Financial Terms

Discover popular Financial and Investing Terms

D

Day Trading

Debenture

Debt Ratio

Debt Security

Default Risk

Deferred Tax

Deflation

Delisting

Depreciation

Derivative

Discount Rate

Discretionary Income

Diversification

Dividend

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Dollar-Cost Averaging

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Drawdown

Dual-Class Shares

Due Diligence Duration

Dynamic Asset

Debt Covenant

Depression

Disinflation 

E

Earnings

Earnings Per Share

EBITDA

Economic Indicator

Economic Moat

Efficient Market Hypothesis

Emerging Market

Employee Stock Option

Endowment

Enterprise Value

Equity

Equity Risk Premium

Escrow

Exchange-Traded Fund

Ex-Dividend Date

Expenditure

Expense Ratio

Expected Return

Expense

Exposure

External Debt

Exchange Rate

Exercise Price

Exponential Moving Average 

F

Face Value

Fair Market Value

Federal Funds Rate

Federal Reserve

Financial Instrument

Financial Leverage

Financial Statement

Fintech

Fiscal Policy

Fixed Asset

Fixed Income

Fixed Interest

Forbearance

Foreign Exchange

Forensic Accounting

Forward Contract

Free Cash Flow

Futures Contract

Fundamental Analysis

Fannie Mae 

G

Gamma

General Ledger

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Gilt

Goodwill

Government Bond

Gross Margin

Gross Profit

Growth Fund

Growth Stock

Guaranteed Investment Certificate

Gold Standard

Gross Domestic Product

Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit

Gross Yield

Growth Rate 

H

Hedge

Hedge Fund

High-Frequency Trading

Holding Company

Home Equity

Hostile Takeover

Hybrid Security

Holding Period

Hedge Ratio

Homeowners Insurance

Historical Cost

Human Capital

Housing Bubble 

I

Illiquid Asset

Impairment

Implied Volatility

Incentive Stock Option

Income Fund

Income Statement

Index Fund

Individual Retirement Account

Inflation

Initial Public Offering

Insider Trading

Institutional Investor

Interest Coverage Ratio

Interest Expense

Interest Income

Interest Rate

Intrinsic Value

Investment Trust

L

Large-Cap Stock

Lead Underwriter

Leaseback

Leverage

Leveraged Buyout

Leveraged ETF

Liability

Liability Insurance

Lien

Life Annuity

Limit Order

Limited Liability Company

Limited Partner

Line of Credit

Liquidity

Liquid Asset

Loan-to-Value Ratio

Lock-Up Period

Long Position

Long-Term Debt

Loss Reserve

Lot Size

M

Margin

Margin Call

Market Capitalization

Market Correction

Market Maker

Maturity

Merger

Microcap

Mid Cap

Monetary Policy

Money Laundering

Money Market

Money Supply

Mortgage

Moving Average

Mutual Fund

Market Sentiment

Market Volatility

Market Value

N

NASDAQ

NAV

Negative Equity

Net Asset Value

Net Income

Net Interest Margin

Net Operating Income

Net Present Value

Net Profit

Net Worth

Nominal Rate

Non-Current Asset

Non-Performing Asset

Notional Value

NPL (Non-Performing Loan)

NYSE

Naked Option

Net Realizable Value

Net Revenue

O

 

Offshore Account

Open-End Fund

Open Interest

Operating Cash Flow

Operating Income

Operating Margin

Operating Profit

Option

Option Chain

Option Premium

Order Book

Ordinary Income

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Outstanding Shares

Over the Counter (OTC)

Overbought

Oversold

Open Price

Operating Expense

Opportunity Cost

Outperform

 

P

Par Value

Passive Income

Payout Ratio

Penny Stock

Perpetual Bond

Pink Sheets

Portfolio

Portfolio Manager

Position

Preference Share

Preferred Stock

Premium

Price-to-Earnings Ratio

Price-to-Book Ratio

Price-to-Sales Ratio

Principal

Private Equity

Profit Margin

Put Option

Price Target

Prime Rate

Public Company

Purchase Order 

Q

Qualified Dividend

Qualified Opinion

Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Trading

Quarter

Quarterly Earnings

Quarterly Report

Quasi Contract

Quick Asset

Quick Ratio

Quota

Quant Fund

Qualified Retirement Plan

Quantitative Research

Quoting Convention

Qualified Mortgage

Quantitative Risk Management 

R

Rate of Return

Real Asset

Real Estate 

Real Return

Rebalancing

Recession

Record Date

Redemption

Refinancing

Regulation

Reinvestment

Relative Strength Index

Repo (Repurchase Agreement)

Required Minimum Distribution

Return on Assets

Return on Equity

Return on Investment

Revenue

Reverse Split

Risk

Risk Management

Risk Premium

Roth IRA