ThirdAge Investment Glossary

 
Does talking about finance and investing feel like speaking another language? Is a Bollinger Band a watchband or a way to watch stocks?

Let us demystify the language surrounding money. We've created an easy reference guide to some basic terms that you need to know when you want to talk straight about finance and investing.

  12b-1 fees
   A ADR
  AMEX
  AMT
  AON
  All or none
  Annual expense ratio
  Annualize
  Annualized 7-day yield
  Ask price
  Assets under management
  At the money
  Auction market
   B BARS
  Back-end load
  Bear market
  Beta
  Bid price
  Black-Scholes option pricing model
  Blue-sky law
  Blue chip stock
  Bollinger bands
  Bond
  Bookmarking
  Boston
  Broker
  Bull market
  Bulletin board stocks
  Buying power
   C CBOE
  CDSC
  Calendar spread
  Call
  Callable
  Candlestick
  Capital gains
  Charitable trust
  Chicago
  Cincinnati
  Combination
  Common stock
  Compound interest
  Convertible
  Cost basis
  Covered call
  Covered put
  Covering
  Cum-rights
  Cumulative preferred stock
   D DRIP
  Day order
  Dealer
  Defined benefit plan
  Derivative
  Diagonal spread
  Direct connection
  Dividend
  Dollar cost averaging
  Downtick
   E EPS
  Earnings report
  Ex-date
  Ex-rights
  Exchange
  Exercise
  Exercise price
   F Forward pricing
  Franchise
  Front-end load
  Fund manager
  Fund objective
  Fund reimbursement fee
  Futures contract
   G GTC order
  Gift tax
  Ginnie Maes
  Good-for-day order
  Grantor lead trust
   H Hard assets
  Hedge
  High
  Horizontal spread
   I IRA
  In the money
  Inception date
  Index
  Index fund
  Initial public offering
  Inside price
  Intestate
   J Joint venture
  Junk bond
   K Keogh plan
   L LEAPS
  Level load
  Leverage
  Limit order
  Limited partnership
  Listed security
  Load
  Long
  Long call
  Long put
  Lot
  Low
   M Maintenance call
  Maintenance requirement
  Management fee
  Margin account
  Mark to the market
  Markdown
  Market maker
  Market order
  Markup
  Minus tick
  Money market fund
  Morningstar rating
  Municipal bond
  Mutual fund
   N NASD
  NASDAQ
  NBBO
  NYSE
  Naked (uncovered) call
  Naked (uncovered) put
  Net asset value
  Net worth
  No-load fund
   O OBV
  OTC
  Odd lot
  Offer
  Option
  Out of the money
   P P&L
  P/E Ratio
  PHLX
  POP
  PROC
  PSE
  Payout ratio
  Pink sheets
  Plus tick
  Position
  Preferred stock
  Premium
  Price spread
  Primary market
  Probate assets
  Prospectus
  Put
   Q Quick assets
   R REIT
  R squared
  Redemption
  Reg T
  Rights
  Risk tolerance
  Round lot
  Rule 144
   S SAI
  SEC
  SPX
  S corporation
  Secondary market
  Sector fund
  Security
  Settlement date
  Sharpe ratio
  Short
  Short call
  Short put
  Short sale
  Specialist
  Specialist's book
  Spread
  Stochastics
  Stock
  Stock split
  Stop limit order
  Stop order
  Straddle
  Street name
  Strike price
  Subscription rights
  Subscription warrant
  Support trust
   T TRIN
  Tax shelter
  Term insurance
  Third market
  Tick
  Time spread
  Transaction fee
   U Uptick
   V Variable-rate annuity
  Vertical spread
   W Warrant
  Writer
   X
   Y Yellow sheets
   Z Zero-plus tick

 

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