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

Direct Public Offering

Discount Bond

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

Fallen Angel

Federal Funds Rate

Federal Reserve

Fiduciary

Filing Status

Financial Instrument

Financial Leverage

Financial Market

Financial Statement

Fintech

Fiscal Policy

Fixed Asset

Fixed Income

Fixed Interest

Floating Rate Note

Forbearance

Foreign Exchange

Forensic Accounting

Forward Contract

Free Cash Flow

Front-Running

Futures Contract

Fundamental Analysis

Fannie Mae 

G

Gamma

General Ledger

Generally Accepted

Accounting Principles

Gilt

Global Fund

Going Concern

Golden Parachute

Goodwill

Government Bond

Grace Period

Gross Margin

Gross Profit

Growth Fund

Growth Investing

Growth Stock

Guaranteed Investment Certificate

Guidance

Gold Standard

Gross Domestic Product

Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit

Gearing

Gross Yield

Growth Rate 

H

Hard Asset

Head and Shoulders

Hedge

Hedge Fund

Hedging

High-Frequency Trading

High-Yield Bond

Holding Company

Home Equity

Horizontal Merger

Hostile Takeover

Household Income

Hybrid Security

Hurdle Rate

Hyperinflation

Holding Period

Health Savings Account

Hedge Ratio

Homeowners Insurance

Historical Cost

Holding Gain

Human Capital

Hedged Position

Half-Year Convention

Housing Bubble 

I

Illiquid Asset

Immediate Annuity

Impairment

Implied Volatility

Incentive Stock Option

Income Fund

Income Statement

Index Fund

Index Option

Individual Retirement Account

Inflation

Inflation Hedge

Initial Public Offering

Insider Trading

Institutional Investor

Interest Coverage Ratio

Interest Expense

Interest Income

Interest Rate

Interest Rate Swap

Intrinsic Value

Investment Trust

Inverse ETF 

J

Joint Account

Joint Venture

Jobless Claims

Junior Debt

Journal Entry

Judgment Lien

Jensen’s Alpha

Joint Stock Company

J-Curve

Jumbo Loan

Just-In-Time Inventory

Jurisdiction

Joint and Several Liability

Judicial Sale

Joint Liability

Joint Ownership

Job Market

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

Management Fee

Margin

Margin Account

Margin Call

Market Capitalization

Market Correction

Market Maker

Market Order

Market Risk

Maturity

Merger

Microcap

Mid Cap

Minimum Investment

Monetary Policy

Money Laundering

Money Market

Money Supply

Mortgage

Moving Average

Municipal Bond

Mutual Fund

Market Sentiment

Market Timing

Market Volatility

Market Value

Momentum 

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-cash Expense

Non-Current Asset

Non-Performing Asset

Non-Recurring Item

Non-Renewable Resource

Notional Value

NPL (Non-Performing Loan)

NYSE

Naked Option

National Debt

Net Realizable Value

Net Revenue

No-Par Value Stock

Nonqualified Dividend 

O

 

Offer Price

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

Overdraft

Overhead

Overleveraged

Oversold

Open Market

Operation

Open Price

Operating Expense

Opportunity Cost

Outperform

 

P

Par Value

Passive Income

Payout Ratio

Penny Stock

Perpetual Bond

Personal Finance

Pink Sheets

Portfolio

Portfolio

Diversification

Portfolio Manager

Position

Preference Share

Preferred Stock

Premium

Pre-Tax Income

Price-to-Earnings Ratio

Price-to-Book Ratio

Price-to-Sales Ratio

Primary Market

Principal

Private Equity

Profit Margin

Profit Sharing

Put Option

Price Target

Prime Rate

Principal Payment

Public Company

Purchase Order 

Q

Qualified Dividend

Qualified Opinion

Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Trading

Quarter

Quarterly Earnings

Quarterly Report

Quasi Contract

Quick Asset

Quick Ratio

Quoted Price

Quota

Qualified Plan

Quoted Company

Quant Fund

Qualified Retirement Plan

Quantitative Research

Quality of Earnings

Quoting Convention

Quick Assets Turnover

Qualified Mortgage

Qualified Settlement Fund

Quantitative Risk Management 

R

Rate of Return

Real Asset

Real Estate 

Real Return

Rebalancing

Receivable

Recession

Record Date

Redemption

Refinancing

Regulation

Reinvestment

Relative Strength Index

Repo (Repurchase Agreement)

Required Minimum Distribution

Resistance Level

Return on Assets

Return on Equity

Return on Investment

Revenue

Reverse Split

Rights Offering

Risk

Risk Management

Risk Premium

Roth IRA 

S

Secured Loan

Securities

Securities Exchange

Securitization

Sell Limit Order

Sell-Off

Share Buyback

Shareholder

Short Interest

Short Position

Short Selling

Short Squeeze

Simple Interest

Small Cap

Sovereign Debt

Special Dividend

Speculation

Spin-Off

Split (Stock Split)

Spread

Stagflation

Stock

Stock Broker

Stock Exchange

Stop Loss

T

Tangible Asset

Target Price

Tax-Advantaged Account

Tax Deferred

Tax Efficiency

Taxable Income

Technical Analysis

Tender Offer

Term Deposit

Term Loan

Tick Size

Ticker Symbol

Time Horizon

Time Value of Money

Total Assets

Total Return

Trade Balance

Trade Volume

Trader

Trading Platform

Trading Range

Trailing Stop

Transaction Cost

Treasury Bond

Treasury Note

Trust Fund

W

WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital)

Warrant

Wash Sale

Weighted Average

Weighted Shares Outstanding

White Knight

Wholly Owned Subsidiary

Widow-and-Orphan Stock

Withdrawal

Withholding Tax

Working Capital

Wrap Account

Write-Down

Write-Off

Wash Trading