income Multiplier

Gross Income Test

Gross Interest

Gross Lease

Gross Leverage Ratio

Gross Margin

Gross Margin Return on Investment (GMROI)

Gross Merchandise Value

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

Gross National Income (GNI)

Gross National Product (GNP)

Gross National Product (GNP) Deflator

Gross Net Written Premium Income

Gross Processing Margin (GPM)

Gross Profit

Gross Profit Margin

Gross Rate of Return

Gross Receipts

Gross Sales

Gross Spread

Gross Working Capital

Gross-Up

Gross Value Added

Gross Yield

Ground Lease

Group of 3 (G-3)

Group of 7 (G-7)

Group of 8 (G-8)

Group of 10 (G-10)

Group of 11 (G-11)

Group of 20 (G-20)

Group of 30 (G-30)

Group Health Insurance: What It Is, How It Works, Benefits

Group Life Insurance Explained: Types, Benefits, and Drawbacks

Group Term Life Insurance: What It Is, How It Works, Pros & Cons

Group Universal Life Policy (GULP)

Groupon

Groupthink

Growing-Equity Mortgage

Growth and Income Fund

Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP)

Growth Company

Growth Curve

Growth Fund

Growth Industry

Growth Investing

Growth Rates

Growth Stock: What It Is, Examples, vs. Value Stock

Grunt Work

GSCI (S&P)

Guanxi

Guarantee Company

Guarantee Fees

Guaranteed Bond

Guaranteed Death Benefit

Guaranteed Investment (Interest) Certificate (GIC)

Guaranteed Investment Contract (GIC)

Guaranteed Investment Fund (GIF)

Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance

Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (GLWB)

Guaranteed Loan

Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (GMAB)

Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit (GMIB)

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB)

Guaranteed Payments to Partners

Guaranteed Renewable Policy

Guaranteed Stock

GuarantorGuerrilla Marketing

Guidance

Guideline Premium and Corridor Test (GPT)

Guilder Share (New York Share)

Guinea Franc (GNF)

Gun Jumping

Gunnar Myrdal

Guns-and-Butter Curve

Gunslinger

Guppy Multiple Moving Average (GMMA)

Gwei

H

H-Shares

Haas School of Business

Habendum Clause

Hacktivism

Haggle

Haircut

Half Stock

Half-Year Convention For Depreciation

Halloween Massacre

Halloween Strategy

Halo Effect

Hamada Equation

Hammer Candlestick

Hammer Clause: What it Means, How it Works, Example

Hammering

Hamptons Effect

Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB)

Handle

Hands-Off Investor

Hang Seng Index (HSI)

Hanging Man Candlestick

Happiness Economics

Hara-Kiri Swap

Harami Cross

Hard Asset

Hard Call Protection

Hard Currency

Hard Dollars

Hard Fork (Blockchain)

Hard Inquiry

Hard Landing

Hard Loan

Hard Money

Hard Money Loan

Hard Sell

Hard Skills

Hard Stop

Hard-To-Borrow List

Hardening

Hardship Exemption

Hardship Withdrawal

Harmless Warrant

Harmonic Mean

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)

Harry Markowitz

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

Harvard Business School

Harvard MBA Indicator

Harvest Strategy

Hash

Hashed Timelock Contract

Hashgraph Consensus Mechanism

Hawala

Hawk

Hawthorne Effect

Hazard Insurance

Hazard Rate

Hazardous Activity

Head and Shoulders Pattern

Head-Fake Trade

Head of Household

Head Trader

Headhunter

Headline Earnings

Headline Effect: What It Is, How It Works, Example

Headline Inflation: What It Is and How It Is Related to the Consumer Price Index

Headline Risk

Heads of Agreement

Health Insurance

Health Insurance Marketplace

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)

Health Plan Categories

Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Healthcare Power of Attorney (HCPA)

Healthcare Sector

Heating Degree Day (HDD)

Heath-Jarrow-Morton Model

Heatmap

Heavy Industry

Heckscher-Ohlin Model

Hedge

Hedge Accounting

Hedge Clause

Hedge Fund

Hedge Fund Manager

Hedge Ratio

Tender in Finance: Definition, How It Works, and Example\

Hedging Transaction

Hedonic Pricing\

Hedonic Regression Method

Hedonic Treadmill

Heikin-Ashi Technique

Heir

Held by Production Clause

Held-For-Trading Security

Held Order

Held-to-Maturity (HTM)

Helicopter Drop (Helicopter Money)

Hell or High Water Contract

Help-Wanted Index (HWI)

Henry B. Tippie College Of Business

Henry Hub

Herbert A. Simon

Herd Instinct

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI)

Heritage and Stabilization Fund (HSF)

Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act (HERO)

Herrick Payoff Index

Hersey-Blanchard Model

Heston Model

Heterodox Economics

Heteroskedastic

Heteroskedasticity

Heuristics

Hiccup

Hidden Taxes

Hidden Values

Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet (HD Wallet)

Hierarchy-of-Effects Theory

Hierarchy of GAAP

High Beta Index

High Close

High Earners, Not Rich Yet (HENRYs)

High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)

High-Frequency Trading (HFT)

High-Low Index

High-Low Method

High Minus Low (HML)

High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI)

High-Ratio Loan

High-Speed Data Feed

High Street Bank

High-Water Mark

High-Yield Bond

High-Yield Bond Spread

High-Yield Investment Program (HYIP)

Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA)

Highest In, First Out (HIFO)

Highly Compensated Employee

Highly Leveraged Transaction (HLT)

Hikkake Pattern

Hindenburg Omen

Hindsight Bias

HIPAA Waiver of Authorization

Hire Purchase Agreement

Hiring Freeze

Histogram

Historic Pricing

Historic Structure

Historical Cost

Historical Returns

Historical Volatility (HV)

Hit the Bid

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Hoarding

Hobby Loss

Hockey Stick Chart

HODL

Hodrick-Prescott (HP) Filter

Holacracy

Hold

Hold Harmless Claus

Holdco

Holder of Record

Holding Company

Holding Company Depository Receipt (HOLDR)

Holding Costs

Holding Period

Holding Period Return (Yield)

Holding the Market

Holdings

Holdover Tenant

Holdovers

Hole-In-One Insurance

Hollowing Out

Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX): Meaning, Pros And Cons, Example

Holographic Will

Home

Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP)

Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP)

Home Banking

Home Bias

Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP)

Home Country Bias

Home Equity

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)

Home-Equity Loan

Home Inspection

Home Market Effect

Home Modification

Home Mortgage

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)

Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

Home Office

Home Office Expense

Home Warranty

Homemade Dividends

Homemade Leverage

Homeowners Association (HOA)

Homeowners Association Fee (HOA Fee)

Homeowners Insurance

Homeowners Protection Act

Homestead Exemption

Homo Economicus

Homogeneous Expectations

Homoskedastic

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx)

Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (HIBOR)

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Investment Portfolio (HKMA)

Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKG) .HK

Honorarium

Hook Reversal

Hope Credit

Hope Now Alliance

Horizon Analysis

Horizontal Acquisition

Horizontal Analysis

Horizontal Channel

Horizontal Equity

Horizontal Integration

Horizontal Line

Horizontal Market

Horizontal Merger

Horizontal Spread

Horizontal Well

Hospital Insurance Trust Fund

Hospital Revenue

Hostile Bid

Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover Bid

Hot Hand

Hot Issue

Hot IPO

Hot Money

Hot Waitress Economic Index

Hot Wallet

Hotelling’s Theory

House Call

House Maintenance Requirement

House Money Effect

House Poor

House Price Index (HPI)

Household Employee

Household Expenses

Household Income

Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA)

Housing Authority Bond

Housing Bonds

Housing Bubble

Housing Expense Ratio

Housing Market Index

Housing Starts

Housing Unit

Howey Test

HSA Custodian

Hub and Spoke Structure

Hubbert Curve

Hubbert’s Peak Theory

Hubris

HUD-1 Form

HUF (Hungarian Forint)

Hulbert Rating

Hull-White Model

Human Capital

Human Development Index (HDI)

Human-Life Approach

Human Resource Planning (HRP)

Human Resources (HR)

Humped Yield Curve

Hundredweight (Cwt)

Hung Convertibles

Hurdle Rate

Hurricane Deductible

Hybrid Annuity

Hybrid ARM

Hybrid Fund

Hybrid Security

Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydrocarbon

Hyperdeflation

Hyperinflation

Hyperledger

Hyperledger Burrow

Hyperledger Composer

Hyperledger Explorer

Hyperledger Fabric

Hyperledger Iroha

Hyperledger Sawtooth

Hypermarket

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Hypothecation

Hypothesis Testing

Hysteresis

I

Iceberg Order

Ichimoku Cloud

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo: Understanding Its 5 Key Components

ICON Cryptocurrency (ICX)

Ideation

Identifiable Asset

Identity Theft

Idiosyncratic Risk

What Is Idle Time, and What Does It Mean for Businesses?

Illiquid

Immediate Family

Immediate Or Cancel Order (IOC)

Immediate Payment Annuity

Immunization

Impact Investing

Impaired Asset: Meaning, Causes, How to Test, and How to Record

Impaired Credit

Impairment

Impeachment: Meaning, Overview, and Examples

Imperfect Competition

Imperfect Market

Implicit Cost

Implied Authority

Implied Contract

Implied Rate

Implied Volatility (IV)

Import

Import Duty

Import Substitution Industrialization

Impression

Imprest

Impulse Wave Pattern

Imputed Value

Imputed Interest: Definition, Calculation, and Key Tax FAQs

In-App Purchasing

In Escrow

In-House

In-House Financing

In-Service Withdrawal

In Specie

In the Money (ITM)

Incentive Stock Options (ISOs)

Incidence Rate

Incidental Expenses (IE)

Income

Income Annuity

Income Approach

Income Effect

Income Elasticity of Demand

Income from Operations (IFO)

Income Fund

Income in Respect of a Decedent (IRD)

Income Inequality

Income Per Capita

Income Property

Income Smoothing

Income Statement

Income Stock

Income Tax

Income Tax Payable

Incontestability Clause

Incorporation

Incoterms

Incremental Analysis

Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR)

Incremental Cost of Capital: What It is, How It Works

Incremental Cash Flow: Definition, Formula, and Examples

Incremental Cost

Incumbency Certificate

Incumbent: Definition, Meanings in Contexts, and Examples

Incurred But Not Reported (IBNR)

Indemnity Insurance

Indenture

Indentured Servitude

Independent Contractor Explained: Definition, Taxes, and Practical Examples

Index

Index Fund

Index Futures

Index Investing

Index-Linked Bond

Index Option

Indexation

Indexed Annuity

Indexing: Definition and Uses in Economics and Investing

Indian Rupee

Indication of Interest (IOI)

Indicative Net Asset Value (iNAV): What it is, How it Works

Indicator

Indifference Curve

Indirect Loan

Indirect Method

Indirect Quote

Indirect Tax

Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

Industrial Bank

Industrial Goods Sector

Industrial Organization

What Is Industrial Production Index (IPI)? How It Measures Output

Industrial Revenue Bonds: What They Are and How They Work

Industrial Revolution

Industrialization

Industry

Industry Life Cycle

Industry Life Cycle Analysis

Inefficient Market

Infant-Industry Theory

Inferior Goods

Inflation

Inflation Accounting

Inflation-Adjusted Return

Inflation Hedge

Inflation Swap

Inflationary Gap

Inflection Point

Understanding the Information Coefficient (IC): Definition, Formula, and Example

Information Ratio

Infrastructure

Inherent Risk

Inheritance

Inheritance Tax

Inherited IRA

Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

Initial Margin

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Inorganic Growth

Input-Output Analysis

INSEAD

Inside Day

Inside Indemnity

Inside Sales

Insider

Insider Trading

Insolvency

Installment Debt

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

Institutional Brokers’ Estimate System (IBES)

Institutional Investor

Instrument

Insufficient Funds

Insurable Interest

Insurance

Insurance Claim

Insurance Coverage

Insurance Premium

Insurance Underwriter

Insurtech

Intangible Asset

Intangible Personal Property

Intellectual Capital

Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (IDGT)

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): What it is, How it Works

Interactive Media

Interbank Deposits

Interbank Market

Interbank Network for Electronic Transfer (INET)

Interbank Rate

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): What It Is and What It Does

Interest

Interest Coverage Ratio

Interest Expense

Interest-Only Mortgage

Interest Rate

Interest Rate Call Option

Interest Rate Collar

Interest Rate Derivative

Interest Rate Differential (IRD)

Interest Rate Floor

Interest Rate Future

Interest Rate Options

Interest Rate Parity

Interest Rate Risk

Interest Rate Sensitivity

Interest Rate Swap

Interim Dividend

Interim Statement

Intermediate Good

Internal Audit

Internal Auditor (IA)

Internal Controls

Internal Growth Rate

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Internal Revenue Code (IRC): Definition, What It Covers, History

What Is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?

Internalization

International Accounting Standards (IAS)

International Bank Account Number (IBAN)

International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

International Banking Facility (IBF)

International Bond

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

International Depository Receipt (IDR)

International Finance

International Finance Corporation

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

International Fisher Effect (IFE)

International Investing

International Labor Organization (ILO)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Monetary Market (IMM)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

International Securities Identification Number (ISIN)

International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

Internationalization

Internet of Things (IoT)

Interpersonal Skills

Interpolated Yield Curve (I Curve)

Interpolation

Intertemporal Choice

Inter-Vivos Trust

Intestate

Intraday Momentum Index (IMI)

Intraday Trading

Intrapreneur

Intrapreneurship

Intrinsic Value

Introducing Broker (IB)

Inventory

Inventory Accounting

Inventory Financing

Inventory Management

Inventory Turnover

Inventory Write-Off

Inverse Correlation

Inverse ETF

Inverse Head And Shoulders

Inverted Yield Curve

Invested Capital

Investigational New Drug (IND)

Investing

Investment

Investment Advisers Act of 1940

Investment Advisor

Investment Advisory Representative (IAR)

Investment Analysis

Investment Bank (IB)

Investment Banker

Investment Banking

Investment Center

Investment Club

Investment Company

Investment Company Act of 1940

Investment Consultant

Investment Fund

Investment Grade

Investment Horizon

Investment Income

Investment Management

Investment Manager

Investment Multiplier

Investment Objective

Investment Policy Statement (IPS)

Investment Product

Investment Property

Investment Securities

Investment Strategy

Investment Thesis

Investment Vehicle

Investopedia

Investor

Investor Relations

Invisible Hand

Invoice

Invoice Financing

IOTA

IOU

IRA Rollover

Iranian Rial (IRR)

Iron Butterfly

IRR Rule

Irrational Exuberance

Irrevocable Beneficiary

Irrevocable Letter of Credit

Irrevocable Trust

IRS Form 4868

IRS Publication 15

IRS Publication 463

IRS Publication 519

IRS Publication 525

IRS Publication 527

IRS Publication 535 (Business Expenses)

IRS Publication 550

IRS Publication 590

IRS Publication 590-B

IRS Publication 970

IRS Publication 972

IS-LM Model

ISDA Master Agreement

iShares

Islamic Banking

ISM Manufacturing Index

ISO Currency Code

Isoquant Curve

ISPs (Internet Service Providers)

Issue

Issued Shares

Issuer

Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN)

Itemized Deduction

J

J

J-Curve

J-Curve Effect

Jack Welch

Jackpot

Jackson Hole Economic Symposium

Jakarta Stock Exchange

James H. Clark

James M. Buchanan Jr.

James Tobin

Jan Tinbergen

January Barometer

January Effect

Japan Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation

Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR)

Japan ETF

Japan Inc.

Japanese Government Bond (JGB)

Japanese Housewives

Japanese Yen (JPY)

Jarrow Turnbull Model

Jay-ZJ

ean-Baptiste Say

Jekyll and Hyde

Jensen’s Measure

Jerome Kerviel

Jerry A. Hausman

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School Of Business

Jesse L. Livermore

Jewelry Floater

Jim Cramer (James Cramer)

Jim Walton

Jitney

JitterJ

MD (Jamaican Dollar)

Job Hunting Expenses

Job Lot

Job Market

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS)

Jobber

Jobless Claims

Jobless Recovery

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JGTRRA)

Jobs Growth

Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)

Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate (JIBAR)

John B. Taylor

John Bogle

John Elkann

John F. Nash Jr.

John Maynard Keynes

John R. Hicks

John Stuart Mill

Johnson School at Cornell University

Joint

Joint Account

Joint and Several Liability

Joint and Survivor Annuity

Joint Bond

Joint Credit

Joint Endorsement

Joint Liability

Joint-Life Payout

Joint Life with Last Survivor Annuity

Joint Owned Property

Joint Probability

Joint Return

Joint Return Test

Joint-Stock Company

Joint Supply

Joint Tenancy

Joint Tenants in Common (JTIC)

Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship (JTWROS)

Joint Venture (JV)

Jointly and Severally

Jones Act

Jordanian Dinar (JOD)

Josef Ackermann

Joseph Effect

Joseph Schumpeter

Joseph Stiglitz

Journal

Judge Business School

Judgment

Judgment Lien

Judgment Proof

Judgmental Credit Analysis

Judicial Foreclosure

Judo Business Strategy

Julian Robertson

Jumbo CD

Jumbo Loan

Jumbo Pool

Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (JOBS)

Junior Accountant

Junior Capital Pool (JCP)

Junior Company

Junior Debt

Junior Equity

Junior Mortgage

Junior Security

Junk Bond

Junk Fees

Juris Doctor (JD)

Jurisdiction Risk

Just Compensation

Just In Case (JIC)

Just In Time (JIT)

Just Say No Defense

Justified Wage

L

L Share Annuity Class

Labor Intensive

Labor Market

Labor Market Flexibility

Labor Productivity

Labor Theory Of Value (LTV)

Labor Union

Laddering

Laffer Curve

Laggard

Lagging Indicator

Laissez-Faire

Lambda

Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)

Land

Land Contract

Land Trust

Land Value

Land Value Tax (LVT)

Landlocked

Landlord

Lapping Scheme

Lapse

Large Cap (Big Cap)

Large Trader

Larry Ellison

Last In, First Out (LIFO)

Last Mile

Last Trading Day

Last Twelve Months (LTM)

Last Will And Testament

Late Fee

Law of Demand

Law of Diminishing Marginal Productivity

Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns: Definition, Example, Use in Economics

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

Law of Large Numbers

Law of One Price

Law of Supply

Law of Supply and Demand

Lawful Money

Layaway

Layoff

Lead Bank

Lead Time

Leadership

Leadership Grid

Leading Indicator

Leads and Lags

Leakage

Lean Six Sigma

Lean Startup: Defined, How It Differs From a Traditional Business

Learning Curve

Lease Definition and Complete Guide to Renting

Lease Extension: What it Means, How it Works, Examples

Lease Option

Lease Payments

Lease Rate: What it is, How it Works, Types

Leaseback

Leasehold

Leasehold Improvement

Least Squares Criterion

Least Squares Method

Least-Preferred Coworker Scale

Ledger Balance

Ledger Wallet: Examples of How Crypto Wallets Work

What Was FTX? An Overview of the Exchange

Leg

Legal Lending Limit

Legal Monopoly

Legal Rate of Interest

Legal Separation

Legal Tender

Legislative Risk

Lehman Aggregate Bond Index

Lehman Brothers

Lehman Formula

Lemons Problem

Lender

Lender of Last Resort

Leptokurtic Distributions

Less-Developed Countries (LDC)

Lessee: The Person That Rents a Property

Lessor: Definition, Types, vs. Landlord and Lessee

Letter of Comfort

Letter of Credit

Letter of Guarantee

Letter of Indemnity

Letter of Intent (LOI)

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 1 Assets

Level 2 Assets

Level 3 Assets

Level Death

Level-Premium Insurance

Leverage

Leverage Ratio

Leveraged Buyback

Leveraged Buyout (LBO)

Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan (LESOP)

Leveraged ETF

Leveraged Lease

Leveraged Loan

Leveraged Loan Index (LLI)

Leveraged Recapitalization

Levered Free Cash Flow (LFCF)

Levy

Liability

Liability Driven Investment (LDI)

Liability Insurance

Liar Loan

Liar’s Poker

Libel

Liberty Bond

LIBOR Curve

LIBOR Scandal

Licensee

Licensing Agreement

Licensing Fee

Lien

Lien Sale

Lien Waiver

Life Annuity

Life Cycle

Life-Cycle Fund

Life-Cycle Hypothesis (LCH)

Life Estate

Life Expectancy

Life Income Fund (LIF)

Life Insurance

Life Settlement

Lifestyle Creep

Lifetime Cost

Lifetime Learning Credit

LIFO Liquidation

LIFO Reserve

Lightning Network

Like-for-Like Sales

Like-Kind Exchange: Definition, Example, Pros & Cons

Like-Kind Property

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Definition, History, Impact

Limit Down

Limit Order

Limit Order Book

Limited Common Elements

Limited Company (LC)\

Limited Government

Limited Liability

Limited Liability Company (LLC)

Limited Partner

Limited Partnership (LP)

Limited Partnership Unit (LPU)

Limited Power of Attorney (LPOA)

Lindahl Equilibrium

Line Chart

Line Graph

Line of Best Fit

Line of Business Limitations

Line of Credit (LOC)

Linear Relationship

Linearly Weighted Moving Average (LWMA)

Linked Savings Account: Meaning, Benefits, FAQs

Lintner’s Model

Lipper Indexes

Liquid Alternatives

Liquid Asset

Liquid Market

Liquidate

Liquidated Damages

Liquidating Dividend

Liquidation

Liquidation Margin

Liquidation Preference

Liquidation Value

Liquidator

Liquidity

Liquidity Adjustment Facility

Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

Liquidity Crisis

Liquidity Event

Liquidity Preference Theory

Liquidity Premium

Liquidity Ratio

Liquidity Risk

Liquidity Trap

Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)

Lis Pendens

Lisbon Treaty: History, Impact and Opinions

Listed

Listed Option

Listed Property

Listed Security

Listing Agreement

Listing Requirements

Litecoin Mining

Living Trust

Living Wage

Living Will

LLC Operating Agreement

Lloyd’s Of London

Load

Load Fund

Loan

Loan Application Fee

Loan Commitment

Loan Committee

Loan Constant

Loan Credit Default Swap (LCDS)

Loan Credit Default Swap Index (Markit LCDX)

Loan Grading

Loan Life Coverage Ratio (LLCR)

Loan Lock

Loan Loss Provision

Loan Modification

Loan Note

Loan Officer

Loan Participation Note (LPN)

Loan Production Office (LPO)

Loan Servicing

Loan Shark

Loan Stock

Loan Syndication

Loan-to-Cost Ratio (LTC)

Loan-to-Deposit Ratio (LDR)

Loan-to-Value (LTV)

Lobby

Local Tax

Lock In Profits

Lock-Up Agreement

Lock-Up Period

Lockbox Banking

Locked In

Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA)

Log-Normal Distribution

Logarithmic Price Scale

Logistics

London Interbank Bid Rate (LIBID)

London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR)

What Is the London Metal Exchange (LME)? Definition and History

London Stock Exchange (LSE): Definition, History, and Major Events

Long Hedge

Long Jelly Roll

Long Position (Long)

Long Put Options: Definition, Examples, and Comparison With Shorting Stock

Long Run

Long Straddle

Long Synthetic (Synthetic Put)

Long Tail

Long Term

Long-Legged Doji

Long-Run Average Total Cost (LRATC)

Long/Short Equity

Long/Short Fund

Long-Tail Liability

Long-Term Assets

Long-Term Capital Gain or Loss

Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM)

Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance

Long-Term Debt

Long-Term Debt to Capitalization Ratio

Long-Term Debt to Total Assets Ratio

Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPS)

Long-Term Growth (LTG)

Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)

Long-Term Investments

Long-Term Liabilities

Longitudinal Data

Look-Alike Contracts

Lookback Option

Loophole

Lorenz Curve

Loss Adjustment Expense (LAE)

Loss Carryback

Loss Carryforward

Loss Development

Loss Given Default (LGD)

Loss Leader Strategy

Loss Payee

Loss Ratio

Loss Reserve

Lost Decade

Lost Policy Release (LPR)

Lot (Securities Trading)

Love Money

Low Exercise Price Option (LEPO)

Low-Hanging Fruit

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Low Interest Rate Environment

Low/No Documentation Loan

Low Volume Pullback

Lower of Cost or Market Method

Loyalty Program

Ltd. (Limited)

Lucrative

Luhn Algorithm

Lump-Sum Payment

Luxury Item

Luxury Tax

M

M1

M2

M3

M-Pesa

Maastricht Treaty: Definition, Purpose, History, and Significance

Macaulay Duration

Macro Environment

Macro Manager

Macroeconomic Factor

Macroeconomics

Magic Formula Investing

Magna Cum Laude

MICR: What Is a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Line?

Main Street

Maintenance Expenses

Maintenance Margin

Majority Shareholder

Make-or-Buy Decision

Make to Order (MTO)

Make to Stock (MTS)

Make Whole Call Provision

Malpractice Insurance: Definition, Types, Importance

Managed Account

Managed Futures

Management Buyout (MBO)

Management by Objectives (MBO)

Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)

Management Fee

Managerial Accounting

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Resource Planning

Maquiladora

Margin

Margin Account

Margin Call

Margin Debt

Margin Loan Availability

Margin of Safety

Marginal Analysis

Marginal Benefits

Marginal Cost of Production

Marginal Profit

Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC)

Marginal Propensity to Import (MPM)

Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS)

Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS)

Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution

Marginal Rate of Transformation

Marginal Revenue (MR)

Marginal Revenue Product (MRP)

Marginal Social Cost (MSC)

Marginal Tax Rate

Marginal Utility

Marital Property

Maritime Law

Mark Zuckerberg

Market

Market Approach

Market Basket

Market Breadth

Market Cannibalization

Market Capitalization

Market Capitalization-to-GDP Ratio

Market Cycles

Market Depth

Market Dynamics

Market Economy

Market Efficiency

Market Exposure

Market Failure

Market Index

Market

Indicators

Market Leader

Market Maker

Market Manipulation

Market Neutral

Market-On-Close Order (MOC)

Market Order

Market Orientation

Market Penetration

Market Portfolio

Market Power

Market Price

Market Research

Market Risk

Market Risk Premium

Market Saturation

Market Segment

Market Segmentation

Market Segmentation Theory

Market Sentiment

Market Share

Market Timing

Mark to Market (MTM)

Market Value

Market Value Added (MVA)

Market Value of Equity

Marketable Securities

Marketing

Marketing Campaign

Marketing Mix

Marketing Plan

Marketing Strategy

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) Definition

Markup

Married Filing Jointly

Married Filing Separately

Married Put

Martial Law

Marxian Economics

Marxism

Mass Customization

Mass Production

Master-Feeder Structure

Master Limited Partnership (MLP)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

MasterCard

Matching Orders

Material Participation Tests

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Mature Industry

Maturity

Maturity Date

Max Pain

Maximum Drawdown (MDD)

Maximum Foreseeable Loss (MFL)

Maximum Loan Amount

McClellan Oscillator

MCF (Measuring Natural Gas)

McKinsey 7S Model

Mean Reversion

Mean-Variance Analysis

Medallion Signature Guarantee

Media Kit

Median

Medicaid

Medical Cost Ratio (MCR)

Medium of Exchange

Medium Term Note (MTN)

Melt Up

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Mental Accounting

Menu Costs

Mercantilism

Merchandising

Merchant Bank

Merchant Discount Rate

Merger

Merger Arbitrage

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Merrill Lynch

Merton Model

Metrics

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Mezzanine Debt

Mezzanine Financing

Michael Bloomberg

Who Is Michael Milken?

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI)

Micro Cap

Micro Manager

Micro-Investing Platform

Microcredit

Microeconomics

Microfinance

Micromarketing

Mid-Cap

Mid-Cap Fund

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Middle-Income Countries (MICs)

Middle Market Firm

Middle Office

Middleman

Midstream Oil Operations

MiFID II Explained: Key Regulations and Impact in the EU

Mill Levy

Mill Rate

Millage Rate

Millennial

Milton Friedman

Minimum Efficient Scale (MES)

Minimum Lease Payment

Minimum Monthly Payment

Minimum Wage

How Does Bitcoin Mining Work? A Beginner’s Guide

Minority Interest

Minsky Moment

Misery Index

Misrepresentation

Mission Statement

Mixed Economic System

Mobile Banking

Mobile Commerce

Mobile Wallet: What It Is, How It Works, and More

Mode

Model Risk

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS)

Modified Accrual Accounting

Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)

Modified Cash Basis

Modified Endowment Contract

Modified Dietz Method

Modified Duration

Modified Gross Lease

Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR)

Modigliani-Miller Theorem (M&M)

Modus Operandi

Mom-and-Pop

Momentum

Momentum Investing

Monetarism

Monetarist

Monetarist Theory

Monetary Aggregates

Monetary Base

Monetary Policy

Monetize

Money

Money Center Banks

Money Factor

Money Flow

Money Flow Index (MFI)

Money Illusion

Money Laundering

Money Management

Money Manager

Money Market

Money Market Account

Money Market Fund

Money Market Yield

Money Order

Money Purchase Pension Plan

Money Supply

Money-Weighted Rate of Return

Monopolist

Monopolistic Competition

Monopolistic Markets

Monopoly

Monopsony

Monte Carlo Simulation

Month-To-Month Tenancy

Monthly Active User (MAU)

Moore’s Law

Moral Hazard

Moral Suasion

Moratorium

Morbidity Rate

Morning Star

Morningstar Inc.

Morningstar Risk Rating

Morningstar Sustainability Rating

Mortality Table

Mortgage

Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS)

Mortgage Banker

Mortgage Bond

Mortgage Broker

Mortgage Forbearance Agreement

Mortgage Insurance

Mortgage Originator

Mortgage Rate

Mortgage Rate Lock Float Down

Mortgage Recast

Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR)

Mortgagee

Mortgagor

Mosaic Theory

Most-Favored-Nation Clause

Mothballing

Moving Average (MA)

Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)

MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)

MSCI Inc.

Multi-Asset Class

Multi-Factor Model

Multicollinearity Explained: Impact and Solutions for Accurate Analysis

Multilateral Development Bank (MDB): Types and Examples

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA): Overview and History

Understanding Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTF): A Complete Guide

Multilevel Marketing

Multinational Corporation: History, Characteristics, and Types

Multiple

Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA)

Multiple Linear Regression (MLR)

Multiple Listing Service (MLS)

Multiples Approach

Multiplier

Multiplier Effect

Mumbai Interbank Offered Rate (MIBOR)

Municipal Bond

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)

Murabaha

Musharakah

Mutual Company

Mutual Fund

Mutual Insurance Company

Mutually Exclusive

N

NACHA

Naked Call

Naked Option

Naked Pu

Naked Shorting

Named Beneficiary

Named Perils Insurance Policy

Nanny Tax

Narrow Money

Nasdaq

Nasdaq 100 Index

Nasdaq Capital Market

Nasdaq Composite Index

Nasdaq Global Select Market Composite

Nash Equilibrium

National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)

National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU)

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA)

National Association of Investors Corp. (NAIC)

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit)

National Association of Realtors (NAR)

National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)

National Average Wage Index (NAWI)

National Bank

National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO)

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

National Commodities And Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

National Currency

National Futures Association (NFA)

National Housing Act

National Income Accounting

National Insurance Contributions (NIC)

National Market System (NMS)

National Registration Database (NRD)

National Retail Federation (NRF)

National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC)

National Securities Markets Improvement Act (NSMIA)

National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)

Nationalization

Natural Gas ETF

Natural Gas Liquids

Natural Gas Storage Indicator (EIA Report)

Natural Hedge

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Natural Law

Natural Monopoly

Natural Selection

Natural Unemployment

NAV Return

Near Field Communication (NFC)

Near Money

Near Term

Near the Money

Neckline

Needs Approach

Negative Amortization

Negative Arbitrage

Negative Assurance

Negative Bond Yield

Negative Carry

Negative Confirmation

Negative Convexity

Negative Correlation

Negative Covenant

Negative Directional Indicator (-DI)

Negative Equity

Negative Feedback

Negative Gap

Negative Gearing

Negative Goodwill (NGW)

Negative Growth

Negative Income Tax (NIT)

Negative Interest Rate

Negative Interest Rate Environment

Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP)

Negative Pledge Clause

Negative Return

Negative Volume Index (NVI)

Negotiable

Negotiable Bill of Lading

Negotiable Certificate Of Deposit (NCD)

Negotiable Instrument

Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW)

Negotiated Dealing System (NDS)

Negotiation

Nelson Peltz

Neoclassical Economics

Neoclassical Growth Theory

Neoliberalism

Nepalese Rupee (NPR)

Nest Egg

Net Asset Value (NAV)

Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS)

Net Cash

Net Change

Net Charge-Off (NCO)

Net Current Asset Value Per Share (NCAVPS)

Net Debt

Net Debt Per Capita

Net Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio

Net Domestic Product (NDP)

Net Export

Net Exposure

Net Foreign Assets (NFA)

Net Foreign Factor Income (NFFI)

Net Importer

Net Income (NI)

Net Income After Taxes (NIAT)

Net Interest Income

Net Interest Margin

Net Interest Rate Differential (NIRD)

Net Internal Rate of Return

Net Interest Rate Spread

Net International Investment Position (NIIP)

Net Investment

Net Investment Income (NII)

Net Lease

Net Liquid Assets

Net Loss

Net National Product (NNP)

Net-Net

Net Neutrality

Net of Tax

Net Operating Income

Net Operating Loss (NOL)

Net Operating Profit After Tax (NOPAT)

Net Operating Profit Less Adjusted Taxes (NOPLAT)

Net Premium

Net Premiums Written

Net Present Value (NPV)

Net Present Value of Growth Opportunities (NPVGO)

Net Present Value Rule

Net Proceeds

Net Profit Margin

Net Realizable Value (NRV)

Net Receivables

Net Sales

Net Settlement

Net Tangible Assets

Net Unrealized Appreciation (NUA)

Net Volume

Net Worth

Netback

Netting

Network Effect

Network Marketing

Networking

Neural Network

Neutral

Neutrality Of Money

New Deal

New Drug Application (NDA)

New Economy

New Fund Offer (NFO)

New Growth Theory

New Home Sales

What Is an Indication of Interest (IOI)? How It Works and Example

New Issue: Definition, How It Works in Offerings, and Example

New Keynesian Economics

New Paradigm

New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Newly Industrialized Country (NIC)

News Trader

NEX

Next-In, First-Out (NIFO)

Next of Kin

NEXUS

Nifty 50

Nigerian Scam

Night Depository

Nikkei

NINJA Loan

Nixon Shock

No Documentation Mortgage (No Doc)

No-Load Fund

No-Par Value Stock

No-Shop Clause

No Transaction Fee Mutual Fund

Noise

Noise Trader

Nominal

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER)

Nominal Gross Domestic Product

Nominal Interest Rate

Nominal Rate of Return

Nominal Value

Nominal Yield

Nominated Advisor (NOMAD)

Nomination Committee

Nominee

Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment

Non-Accredited Investor

Non-Assessable Stock

Non-Amortizing Loan

Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)

Non-Cash Charge

Non-Cash Item

Non-Compete Agreement

Non-Competitive Tender

Non-Controlling Interest

Non-Covered Security

Non-Deliverable Forward (NDF)

Non-Deliverable Swap (NDS)

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Non-Executive Director

Non-Exempt Employee

Non-Farm Payroll

Non-GAAP Earnings

Non-Interest-Bearing Current Liability (NIBCL)

Non-Interest Income

Non-Issuer Transaction

Non-Marginable Securities

Non-Marketable Security

Non-Member Banks

Non-Negotiable

Non-Objecting Beneficial Owner (NOBO)

Non-Operating Asset

Non-Operating Expense

Non-Operating Income

Non-Owner Occupied

Non-Performing Asset (NPA)

Non-Purpose Loan

Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC)

Non-Qualified Plan

Non-Qualified Stock Option (NSO)

Non-Qualifying Investment

Non-Recourse Debt

Non-Recourse Finance

Non-Refundable Tax Credit

Non-Renounceable Rights

Non-Sampling Error

Non-Security

Non-Sufficient Funds

Non-Taxable Distribution

Non-Traded REIT

Nonaccrual Experience Method (NAE)

Nonaccrual Loan

Noncallable: What it Means, How it Works

Noncancellable Insurance Policy: What it Means, How it Works

Nonce

Nonconforming Mortgage

Noncumulative

Noncurrent Assets

Noncurrent Liability

Understanding Nonelective Contributions: Benefits and Drawbacks

Nonfeasance

Nonfinancial Asset

Nonforfeiture Clause

Noninterest Expense

Nonlinear Regression

Nonlinearity

Nonmonetary Assets

Nonparametric Method

Nonparametric Statistics

Nonpassive Income and Losses

Nonperforming Asset

Nonperforming Loan (NPL)

Nonprofit Organization (NPO): Definition, Funding, vs. Not-for-Profit

Nonrenewable Resource

Nonresident Alien

Nontariff Barrier

Nordic Model: Comparing the Economic System to the U.S.

Normal-Course Issuer Bid (NCIB)

Normal Distribution

Normal Good

Normal Profit

Normal Retirement Age (NRA)

Normal Yield Curve

Normalized Earnings: Definition, Purpose, Benefits, and Examples

Normative Economics

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)

North Sea Brent Crude

Norwegian Krone (NOK)

Understanding Nostro Accounts: Banking Abroad in Foreign Currencies

Not for Profit

Not-Held Order

What Does a Notary Do? Duties and Where to Notarize a Document

Notching

Note

Notice of Assessment (NOA)

Notice of Default

Notice of Deficiency

Notice of Termination

Notice to Creditors

Notional Principal Amount

Notional Value

Novation

Null Hypothesis

Numeraire

Unlocking Numismatics: Coin Study, Qualifications, and Value

N.V. (Naamloze Vennootschap)

NYSE Arca

NYSE Composite Index

O

Obamanomics

Obelisk Consensus Algorithm

Objective Probability

Obligation

Obligatory Reinsurance

Obligor

Obsolescence Risk

Obsolete Inventory

Occupancy Rate

Occupational Labor Mobility

Occupational Safety And Health Act

Occurrence Policy

Ocean Bills of Lading

October Effect

Odd Lot

Odd Lot Theory

Odious Debt

OEX

Off-Balance Sheet (OBS)

Off-Balance Sheet Financing (OBSF)

Off-Chain Transactions (Cryptocurrency)

Off-the-Run Treasuries

Offensive Competitive Strategy

Offer

Offer in Compromise

Offering

Offering Circular

Offering Memorandum

Offering Price

Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

Official Settlement Account

Official Strike

Offline Debit Card

Offset

Offset Mortgage

Offsetting Transaction

Offshore

Offshore Banking Unit (OBU)

Offshore Mutual Fund

Offshore Portfolio Investment Strategy (OPIS)

Offtake Agreement

OHLC Chart

Oil ETF

Oil Field

Oil Initially In Place (OIIP)

Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Oil Price to Natural Gas Ratio

Oil Refinery

Oil Reserves

Oil Sands

Okun’s Law

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Program

Old Economy

Old Lady

Oligopoly

Oligopsony

Ombudsman: Roles, Types, Advantages & Disadvantages Explained

OmegaOmnibus AccountOman Rial (OMR)

On Account

On-Balance Volume (OBV)

On-Chain Governance

On-the-Run Treasury

On-the-Run Treasury Yield Curve

On-Us Item

One Bank Holding Company

One Belt One Road (OBOR)

One-Cancels-the-Other Order (OCO)

One-Child Policy

One Night Stand Investment

One Percent Rule

One-Stop Shop

One-Tailed Test

One-Third Rule

One-Time Charge

One-Time Item

One-Touch Option

OneCoin

Onerous Contract

Online Banking

Online Shoplifting

Online-to-Offline (O2O) Commerce Definition and Trends

Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPPB)

Opaque Pricing

Opco

Operating Company/Property Company Deal (OPCO or PROPCO)

OPEC Basket

Open

Open Architecture

Open Banking

Open Cover

Open-End Credit

Open-End Fund

Open-End Lease

Open-End Management Company

Open-End Mortgage

Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC)

Open House

Open Interest

Open Kimono

Open Listing

Open Loop Card

Open Market

Open Market Operations

Open-Market Rate

Open-Market Transaction

Open Mouth Operations

Open Offer

Open Order

Open Outcry

Open Position

Open Source

Open Trade Equity (OTE)

Opening Bell

Opening Cross

Opening Imbalance Only Order (OIO)

Opening Price

Opening Range

Operating Activities

Operating Cash Flow (OCF)

Operating Cash Flow Demand (OCFD)

Operating Cash Flow Margin

Operating Cash Flow Ratio

Operating Cost

Operating Earnings

Operating Expense

Operating Expense Ratio

Operating Income

Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization (OIBDA)

Operating Lease

Operating Leverage

Operating Loss (OL)

Operating Margin

Operating Profit

Operating Ratio (OPEX)

Operating Revenue

Operation Twist

Operational Efficiency

Operational Risk

Operational Target

Operations Management

Opportunity Cost

Oprah Effect

Optimal Capital Structure

Optimal Currency Area

Optimization

Optimized Portfolio As Listed Securities (OPALS)

Optimum Currency Area (OCA) Theory

Option Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (Option ARM)

Option-Adjusted Spread (OAS)

Option Agreement

Option Chain

Option Class

Option Cycle

Option Disclosure Document

Option Margin

Option Pool

Option Premium

Option Pricing Theory

Option Series

Optionable Stock

Options

Options Backdating

Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

Options Contract

Options Industry Council (OIC)

Options on Futures

Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA)

Oracle of Omaha

Oral Contract

Orange Book

Order

Order Audit Trail System (OATS)

Order Book

Order Driven Market

Order Imbalance

Order Management Systems (OMS)

Order Paper

Order Protection Rule

Orderly Market

Ordinary and Necessary Expense (O&NE)

Ordinary Annuity

Ordinary Dividends

Ordinary Income’

Ordinary Loss

Ordinary Shares of Stock

Organic Growth: What It Is and Why It Matters to Investors

Reserve-Replacement Ratio: What it Means, How it Works

Organic Sales

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Organizational Behavior (OB)

Organizational Chart

Organizational Economics

Organizational Structure

Organized Labor

Original Cost

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

Original Face

Original Issue Discount (OID)

Origination

Origination Fee

Origination Points: Meaning, Examples in Mortgages

Orphan Block: What It Is and How It Works

Orphan Drug Credit

Oscillator

Oscillator of a Moving Average (OsMA)

Oslo Stock Exchange (OSL) .OL

OTC Markets Group Inc.

OTC Options

OTC Pink

OTCQB (The Venture Market): Definition in Stocks and Benefits

OTCQX

Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting (OCBOA)

Other Current Assets (OCA)Other Current Liabilities

Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB)

Other Post-Retirement Benefits

Other Real Estate Owned (OREO)

Out-of-Pocket Expenses

Out-of-Pocket Limit

Out of The Money (OTM)

Outcome Bias

Outlay Cost

Outperform

Outplacement

Output Gap

Outright Forward

Outright Futures Position

Outright Option

Outside Days

Outside Director

Outside Reversal

Outside Sales

Outsourcing

Outstanding Check

Outward Arbitrage

Outward Direct Investment (ODI)

Over-55 Home Sale Exemption

Over and Short

Over-Hedging

Over-Limit Fee

Over-Line

Over-Selling

Over-the-Counter (OTC)

Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB)

Over-the-Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI)

Over-the-Counter Market

Over the Top (OTT)

Overall Liquidity Ratio: What It Is, How It Works

Overall Turnover

Overallotment: Definition, Purpose, and Example

Overbought

Overcapitalization

Overcast

Overcollateralization (OC)

Overdraft

Overdraft Protection

Overextension

Overfitting

Overfunded Pension Plan

Overhang

Overhead

Overhead Rate

Overhead Ratio

Overheated Economy

Overlapping Debt

OverlayOverleveraged

Overnight Position

Overnight Index Swap

Overnight Rate

Overnight Trading

Overreaction

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Overshooting

Oversold

Oversubscribed: Definition, Example, Costs & Benefits

Oversubscription Privilege

Oversupply

Overtrading

Overvalued

Overweight

Overwriting

Own-Occupation PolicyOwner Earnings Run Rate

Owner Financing

Owner-Occupant

Owners’ Equivalent Rent (OER)

Oxford Saïd Business School (SBS)

P

P-Test

P-Value

Pac-Man Defense

Paga

Paid-In Capital

Paid-Up Additional Insurance

Paid-Up Capital

Painting the Tape

Paper Money

Paper Trade

Par

Par Value

Par Yield Curve

Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) Indicator

Paradox of Thrift

Parent Company

Pareto Analysis

Pareto Efficiency

Pareto Improvement

Pareto Principle

Pari-passu

Parity

Parity Price

Parsonage Allowance

Participating Policy

Participating Preferred Stock’

Participation Rate

Participatory Note

Partnership

Passive Activity Loss Rules

Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC)

Passive Income

Passive Investing

What It Means to Be Past Due on a Loan, Plus Consequences

Patent

PATH Act

Path Dependency

Patriot Act

Pattern Day Trader

Pay Yourself First

Payable On Death (POD)

Payback Period

Payday Loan

Payee

Payment

Payment-in-Kind (PIK)

Payout

Payout Ratio

PayPal

Payroll

Payroll Tax

P/E 10 Ratio

Peer Group

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Economy

Peer-to-Peer Lending

Pegging

Pell Grant

Penetration Pricing Explained: Effective Strategies and Real-World Examples

Pennant

Penny Stock

Pension Plan

Per Capita

Per Capita GDP

Per Stirpes

Perceived Value

Percentage Change

Percentage of Completion Method

Perfect Competition

Performance Bonds

Performance Budget

Performance Management

Periodic Interest Rate

Permanent Income Hypothesis

Permanent Life Insurance

Perpetual Bond

Perpetual Inventory

Perpetuity

Perseroan Terbatas (PT)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)

Personal Finance

Personal Financial Specialist (PFS)

Personal Financial Statement

Personal Guarantee

Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Personal Income

Personal Lines Insurance

Personal Property

Personal Service Corporation

Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

What Is PEST Analysis? Its Applications and Uses in Business

Peter Principle

Petrodollars

Understanding Petroleum: Importance, Uses, and Investment Strategies

Understanding Petty Cash: Usage, Accounting, and Best Practices

Phantom Stock Plan

Philanthropy

Phillips Curve

Physical Capital

Pigovian Tax

PIIGS

PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Co.)

Pink Sheets

Piotroski Score

Pip

Pitchbook

Pivot Point

Plain Vanilla

Planned Obsolescence

Platinum

Platykurtic

Pledged Asset

Plowback Ratio

Plunge Protection Team (PPT): Definition and How It Works

Point-and-Figure (P&F) Chart

Point of Purchase (POP)

Point of Sale (POS)

Poison Pill

Poisson Distribution

Political Action Committee (Super PAC)

Political Economy

Political Risk

Ponzi Scheme

Pooled Funds

Population Statistics

Pork Barrel Politics

Porter Diamond

Porter’s 5 Forces

Portfolio Investment

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Portfolio of Financial Assets

Portfolio Runoff

Portfolio Turnover

Portfolio Variance

Position Trader

Positive Correlation

Positive Economics

Positive Pay

Post-Money Valuation: Definition, Example, and Importance

Post-Trade Processing

Posterior Probability

Understanding Poverty: Definition, Causes, and Measurement

Poverty Trap

Power Distance Index (PDI)

Power of Attorney

Pre-Foreclosure

Pre-IPO

Pre-Market

Predatory Pricing: Definition, Example, and Why It’s Used

Preemptive Rights

Preference Shares

Preferred Dividend

Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO)

Preferred Stock

Premium: Definition, Meanings in Finance, and Types

Premium Bond

Prepaid Credit Card

Prepaid Expense

Prepayment

Prepayment Penalty

Prepayment Risk

Present Value

Present Value Interest Factor (PVIF)

Present Value Interest Factor of Annuity (PVIFA)

Present Value of an Annuity

Preservation of Capital

Press Conference

Pretax Earnings

Pretax Profit Margin

Price Action

Price Ceiling

Price Controls

Price Discovery

Price Discrimination

Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) Ratio

Price Elasticity of Demand

Price Fixing

Price Leadership

Price Level

Price Rate of Change Indicator (ROC)

Price Sensitivity

Price Skimming

Price Stickiness

Price-Taker

Price Target

Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B Ratio)

Price-to-Cash Flow Ratio

Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio)

Price to Free Cash Flow

Price-to-Rent Ratio

Price-to-Sales (P/S)

Price to Tangible Book Value (PTBV)

Price Value of a Basis Point (PVBP)

Price-Weighted Index

Prima Facie

Primary Market

Prime Brokerage

Prime Cost

Prime Rate

Principal

Principal-Agent Problem

Principal-Agent Relationship: What It Is, How It Works, and New Developments

Principal, Interest, Taxes, Insurance (PITI)\

Prisoner’s Dilemma

Private Banking

Private Company

Private Equity

Understanding Private Equity Real Estate: Investment and Returns Explained

Private Finance Initiative

Private Good

Private Investment FundP

rivate Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)

Private Placement

Private Sector

Privatization

Privileged Communication

Pro Forma

Pro Forma Invoice

Pro Rata

Probability Density Function (PDF)

Probability Distribution

Probate

Probate Court

Procurement

Procyclic

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Producer Surplus

Product Differentiation

Product Life Cycles

Product Line

Product Portfolio

Production Costs

Production Efficiency

Production Possibility Frontier (PPF)

Productivity

Profit

Profit and Loss Statement  (P&L)

Profit Before Tax (PBT)

Profit Centers

Profit Margin

Profit-Sharing Plan

Profits Interest

What Is the Profitability Index (PI)?

Profitability Ratios

Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT)

Progress Billings

Progressive Tax

Project Finance

Project Management

Projected Benefit Obligation (PBO)

What is Promissory Estoppel? Key Requirements and Examples

Promissory Note

Promoter

Promotion

Proof of Funds (POF): What It Is, Qualifying Documents, and How to Obtain

Understanding Proof-of-Stake: How PoS Transforms Cryptocurrency

Understanding Proof of Work (PoW) in Blockchain: Key Mechanism Explained

Property

Property Insurance

Property Management

Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E)

Property Rights

Property Tax

Property Tax Deduction

Proportional Tax

Proprietary Trading

Proration

Prospect Theory: What It Is and How It Works, With Examples

Prospectus

Protectionism

Protective Put

Provident Fund: Definition, How It Works for Retirement

Provision

Provision for Credit Losses Explained: Uses and Examples

Proxy

Proxy Fight

Proxy Statement

Proxy Vote

Public Company

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)

Public Good

Public Limited Company (PLC)

Public-Private Partnerships

Pullback: What It Means in Trading, With Examples

Pump-and-Dump Scheme

Pump Priming

Purchase Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)

Purchase Money Security Interest (PMSI)

Purchase-Money Mortgage

Purchase Price In Finance: Effect on Capital GainsPurchasing Power

Pure Play

Pure Risk

Push Down Accounting

Put

Put-Call Parity

Put-Call Ratio

Put Option

Pyramid Scheme

Q

QQ Ratio (Tobin’s Q)

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)

Qatari Riyal (QAR)

QQQQ

QSEHRA

Qstick Indicator

Qtum

Quadrix

Quadruple Witching

Qualification Ratio

Qualified Adoption Expenses (QAE)

Qualified Annuity

Qualified Appraisal

Qualified Automatic Contribution Arrangements (QACAs)

Qualified Charitable Organization

Qualified Disclaimer

Qualified Distribution

Qualified Dividend

Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII)

Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)

Qualified Domestic Trust (QDOT)

Qualified Electric Vehicle

Qualified Eligible Participant (QEP)

Qualified Exchange Accommodation Arrangements

Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII)

Qualified Higher Education Expense

Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB)

Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)

Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity (QJSA)

Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract (QLAC)

Qualified Mortgage

Qualified Opinion

Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT)

Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity (QPSA)

Qualified Production Activities Income (QPAI)

Qualified Professional Asset Manager (QPAM)

Qualified Reservist

Qualified Retirement Plan

Qualified Special Representative Agreement (QSR)

Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust

Qualified Trust

Qualified Widow or Widower

Qualifying Annuity

Qualifying Disposition

Qualifying Event

Qualifying Investment

Qualifying Ratios

Qualifying Relative

Qualifying Transaction

Qualifying Widow/Widower

Qualitative Analysis

Quality Control

Quality Control Charts

Quality Management

Quality of Life

Quality of Earnings

Quality Spread Differential (QSD)

Quant Fund

Quantified Self

Quantity-Adjusting Option (Quanto Option)

Quantitative Analysis (QA)

Quantitative Easing

Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2)

Quantitative Trading

Quantity Demanded

Quantity Discount

Quantity Supplied

Quantity Theory of Money

Quanto Swap

Quantum Computing

Quarter on Quarter (QOQ)

Quarter over Quarter (Q/Q)

Quarter (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4)

Quarter-to-Date (QTD)

Quarterly Income Debt Securities (QUIDS)

Quarterly Income Preferred Securities (QUIPS)

Quarterly Revenue Growth

Quartile

Quasi Contract

Quasi-Public Corporation

Quasi-Reorganization

Questioned Document Investigation

Queuing Theory

Quick Assets

Quick Liquidity Ratio

Quick Ratio

Quick Response (QR) Code

Quick-Rinse Bankruptcy

Quid

Quid Pro Quo

Quid Pro Quo Contribution

Quiet Period

Quiet Title

Quiet Title Action

Quintiles

Quitclaim Deed

Quorums

Quota

Quota Share Treaty

Quotation

Quote

Quote Currency

Quote-Driven Market

Quote Stuffing

Quoted Price

R

R-Squared

Rabbi Trust

Race to the Bottom

Racketeering

Rally

Ramp Up

Random Variables

Random Walk Theory

Range

Ratchet Effect

Rate-and-Term Refinance

Rate of Change (ROC)

Rate of Return

Rating

Ratio Analysis

Rational Behavior

Rational Choice Theory

Rational Expectations Theory

Rationalization

Rationing

Raw Materials

Reaganomics

Real Asset

Real Economic Growth Rate

Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER)

Real Estate

Real Estate Agent

Real Estate Investment Group

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

Real Estate Limited Partnership (RELP)

Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC)

Real Estate Operating Company (REOC)

Real Estate Owned (REO)

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA)

Real Estate Short Sale

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Real Income

Real Interest Rate

Real Option

Real Property

Real Rate of Return

Real Time

Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

Real-Time Quote (RTQ)

Realization Multiple

Realized Gain

Realized Loss

Realized Yield

Realtor

Rebalancing

Rebate

Recapitalization

Receipt

Receivable

Receivables Turnover Ratio

Receivership

Recency, Frequency, Monetary Value (RFM)

Recession

Recessionary Gap

Recharacterization

Reconciliation

Record Date

Recourse

Recourse Loan

Recovery Rate

Recurring Billing

Recurring Revenue

Red Herring Filing

Redemption

Redlining

Reference Number

Reference RateRefinance

Reflexivity

Registered Education Savings Plan: What It Is, How It Works

Registered Investment Advisor (RIA)

Registered Representative (RR): Definition, Job Description, Pay

Regression

Regressive Tax: Definition and Types of Taxes That Are Regressive

Regret Theory

Regtech

Regulated Investment Companies (RICs): Definition, Taxes & Examples

What Is Regulation A? Definition, Update, Documenation, and Tiers

Regulation B (Reg B) in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)

What Is Regulation CC? Definition, Purpose, and How It Works

SEC Regulation D (Reg D): Definition, Requirements, Advantages

Regulation DDUnderstanding Regulation E: Your Guide to Electronic Fund Transfers

Regulation O? Purpose in Banking, Applications, and Requirements

Regulation SHO: Definition, What It Regulates, and Requirements

Regulation T (Reg T): Definition of Requirement and Example

Regulation U: Bank Requirements and FAQs

Regulation W in Banking: Limits on Bank-Affiliate Transactions

Understanding Regulation Z: Truth in Lending Act Explained

Regulatory Capture Definition With Examples

Regulatory Risk

Rehypothecation

What Is a Reimbursement, and How Does It Work (With Example)?

Reinsurance

Reinsurance Ceded

Reinvestment

Reinvestment Rate

Reinvestment Risk

Related-Party Transactions

Relationship Management

Relationship Manager

Relative Purchasing Power Parity (RPPP)

Relative Strength

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

Relative Valuation Model

Relative Value

Relative Vigor Index (RVI)

Relevant Cost

Relief Rally

Remittance

Remuneration

‘Renewable Energy Certificate (REC)

Renewable Resource

Renko Chart

Rent Control

Rent Seeking

Renter’s Insurance

Reorganization

Repackaging

Repatriable

Repatriation

Repayment

Replacement Cost

Replacement Rate

Representative Sample

Repudiation

Repurchase Agreement (Repo)

Reputational RiskRequest for Quote (RFQ)

Requests for Proposal (RFP)

Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)

Required Rate of Return (RRR)

Requisition

Research Analysts

Research and Development (R&D)

Research and Development (R&D) Expenses

Research Associate

Research Report

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Reserve Currency

Reserve FundR

eserve Price

Reserve Ratio

Reserve Requirements

Resident Alien

Residential Mortgage-Backed Security (RMBS)

Residual Dividend

Residual Income

Residual Standard Deviation

Residual Sum of Squares (RSS)

Residual Value

Resistance (Resistance Level)

Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)

Resource Curse

Restatement

Restricted Cash

Restricted Stock

Restricted Stock Unit (RSU)

Restrictive Covenant

Restructuring

Restructuring Charge

Resume

Retail Banking

Retail Investor

Retail Price Index (RPI)

Retail Sales

Retained Earnings

Retainer Fee

Retention Bonus

Retention Ratio

Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP)

Retirement Money Market Account

Retirement Planning

Retracement

Retrocession

Return

Return of Capital (ROC)

Return on Assets (ROA)

Return on Average Assets (ROAA)

Return on Average Capital Employed (ROACE)

Return on Average Equity (ROAE)

Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)

Return on Equity (ROE)Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

Return on Investment (ROI)

Return on Net Assets (RONA)

Return on Revenue (ROR)

Return on Risk-Adjusted Capital (RORAC)

Return on Sales (ROS)

Return on Total Assets (ROTA)

Returned Payment Fee

Revaluation

Revaluation Reserve

Revealed Preference

Revenue

Revenue Agent’s Report (RAR)

Revenue Bond

Revenue Cap Regulations

Revenue Deficit

Revenue Generating Unit (RGU)

Revenue Officer

Revenue Passenger Mile (RPM)

Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR)

Revenue per Available Seat Mile (RASM)

Revenue per Employee

Revenue per User (RPU)

Revenue Recognition

Reversal

Reverse Auction

Reverse Culture Shock

Reverse ICO

Reverse Morris Trust

Reverse Repurchase Agreement

Reverse Stock Split

Reverse Takeover (RTO)

Reverse Triangular Mergers

Revocable Beneficiary

Revocable Trust

RevolverRevolving Credit

Revolving Door

Revolving Loan Facility

Rho

Ricardian Equivalence

Rider

Right of First Offer

Right of First Refusal

Right of Rescission

Right-to-Work Law

Rights Offering (Issue)

Ring-Fence

Ripple

Ripple (Cryptocurrency)

Risk

Risk-Adjusted Return

Risk-Adjusted Return On Capital (RAROC)

Risk Analysis

Risk Assessment

Risk-Averse

Risk-Based Capital Requirement

Risk Control

Risk-Free Asset

Risk-Free Rate Of Return

Risk Management

Risk Measures

Risk Neutral

Risk-Neutral Measures

Risk-Neutral Probabilities

Risk-On Risk-Off

Risk Parity

Risk Premium

Risk Profiles

Risk-Return Tradeoff

Risk Reversal

Risk/Reward Ratio

Risk Tolerance

Risk-Weighted Assets

Rival Good

Roadshow

Robber Baron

Robinson-Patman Act

Robo Advisor

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Robust

Rogue Trader

Roll Back

Roll-Down Return

Roll Forward

Roll Yield

Rolling Returns

Rollover

Rollover Risk

Roth 401(k)

Roth IRA

Round Lot

Routing Transit Number (RTN)

Roy’s Safety-First Criterion (SFRatio)

Royalty

Rule 10b-5

Rule 10b-18

Rule 10b5-1

Rule 144

Rule 144A

Rule of 70

Rule of 72

Rule 72(t)

Rule of 78

Rule of Thumb

Run Rate

Runoff Insurance

Russell 1000 Index

Russell 2000 Index

Russell 3000 Index

S

S Corporation (S Subchapter)

S&P 500 Index (Standard & Poor’s 500 Index)

S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats IndexSafe Deposit Box

Safe Harbors

Safe Haven

Sale

Sales and Purchase Agreement Explained: Definitions and Examples

Sales Lead

Sales Tax

Salvage Value

Sampling

Sampling Distribution

Sampling Errors

Samurai Bond Definition

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002

Savings Account

Savings and Loan Crisis (S&L) Crisis

Say’s Law of Markets

Scalability

Scalping

Scarcity

Scenario Analysis

Understanding Schedule 13D: Filing Process & Key Requirements

Schedule 13G

All About Schedule A (Form 1040 or 1040-SR): Itemized Deductions

Schedule K-1 Federal Tax Form: What Is It and Who Is It For?

Scope

Scrips

Seasonality

Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)

What Is SEC Form S-1? Filing Steps & Amendment Guidelines

SEC Yield

Second World

Secondary Market

Understanding 1035 Exchanges: Tax-Free Insurance and Annuity Transfers

Understanding Section 1231 Property: Definition, Examples, and Tax Benefits

Section 1245

Section 1250

Sector

Sector Breakdown: What It Is and How It’s Used

Secular: What It Means in Stock Investing, With Examples

Securities And Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Understanding the Securities Act of 1933: Key Takeaways and Significance

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

What Is the Securities Exchange Act of 1934? Reach and History

Securities Lending

Securitization

Security

Security Market Line (SML) Definition and Characteristics

Seed Capital

Seigniorage

Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA)

Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA)

Self-Employment

Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO)

Sell in May and Go Away

Sell-Side

Seller Financing

Selling, General, & Administrative Expense (SG&A)

Senior Bank Loan

Sensex

Sensitivity Analysis

Serial Correlations

Series I Bond

Series 3

Series 6

Series 7

Series 9/10

Series 24

Series 57

Series 63

Series 65

Series 66

Series B Financing

Series EE Bond

Service Charge

Service Sector

Severance Pay

Shadow Banking System

Shadow Pricing

Share Certificate

Share Class

Share of Wallet (SOW)

Share Repurchase

Shareholder

Shareholder Activist

Shareholder Equity (SE)

Shareholder Equity Ratio

Shareholder Value

Shareholder Value Added (SVA)

Shareholders’ Agreement

Shares

Sharing Economy

Sharpe Ratio

What Is a Shell Corporation? How It’s Used, Examples and Legality

Sherman Antitrust Act

Shooting Star

Short (or Short Position)

Short Call

Short Covering

Short Interest

Short Interest Ratio

Short Put

Short Run

Short Sale

Short Selling

Short Squeeze

Short-Term Debt

Short-Term Investments

Shortfall

Shrinkage

Shutdown Points

Signature Loan

Silent Partner

Silk Route

Silo Mentality

Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT)

Simple Interest

Simple Moving Average (SMA)

Simple Random Sample

Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)

Sinking Fund

Six Sigma

Skewness

Skin in the Game: Meaning, Example, and SEC Rules

Slippage

Small and Mid-size Enterprise (SME)

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Small Caps

Smart Beta

Smart Beta ETF

Smart Contracts

Smart Money

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Smurf

Social Audits

Social Economics

Social Enterprise

Social Entrepreneur

Social Justice

Social Media

Social Networking

Social Responsibility

Social Sciences

Social Security

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Social Security Number (SSN)

Social Welfare System

Socialism

Guide to Socially Responsible Investing: Principles and Benefits

Société Anonyme (S.A.): Definition, Examples, Requirements

What Are Soft Skills? Definition, Importance, and Examples

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Sole Proprietorship

Solvency

Solvency Ratio

Sortino Ratio

Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)

Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

Special Power of Attorney

Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)

Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

Special Warranty Deed

Specialization

Speculation

Speculator

Spiders (SPDR)

Spillover Effect

Spinning Top Candlestick

Spinoff

Spoofing

Spot Exchange Rate

Spot Market

Spot Price

Spot Rate

Spot Trade

Spread Betting

Spreads

Stable Value Fund

Stagflation

Stagnation

Stakeholder

Stalking-Horse Bid

Standard & Poor’s (S&P)

Standard Deduction

Standard Deviation

Standard Error

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code)

Standard of Living

Standardization

Standby Letters of Credit

Stare Decisis

Startup

State-Owned Enterprise (SOE)

Statement of Retained Earnings

Statistical Significance

Statistics

Statute of Frauds

Statute of Limitations

Statutory Reserves

Step-Up in Basis

Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (SONIA)

Sticky Wage Theory

Stipend

Stochastic Modeling

Stochastic Oscillator

Stochastic RSI (StochRSI)

Stock

Stock Analysis

Stock Appreciation Right (SAR)

Stock Compensation

Stock Dividend

Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL)

Stock Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)

Stock Market

Stock Market Crash

Stock Option

Stock Quote

Stock Screener

Stock Split

Stock Symbol (Ticker)

Stockbroker

Stockholders’ Equity

Stop-Limit Order

Stop-Loss Order

Stop Order

Stop Payments

Store of Value

Straddle

Straight Line Basis

Straight-Through Processing (STP)

Strangle

Strategic Alliance

Strategic Financial Management

Strategic Management

Stratified Random Sampling

Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) Analysis

Stress Testing: Techniques, Purpose, and Real-World Examples

Strike Price

Structural Unemployment

Structured Finance

Structured Note

Student Loan Forgiveness

Subjective Probability

Sublease

Subordinated Debt

Subordination Agreement

Subprime Loan

Subprime Mortgage

Subrogation

Subscription Agreement

Subsidiary

RightsSubsidy

Substantially Equal Periodic Payment (SEPP)

Substitute

Substitution Effect

Sukuk

Sum of Squares

Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation (SOTP)

Summa Cum Laude

Sunk Cost

Superannuation

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)

Supply

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Finance

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Supply Curve

Supply Shock

Support (Support Level)

Supranational

Surcharge

Surety

Surplus

Surplus Lines Insurance

Survivorship Bias

Sustainability

Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)

Swap

Swap Execution Facility (SEF)

Swap Rate

Swaption (Swap Option)

Sweat Equity

Sweep Account

Swing Trading

Swingline Loan

Switching Costs

Symmetrical Distribution

Syndicate

Syndicated Loan

Synergy

Synthetic

Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)

Systemic Risk

Systematic Sampling

T

T+1 (T+2,T+3)

T Distribution

T-Account

T-Test

Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA): Definition and Example Portfolio

Taft-Hartley Act

Tag-Along Rights

Taguchi Method of Quality Control

Tail Risk Explained: Managing Rare Events Leading to Portfolio Losses

Takaful

Take-Home Pay

Take or Pay

Take-Out Loan

Take-Profit Order (T/P)

Takeover

What Is a Tangible Asset? Comparison to Non-Tangible Assets

Tangible Book Value Per Share (TBVPS): Definition and Formula

Tangible Common Equity (TCE)

Tangible Net Worth

What Is Tangible Personal Property and How Is It Taxed?

Tape Reading

Taper Tantrum

Tapering

Target-Date Funds Explained: Risk Management and Real-Life Examples

Target Markets

Targeted Accrual Redemption Note (TARN)

Tariff

Tax Accounting

Tax-Advantaged

Tax Avoidance

Tax Base

Tax Benefit

Tax Brackets

Tax Break

Tax Credit

Tax-Deductible Interest

Tax Deduction

Tax Deed

Tax Deferred

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)

Tax-Equivalent Yield

Tax Evasion

Tax Exempt

Tax-Exempt Interest

Tax Expense

Tax Fraud

Tax Free

Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)

Tax Haven

Tax Holiday

Tax Identification Number (TIN)

Tax Incidence

Tax Liability

Tax Lien

Tax Lien Certificate

Tax Loss Carryforward

Tax Loss Harvesting

Tax Planning

Tax Rate

Tax Reform Act of 1986

Tax Refund

Tax Relief

Tax Return

Tax Season

Tax Selling

Tax Shelter

Tax-Sheltered Annuity

Tax Shield

Tax Table

Tax-to-GDP Ratio

Tax Treaty

Tax Wedge

Taxable Income

Taxable Wage Base

Taxation

Taxation Without Representation

Taxes

Taxpayer

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Taylor’s Rule

Teacher Retirement System (TRS)

Teachers, Insurance, and Annuity Association (TIAA)

Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis of Stocks and Trends

Technical Analyst

Technical Indicator

Technical Job Skills

Technical Skills

Technocracy

Technology, Media, and Telecom Sector (TMT)

Technology Sector

Ted Spread

Telegraphic Transfers (TT)

Temporal Method

Tenancy at Sufferance

Tenancy-at-Will

Tenancy by the Entirety

Tenancy in Common (TIC)

Tenants by Entirety (TBE)

Tender

Tender Offer

Tenkan-Sen (Conversion Line)

Tenor

Term Deposit

Term Life Insurance

Term Loan

Term Sheet

Term Structure of Interest Rates

Term to Maturity

Terminal Capitalization Rate

Terminal Value (TV)

Termination of Employment

Terms of Employment

Terms of Trade (TOT)

Tertiary Industry

Testamentary Trust

What Is Tether (USDT)? Understanding Its Importance and Uses

Texas Ratio

Tezos

The Greatest Generation: Definition and Characteristics

Theoretical Ex-Rights Price (TERP)

Theoretical Value (Of a Right)

Theory of Price

Theory of the Firm

There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch (TANSTAAFL)

Theta

Third Party

Third-Party Insurance

Third-Party Transactions

Third World

Thomas Malthus

Three Black Crows

Three-Sigma Limits

Three White Soldiers: A Bullish Trading Pattern Guide

Thrift Association

Thrift Bank

Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)

Throughput

Tick

Tick Size

Ticker Symbol

Tier 1 Capital

Tier 1 Capital Ratio

Tier 1 Common Capital Ratio

Tier 1 Leverage Ratio

Tier 2 Capital

Tight Monetary Policy

Timber Investment Management Organization (TIMO)

Time Decay

Time Deposit

Time Horizon

Time in Force

Times Interest Earned (TIE)

Time Series

Time Value

Time Value of Money (TVM)

Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWR)

Times-Revenue Method

TINA (There is No Alternative)

Tit for Tat

Title Insurance

Title Search

To Be Announced (TBA)

Tobacco Tax/Cigarette Tax

Tobin Tax

Tokyo Price Index (TOPIX)

Tombstone

Tomorrow Next (Tom Next)

Tontine

Too Big to Fail

Top Line

Top-Down Analysis

Top-Down Investing

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX): What It Is and How It Works

Tort Law

Total Bond Fund

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Total Debt Service Ratio

Total Debt-to-Capitalization

Total-Debt-to-Total-Assets

Total Enterprise Value (TEV)

Total Expense Ratio (TER)

Total Liabilities

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Total Return

Total Return Index

Total Return Swap

Total Shareholder Return (TSR)

Total Utility

Tracker Fund: What it is, How it Works, Examples

Tracking Error

Tracking Stock

Trade

Trade Credit

Trade Deficit

Trade Finance

Trade Liberalization

Trade Line

Trade Sanction

Trade Secret

Trade Signal

Trade Surplus

Trade War

Trademark

Trader

Trading Account

Trading Book

Trading Desk

Trading Halt

Trading House

Trading Platform

Trading Strategy

Trading Session

Traditional IRA

Tragedy of the Commons

Trailing 12 Months

Trailing Price-to-Earnings (Trailing P/E)

Trailing Stop

Tranches

Transaction

Transaction Costs

Transaction Exposure

Transaction Fees

Transfer Agent

Transfer of Risk

Transfer on Death (TOD)

Transfer Payment

Transfer Price

Transfer Pricing

Transfer Tax

Transferable Letters of Credit Work

Translation Exposure

Transparency

Transportation Sector

Transposition Error

Traunch

Travel Expenses

Travel Insurance

Traveler’s Check

Treasury Bills (T-Bills)

Treasury Bond (T-Bond)

Treasury Direct

Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS)

Treasury Notes

Treasury Stock (Treasury Shares)

Treasury Stock Method

Treasury STRIPS

Treasury Yield

Treaty Reinsurance

Trend

Trend Analysis

Trend Trading

Trendline

Treynor Ratio

Understanding Trial Balance: Definition, Purpose, and Key Requirements

Triangle

Triangular Arbitrage

Trickle-Down Theory

Triggering Event

Trilemma

Trillion Cubic Feet (Tcf)

Trimmed Mean

Triple Bottom

Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

Triple Exponential Moving Average (TEMA)

Triple Net Lease (NNN)

Triple Top

Triple Witching

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

Trough

Understanding the Troy Ounce: History, Definition, and Precious Metals

True Strength Index (TSI)

Trust

Trust Company

Trust Deed

Trust Fund

Trust Indenture

Trust Preferred Securities (TruPS)

Trust Property

Trust Receipts

Trustee

Truth in Lending Act (TILA)

TSA PreCheck

Turnaround

Turnkey Asset Management Program (TAMP)

Turnkey Business

Turnkey Property

Turnkey Solution

Turnover

Turnover Ratio

Tweezer

Twenty Eight Thirty Six Rule (28/36 Rule)

Two and Twenty

Two-Bin Inventory ControlTwo-Tailed Tests

Two-Way ANOVA

Tying

Type I Error

Type II Errors

tZero

U

U-6 (Unemployment) Rate

U-Shaped Recovery

Uberrimae Fidei Contract

UBS

UCC-1 Statement

UCLA Anderson School of Management

UDAAP

Ulcer Index (UI)

Ultima

Ultimate Mortality Table

Ultimate Net Loss

Ultimate Oscillator

Ultimogeniture

Ultra ETF

Ultra-High Net-Worth Individual (UHNWI)

Ultra-Short Bond Fund

Ultra Vires Acts

Ultrafast Trading

Umbrella Insurance Policy

Umbrella Personal Liability Policy

Umpire Clause

UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Unadjusted Basis

Unaffiliated Investments

Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses (ULAE)

Unamortized Bond Discount

Unamortized Bond Premium

Unappropriated Retained Earnings

Unauthorized Insurer

Unbanked

Unbiased Predictor

Unbundled Life Insurance Policy

Unbundling

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Unchanged

Unclaimed Funds

Uncle Block (Cryptocurrency)

Uncle Sam

Uncollected Funds: Explanation, Benefits, and Examples

What Is an Uncommitted Facility? Definition, Purpose, and Example

Business

Unconsolidated Subsidiaries

Unconstrained Investing

Unconventional Cash Flow

Unconventional Oil

Uncovered Interest Arbitrage

Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (UIP)

Uncovered Option

Undated Issue

Under Reporting

Underapplied Overhead

Underbanked

Undercapitalization

Undercast

Underconsumption

Underemployment

Underemployment Equilibrium

Underfunded Pension Plan

Underground Economy

Underinsurance

Underinsured Motorist Coverage

Underinsured Motorist Coverage Limits Trigger

Underinsured Motorist Endorsement

Underinvestment Problem

Underlying

Underlying Asset

Underlying Debt

Underlying Mortality Assumption

Underlying Option Security

Underlying Profit

Underlying Retention

Underlying Security

Underpayment Penalty

Underperform

Underpricing

Undersubscribed

Undertakings Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS)

Undervalued

Underwater

Underwater Mortgage

Underweight

Underwithholding

Underwriter

Underwriter Syndicate

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Underwriting

Underwriting Agreements

Underwriting Capacity

Underwriting Cycle

Underwriting Expenses: What They are, How They Work

Underwriting Fees in Insurance: Meaning and Examples

Underwriting Group: What It Is, How It Works

Underwriting Income: What it is, How it Works

What Is Underwriting Risk in Insurance and Securities?

Underwriting Spread

Underwriting Standards: Meaning, Overview, Example

Undisclosed Reserves: What It Is, How It Works

Undivided Account: What It is, How it Works

Undivided Profit: What It is, How It Works, Example

Undue Influence

Unearned Discount: Meaning, Calculation, Example

Unearned Income

Unearned Interest

Unearned PremiumUnearned Revenue

Uneconomic Growth: What It is, How It Works

Unemployment

What Is an Unemployment Claim?

Unemployment Compensation: Definition, Requirements, and Example

Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992

Unemployment Income: What It Is, How It Works

Unemployment Insurance Explained: How It Works, Requirements, and Funding

Unemployment Rate

Unencumbered Assets: Overview of Free and Clear Assets

Unfair Claims Practice

Unfair Trade Practices: Deceptive Methods and Examples Explained

Unfavorable Variance: Definition, Types, Causes, and Example

Unfunded Pension Plan: What it is, How it Works

What Is a Unicameral System? How Legislature Works and Examples

Unicorn

Unified Managed Account (UMA): Diversified Investments for Wealth Management

Unified Managed Household Account (UMHA): Overview, Pros and Cons

Unified Payment Interface (UPI)

Unified Tax Credit

Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR)

Uniform Bill of Lading

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)

Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC)

Uniform Distribution

Uniform Gifts to Minors Ac (UGMA)

Uniform Individual Accident and Sickness Policy Provisions Act

Uniform Partnership Act (UPA)

Uniform Policy Provisions, Health Insurance

Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA)

Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG)

Uniform Securities Act

Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

Uniform Transfer Tax

Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA)

Unilateral Contracts

Unilateral Transfer

Uninsurable Peril

Uninsurable Property

Uninsurable Risk

Uninsured Certificate of Deposit

Uninsured Motorist Coverage (UM)

Unintentional Tort

Unique Three River

Unit Benefit Formula

Unit Cost

Unit Investment Trust (UIT)

Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP)

Unit of Production

Unit Sales

Unit Trust (UT)

Unitary Thrift

United Nations (UN)

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

United Nations Global Compact

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG)

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

United States Government Life Insurance (USGLI)

United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)

United States Treasury (UST)

United States Treasury Money Mutual Funds

United States V. The South-Eastern Underwriter Association

Unitholder

Unitized Endowment Pool (UEP)

Unitized Fund

Unitranche Debt

Units Per Transaction (UPT)

Terms Beginning With ‘U’

Unissued Stock: What It Is and How It Works

Universal Banking

Universal Default

Universal Healthcare Coverage

Universal Life Insurance

Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR)

Universe of Securities

University of Miami School of Business Administration

Unlawful Loan

Unlevered Beta

Unlevered Cost of Capital

Unlevered Free Cash Flow (UFCF)

Unlimited Liability

Unlimited Liability Corporation (ULC)

Unlimited Marital Deduction

Unlimited Risk

Unlisted Security

Unlimited Tax Bond

Unlisted Trading Privileges (UTP)

Unmatched Book

Unofficial Strike

Unpaid Dividend

Unqualified Audit

Unqualified Opinion

Unquoted Public Company’

Unrealized Gain

Unrealized Loss

Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain

Unrecorded Deed

Unregistered Shares

Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI)

Unrestricted Cash

Unrestricted Net Assets

Unsatisfied Judgment Fund

Unscheduled Property Floater

Unsecured

Unsecured Creditors

Unsecured Debt

Unsecured Loan

Unsecured Note

Unskilled Labor

Unsolicited Application

Unsolicited Bid

Unsponsored ADR

Unstated Interest Paid

Unsterilized Foreign Exchange Intervention

Unsubordinated Debt

Unsubscribed

Unsuitable Investment (Unsuitability)

Unsystematic Risk

Unusual Item

Unweighted Index

Unwind

Up-and-In Option

Up-and-Out Option

Up/Down Gap Side-by-Side White Lines

Up-Front Mortgage Insurance (UFMI)

Up-Market Capture Ratio

Up Volume

Upfront Pricing

Upgrade

Uphold

Upper Class

Upper Management

UPREIT

Upside

Upside/Downside Gap Three Methods

Upside/Downside Ratio

Upside Gap Two Crows

Upside Tasuki Gap

Upstairs Market

Upstart

Upstream

Upstream Capital Costs Index (UCCI)

Upstream Guarantee

Uptick

Uptick Rule

Uptick Volume

Uptrend

Urban Development Act Of 1970

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Dollar Index (USDX)

U.S. House Financial Services Committee

U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement

U.S. Savings Bonds

U.S. Savings Bond Adjustment

U.S. Treasury

Usance

USC Marshall School of Business

USD

USDA Streamlined Refinancing

Use and Occupancy (U&O)

Use Tax

Useful Life

User Fee

Usual, Customary, and Reasonable Fees

Usufruct

Usury

Usury Laws

Usury Rate

Utilitarianism

Utilities Industry ETF

Utilities Sector

Utility

Utility Patent

Utility Revenue Bond

Utilization Fee

UTXO

V

V-Shaped Recovery

V2X (Vehicle-to-Vehicle or Vehicle-to-Infrastructure)

VA Loan

Vacancy Rate

Vacation Home

Validation Code

Valoren Number

Valuable Papers Insurance\

Valuation

Valuation Analysis

Valuation Clause

Valuation Mortality Table

Valuation Period

Valuation Premium

Valuation Reserve

Value

Value Added

Value Added Monthly Index (VAMI)

Value-Added Network (VAN)

Value-Added Resellers (VAR)

Value-Added Tax (VAT)

Value at Risk (VaR)

Value Averaging

Value-Based Pricing

Value Chain

Value Change

Value Date

Value Deflation

Value Engineering

Value Fund

Value Investing

Value Line Composite Index

Value Network

Value Network Analysis

Value of Risk (VOR)

Value Proposition

Value Reporting Form

Value Stock

Value Trap

Valued Marine Policy: What It Is and How It Works

Valued Policy Law (VPL)C

Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE): What it is, How it Works

Vandalism and Malicious Mischief Insurance

Vanguard Exchange-Traded Funds: How They Work and Types

Vanilla Option

Vanilla Strategy: What it is, How it Works, Example

Vanishing Premium: What It Is, How It Works, Example

Types of Life Insurance

VantageScore: Meaning, Model, Components

Variability

Variable Annuitization: What It is, How it Works

Variable Annuity

Variable Benefit Plan: What It Means, History

Variable Cost

Variable Cost-Plus Pricing

Variable Cost Ratio

Variable Coupon Renewable Note (VCR)

Variable Death Benefit

Variable Interest Entities (VIE)

Variable Interest Rate

Variable Life Insurance

Variable Overhead

Variable Overhead Efficiency Variance

Variable Overhead Spending Variance

Variable Prepaid Forward Contracts

Variable Price Limit

Variable-Rate Certificate of Deposit

Variable-Rate Demand Bond

Variable Rate Demand Note (VRDN)

Variable Rate Mortgage

Variable Ratio Write

Variable Survivorship Life Insurance

Variable Universal Life Insurance (VUL)

Variance Equation

Variance Inflation Factor

Variance Swap

Variation Margin

Vasicek Interest Rate Model

Vault Receipt

Veblen Good

VeChain\

Vega

Vega Neutral

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED)

Velocity of Money

Vendor

What is Vendor Financing? Definition, Types, and Advantages

Vendor Note: Meaning, Terms, Pros and Cons

Vendor Take-Back Mortgage

What Is a Venn Diagram? Meaning, Examples, and Uses

Venture Capital

Venture-Capital-Backed IPO

Venture Capital Funds

Venture Capital Trust (VCT): Meaning, Types, Example

Venture Capitalist (VC)

Venture Philanthropy: What it Means, How it Works, Origins

Altcoins

Versioning: What it Means, How it Works, Examples

Vertical Analysis

\Vertical Equity

What Is Vertical Integration?

A Look at Kagi Charts

Vertical Market

Vertical Merger

Vertical Spread

Vertical Well

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)

Vest Fleece

Vested Benefit

Vested Benefit Obligation (VBO)

Vested Interest

Vesting

Veterans Administration

Veterans Group Life Insurance (VGLI)

Vetting

Viager

Viatical Settlement

Viator

Vicarious Liability

Vice Fund

Video Conferencing

Vienna Stock Exchange (WBAG) .VI

Vintage

Vintage Year

VINX 30

Viral Marketing

Viral Website

Virtual Assistant

Virtual Currency

Virtual Data Room (VDR)

Virtual Good

Virtual Office

Virtual Reality

Vis Major

Visa Card

Visibility

Visible Supply

Vision Care Insurance

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

Vitalik Buterin

VIX (CBOE Volatility Index)

VIX Option

Vladimir Lenin

Vocational Degree

Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP)

Void Contract

Void Transaction

Voidable Contract

Volatility

Volatility Arbitrage

Volatility Quote Trading

Volatility Ratio

Volatility Skew

Volatility Smile

Volatility Swap

Volcker Rule

VolumeV

Volume Analysis

Volume Discount

Volume of Trade

Volume Price Trend Indicator (VPT)

Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP)

Volumetric Production Payment (VPP)

Voluntary Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (VAD&D)

Voluntary Accumulation Plan

Voluntary Bankruptcy

Voluntary Compliance

Voluntary Conveyance

Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association (VEBA)

Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Plan

Voluntary Export Restraint (VER)

Voluntary Foreclosure

Voluntary Lien

Voluntary Life Insurance

Voluntary Liquidation

Voluntary Plan Termination

Voluntary Reserve

Voluntary Simplicity

Voluntary Termination

Voluntary Trust

Vomma

Voodoo Accounting

Voodoo Economics

Vortex Indicator (VI)

Vostro Account

Voting Shares

Voting Trust

Voting Trust Agreements

Voting Trust Certificate

Voucher

Voucher Check

Voyage Policies

Vulture Capitalist

Vulture Fund

VWAP Cross

VXN (CBOE Nasdaq Volatility Index)

W

W-2 Form

W-4 Form

W-8 Form

W-9 Form

W-Shaped Recovery

Wage Assignment

Wage Earner Plan (Chapter 13 Bankruptcy)

Wage Expense

Wage-Price Spiral

Wage Push Inflation

Waiting Period

Waiver

Waiver of Demand

Waiver of Coinsurance Clause

Waiver of Exemption

Waiver of Notice

Waiver of Premium for Disability

Waiver of Premium for Payer Benefit

Waiver of Premium Rider: Definition, Purpose, Benefits, and Cost

Waiver of Restoration Premium

Waiver of Subrogation

Walk-Away Lease

Walk-Through Test

Wall of Worry

Wall Street

Wall Street Journal Prime Rate

Wallflower

Wallpaper

Walmart Effect

Walras’ Law

Walrasian Market

Wanton Disregard

War Bond

War Chest

War Damage Insurance

War Economy

What Is a War Exclusion Clause in an Insurance Contract?

War Risk Insurance: What it is, How it Works

Warehouse Bond

Warehouse Financing

Warehouse Lending

Warehouse Receipt

Warehouse-to-Warehouse Clause

Warehouser’s Liability Form

Warehousing

Warm Calling

Warm Card

Warning Bulletin

Warrant

Warrant Coverage

Warrant Premium

Warranty

Warranty Deed

Warranty of Title

Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE)

Wash

Wash-Out Round

Wash Sale

Wash-Sale Rule

Wash Trading

Wassily Leontief

Wasting Asset

Wasting Trust

Watchlist

Water Damage Insurance

Water Damage Legal Liability Insurance

Water ETF

Water Exclusion Clause

Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970

Water Rights

Watercraft Insurance

Watered Stock

Waterfall Concept

Waterfall Payment

Wave

Weak AI

Weak Dollar

Weak Form Efficiency

Weak Hands

Weak Longs

Weak Shorts

Weak Sister

Wealth

Wealth Added Index (WAI)

Wealth Effect

Wealth Management

Wealth Psychologist

\Wealth Tax

Wear and Tear Exclusion

Wearable Technology

Weather Derivative

Weather Future

Weather Insurance

Web 2.0

Web Syndication

Wedge

Wednesday Scramble

Weekend Effect

Weekly Chart

Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey

Weekly Premium Insurance

Wei

Weighted

Weighted Alpha

Weighted Average

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

Weighted Average Cost of Equity (WACE)

Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)

Weighted Average Credit Rating

Weighted Average Life (WAL)

Weighted Average Loan Age (WALA)

Weighted Average Market Capitalization

Weighted Average Maturity (WAM)

Weighted Average Rating Factor (WARF)

Weighted Average Remaining Term (WART)

Weightless Economy

Welfare

Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act (WPPDA)

Welfare Economics

Welfare Loss Of Taxation

Welfare State

Wellbore

Wellness Program

Wells Notice

West African CFA Franc (XOF)

West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

Western Account

Westpac Consumer Confidence Index

Wet Loan

Wharton School

Whartonite

When Issued (WI)

Whipsaw

Whisper Number

Whisper Stock

Whistleblower

White Candlestick

White Collar

White-Collar Crime

White Elephant

White Knight

White Label Product

White List States

White Paper

White Shoe Firm

White Squire

Whitemail

Whitewash Resolution

Whole Life Annuity

Whole Life Annuity Due

Whole-Life Cost

Whole Life Insurance

Whole Loan

Wholesale Banking

Wholesale Energy

Wholesale Insurance

Wholesale Money

Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

Wholesale Trade

Wholesaling

Wholly Owned Subsidiary

Whoops

Wide Basis

Wide Economic Moat

Wide-Ranging Days

Wide Variety

Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust (WHFIT)

Widow-and-Orphan Stock

Widow Maker

Widow’s Allowance

Widow’s Exemption

Wilcoxon Test

Wild Card Option

Wild Card Play

Wildcat Banking

\Wildcat Drilling

Wildcatting

Wilder’s DMI (ADX)

Will

William Cavanaugh III

William Dillard II

William F. Sharpe

William H. Gross

William J. O’Neil

Williams %R

\Williams Act

Willie Sutton Rule

Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index (TMWX)

Win/Loss Ratio

Windfall Profits

Windfall Tax

Winding Up

Window Dressing

Window Guaranteed Investment Contract

Window of Opportunity

Windstorm Insurance: What It Means, How It Works

Windstorm Insurance: What It Means, How It Works

Winner-Takes-All Market: Definition, Examples, Economic Impact

Winner’s Curse

Winsorized Mean

Wire Fraud

Wire Room

Wire Transfers

Wirehouse

Wirehouse Broker

Wisconsin School of Business

Wisdom of Crowds

Witching Hour

With Approved Credit (WAC)

With Benefit of Survivorship

With Discretion

Withdrawal

Withdrawal Benefits

Withdrawal Credits, Pension Plan

Withdrawal Penalty

Withdrawal Plan

Withholding

Withholding Allowance

Withholding Tax

Without Evidence of Insurability

Without Recourse

WM/Reuters Benchmark Rates

Wolfe Wave

Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Worden Stochastics

WordPress (CMS)

Work Cells

Work Ticket

Workable Indication

Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ Compensation Coverage A

Workers’ Compensation Coverage B

Workflow

Working-Age Population

Working Capital (NWC)

Working Capital Loan

Working Capital Management

Working Capital Turnover

Working Class

Working Control

Working Interests

Working Ratio

Working Tax Credit (WTC)

Workout Agreement

Workout Market

Workout Period

Works-in-Progress

World Bank

World Bank Group

World Economic Forum (WEF)

World Economic Outlook (WEO)

World Equity Benchmark Series (WEBS)

World Federation of Stock Exchanges

World Fund

World Gold Council (WGC)

World Insurance

World Trade Organization (WTO)

WorldCom

Worldwide Coverage

Worldwide Income

Worthless Securities

W.P. Carey School of Business

Wrap Account

Wrap-Around Insurance Program

Wrap-Around Loan

Wrap Fee

Wrap-Up Insurance

Wraparound Mortgage

Writ

Writ of Attachment

Writ of Execution

Writ of Seizure and Sale

Write-Down

Write-Off

Write-Up

Writer

Writing an Option

Written-Down Value

Written Premium

Wrongful Dishonor

Wrongful Termination Claim