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A shares
AAA
abandonment
abnormal return
above par
absolute auction
absorption
AC-DC option
account executive
account type
accountabilities
accreting swap
accretion bond
accretion discount
accrual bond
accrual note
accumulating shares
across the board
active market
active return
active stocks
adjustable rate preferred (ARP) stock
ADR
advance refunding
advance-decline (A-D) ratio
advances and declines
after-hours trading
agency security
all holders' rule
all or none (AON)
all or nothing option
alligator spread
allotment letter
alpha
alternate bid
alternative investment market (AIM)
alternative order
American Depository Receipt (ADR)
American Depository Shares (ADS)
American option
American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
American style option
amortizing swap
analyst
and interest
arbitrage
arbitrage bond
arbitrage pricing theory (APT)
Arms index
Asian option
Asian style option
ask price
asked
asked price
asking price
assessable security
assessment bond
asset backed bond
asset swap
asset value per share
asset-backed security
asset-based security
assimilation
asymmetric risk exposure
at a discount
at a premium
at best
at limit
at par
at premium
at-the-close order
at-the-market order
at-the-money forward option
at-the-money option
at-the-opening order
atlantic spread
auction
auction exchange
auction market
auction rate bond
average
average life
average option
average price option
average rate option
average style option
away from the market order
back months
bail out
Barone Adesi & Whaley Model
basis
basis point
bear
bear market
bear spread
bear straddle
bearer bond
bearer security
bearer share
bed and breakfast deal
bellwether stock
below par
benchmark interest rate
Bermuda option
best and final offer (BAFO)
best ask
best bid
best of two option
bet option
beta
bid
bid and asked
bid and asked spread
bilateral netting
bill
binary option
Black Mondays
Black Scholes option-pricing model
Black-Scholes-Martin model
blockage discount
blue chip
bond
bond action
bond anticipation note (BAN)
bond bank
bond classification
bond contract
bond covenant
bond discount
bond equivalent yield (BEY)
bond fund
bond indenture
bond market
bond power
bond premium
bond purchase agreement
bond quote
bond rating agencies
bond ratings
bond ratio
bond resolution
bond swap
bond violation
bond warrant
bond year
bond yield
book entry security
bottom
bottom fisher
bottom-up investing
bought deal
bourse
Bowie Bond
box and whisker diagram
box option
breadth of the market theory
breakeven stop-loss
broad-based index
broker
broker dealer
brokerage
brokerage account
brokerage house
brokered deposits
bucket shop
bull
bull market
bull spread
bull straddle
bulldog bond
bullet
bullet bond
bund
bundle
business-to-business auction
butterfly spread
buy and write
buy hedge
buy on margin
buy stop order
buy-in
buyback
buyer's guide
buyer's option
buying hedge
buying in
buying on margin
buyout
calendar effect
calendar spread
call
call date
call option
call premium
call price
call privilege
call protection
call provision
call risk
callable bond
called bond
canceling order
candle chart
candlestick chart
cap
capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
capital instrument
capital market
capital market theories
capital stock
capital structure arbitrage
capitalization issue
capitalization table
cash and carry
cash contract
cash forward contract
cash forward sale
cash market
cash price
catastrophe bond
catastrophe equity put option
caveat emptor
caveat venditor
certificate
certificate of ownership
certificated security
charting
chartist
chastity bond
churning
circuit breaker
class of shares
class of stock
classes of share
classified common stock
classified ordinary shares
clean price
clearing
clearinghouse
close
close market
close to the money
closed corporation
closed to new investors
closed-end mutual fund
closely held corporation
closely held stock
closing date
closing day
closing price
closing purchase
closing sale
coherent market hypothesis
coherent market model
coherent market theory
coincident indicators
collar
collar agreement
collateral trust bond
collateral trust certificate
collateral trust note
collateralized bond obligation (CBO)
collateralized loan obligation (CLO)
collateralized mortgaged obligation (CMO)
combination
combination bond
commercial paper
Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedure (CUSIP) number
common stock
common stock fund
composite cost of capital
compound accreted value
compound arbitrage
compound option
concert party
consolidated bond
contango
contingent surplus note (CSN)
continuing disclosure
continuous bond
contract month
contrarian
conversion parity
conversion premium
conversion price
convertibility
convertible
convertible arbitrage
convertible bond
convertible debenture
convertible debt
convertible hedge
convertible loan
convertible preferred stock
convertible security
convexity
corporate bond
corporate debt
corpus
correction
cost of carry
costless collar
counter-cyclical
coupon
coupon bond
coupon equivalent rate
coupon rate
coupon stripping
cover
covered arbitrage
covered call
covered option
covered position
covered put
Cox, Ingersoll, Ross Option-Pricing Model
Cox, Ross, & Rubinstein Option-Pricing Model
CP Index
credit derivative (CD)
credit option
credit spread
credit spread option
credit swap
cross-market
cum dividend
cumulative dividend
cumulative dividend preference
cumulative preference shares
cumulative preferred stock
cumulative return
cumulative, convertible, participating, preferred-dividend ordinary shares (CCPPO)
Cusip International Numbering System (CINS) Number
cyclical stocks
daily trading limit
daisy chaining
date of record
dated date
DAX 100
day order
day trade
day trader
daylight trade
dead cat bounce
dealer bank
debenture
debt investment
debt security
debt-equity swap
declaration date
decouple
deed of trust
deep discount bond
deep in money option
deep out of money option
defensive sectors
defensive securities
defensive stocks
deferred dividend shares
delayed call bond
delisting
delivery
delivery date
delivery month
delivery notice
delivery point
delta
depth of market
derivative
derivative security
development bond
diagonal spread
differential
digital option
dip
direct placement
direct public offering
dirty price
disclosure
disclosure document
discount
discount bond
discount broker
discount certificate
discount factor
discount for lack of control
discount for lack of marketability
discount for lack of voting rights
discount method
discount note
discount rate
discount share
discount yield
discretionary account
discretionary portfolio management
distressed security
distribution
divided account
dividend capitalization model
dividend cover
dividend discount model
dividend equalization reserve
dividend growth model
dividend payout ratio
dividend re-investment plan (DRIP)
dividend re-investment program (DRIP)
dividend rollover
dividend valuation model
dividend yield
do not reduce (DNR)
dollar bond
dollar cost averaging
domestic bond
double barreled bond
double hedging
double witching day
double witching hour
Dow Jones Averages
Dow Jones Equity Market Index
Dow Jones Global Indexes [indices]
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
Dow theory
downgrade risk
downtick
downtrend
downturn
dual currency bond
duration
Dutch auction
eastern account
efficient market hypothesis
efficient portfolio
either-or order
Electronic Data Gathering And Retrieval (EDGAR)
Elliott wave principle
embedded option
embeddo
English auction
equities
equities market
equity fund
equity income fund
equity instrument
equity linked debt-security
equity method
equity option
equity swap
equity warrant
equivalent bond yield
Eurobond
Euroclear
Eurojunk
Europe, Australia, and Far East index (EAFE Index)
European depository receipt (EDR)
European option
European-style option
even spread
event driven investing
event risk
ex
ex all
ex cap
ex coupon
ex dividend (ex div)
ex legal bond
ex rights
ex warrants
exchange
exchangeable option
exchangeable security
execution only service
exercise price
expense ratio
expiration date
extra-market risk
extrinsic value
face value
fallen angel
Fannie Mae
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
final maturity date
financial futures
financial lease
financial markets
first notice day
fixed charge coverage ratio
fixed income investment
fixed income security
fixed interest investment
fixed investment
fixed rate bond
flat bond
flat income bond
flat yield
flex option
flipping
float
floating rate bond
floating rate fund
floor broker
floor trader
flotation
Footsie
foreign bond
forward auction
forward contract
forward cover
forward market
forward swap
forward trading
forward transaction
fractal market hypothesis (FMH)
fractional share
front running
FTSE 100
full faith and credit bond
fully diluted earnings per share
fully distributed
fully paid shares
fully registered security
fully valued
fund
fund focus
fund of funds
fund size
fundamental analysis
fundamental information
fundamentals
futures
futures contract
futures exchange
futures market
gamma
general mortgage bond
general obligation bond
gilt
gilt edged security
gilt strip
Ginnie Mae I
Ginnie Mae II
global bond
global custody
global depository receipt (GDR)
global fund
going long
going private
going short
gold fund
good delivery
good-till-cancelled order
government debt
government income fund
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
government paper
government securities
graveyard market
greenmail
gross spread
gross yield
growth investing
growth mutual fund
growth shares
growth stock
guaranteed bond
haircut
hedge
hedge accounting
hedge fund
hedge ratio
hedging
high flyer
high net-worth individual (HNWI)
high-yield bond
horizontal spread
in-the-money option
income bond
income fund
income stock
indenture
index amortizing swap
index bond
index fund
index future
index option
indexation
indexed-rate bond
industrial revenue bond (IRB)
inflation-indexed bond
initial public offering (IPO)
inside information
insider
insider dealing
insider information
insider trading
institutional investors
insured bond
interest rate risk
interest rate sensitivity
interim dividend
interim statement
intermodal bill of lading (B/L)
international fund
International Securities Identification Numbering (ISIN)
intrinsic value
investment grade
investment grade bond
investment grade fund
investment instrument
investment leverage
investment trust
issue
issue date
issuer
issuer risk
junior claim
junior debt
junior issue
junior mortgage
junior security
junk bond
junk bond fund
Kondratieff cycle
large capitalization stock
large caps
last sale
last trading day
lead manager

lead underwriter
LEAPS
Lehman formula
letter of allotment
letter of application
letter of renunciation
liability dividend
life tenant
limit order
listed company
listed investment
listed security
listing
listing requirements
load fund
loan debenture
loan participation fund
loan stock
locked market
London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange (LIFFE)
long
long bond
long hedge
long market value (LMV)
long position
long squeeze
long straddle
long term bond
long wave
longterm equity anticipation security (LEAPS)
lookback option
low floater
Macaulay duration
macro hedge
maintenance call
maintenance concept
major market index
make a market
managed fund
margin
margin account
margin buying
margin call
margin deposit
margin requirement
Margrabe option
mark to market
marked to market
market capitalization (market cap)
market maker
market maker spread
market not held order
market on close order
market on open order
market order
market price
market price of risk
marketable security
marking to market
markings
married put
matured bond payable
matured interest payable
maturity amount
maturity mix
maturity period
maturity swap
maturity value
micro hedge
microcap
microcap fund
mid cap
mid market price
midddle capitalization stock
modified duration
momentum
money market fund (MMF)
money market instruments
money market mutual fund
monthly income preferred shares (MIPS)
Moody's Investors Service
moral obligation bond
morning loan
Morningstar system
mortgage backed bond
mortgage backed certificate
mortgage backed passthrough security
mortgage backed security
mortgage bond
mortgage derivative
MSCI-EAFE index
muni
municipal bond
mutual association
mutual fund
naked call
naked option
naked position
NASDAQ
NASDAQ stock market
negative carry
negative convexity
negative pledge
negotiable security
net asset value (NAV)
net change
net income per share
net interest cost
netting
new issue
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) composite index
newco
Nikkei index
Nikkei stock average
no load fund
no par share
no par value (NPV) share
no par value (NPV) stock
nominal rate of interest
nominal rate of return
nominal share capital
nominal value
nominal yield
nominee
nominee account
nominee name
nominee shareholder
nominee shareholding
non interest bearing bond
non-callable
non-current liability
non-current receivable
non-diversifiable risk
non-market risk
non-systemic risk
non-voting stock
normal yield curve
not held order
note
note amortization schedule
notice day
notional amount
notional principal
obligation bond
odd lot differential
offer price
offered price
offering circular
offering price
offset
offshore fund
on margin
one touch option
one-cancels-the-other order
open corporation
open end investment company
open end mutual fund
open interest
open position
option
option buyer
option contract
option fund
option holder
option margin
option premium
option seller
option spread
option writer
optionee
optioner
optionor
order
ordinary share
original issue discount
out-of-the-money option
outside market
outstanding shares
outstanding stock
over the counter (OTC)
over the counter (OTC) market
overbought
oversold
oversubscription
overtrading
overweight
owner of record
pairs trading
paper
par
par bond
par value
par value bond
parity debt
partial profit taking
participating dividend
participating preferred stock
partly paid shares (or stock)
pass through security
peak
peak demand
peak period
peak season
pegging
penalty plan
penny shares
penny stock
pension fund
perfect hedge
permanent interest bearing share (PIBS)
perpendicular spread
physical delivery
physical settlement
point
point and figure (P&F) chart
position
position risk
post-money valuation
preference shares
preferred dividend
preferred stock
preliminary official statement (POS)
preliminary prospectus
premium
premium bond
price limit order
price spread
price to book (PB) ratio
price to cashflow ratio
price to earnings (PE) ratio
price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio
price to revenue ratio
price to sales (PS) ratio
price weighted index
primary distribution
primary earnings per share
primary offering
prime paper
principal basis
principal stockholder
principal strip
prior lien bond
private placement
private securities
privately held corporation
probate price
profit taking
program trading
public offering
publicly traded
purchasing hedge
put bond
put option
putable bond
quality swap
quotation
quoted company
quoted security
rally
random walk theory
rating
rating agency
reacquired stock
reaction adjustment
real estate investment trust (REIT)
real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC)
real option
record date
record owner
recovery
red herring
redeem
redeemable debenture
redeemable preference shares
redeemable preferred stock
redemption
redemption date
redemption fee
redemption premium
redemption price
redemption provision
redemption value
redemption yield
refunding
refunding bonds
registered bond
registered owner
registered representative
registered security
rehypothecation
repo
repo rate
repurchase agreement
resting order
revenue bond
reverse auction
reverse repo
reverse share split
reverse split
reverse stock split
right
rights issue
rights letter
rights offering
risk
risk arbitrage
risk total
rollback
running yield
Russell indexes [or indices]
sales charge
samurai bond
savings bond
scale order
scalping
scrip
scrip dividend
scrip issue
scripless
SEC yield
second preference shares
second preferred stock
secondary distribution
secondary mortgage markets
secondary offering
sector fund
secure bond
secured bond
secured debenture
secured lease obligation bond (SLOB)
securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
securities fraud
securities laws
securities liquidity risk
security analyst
security instrument
self liquidating bond
self-supporting bond
sell the book
selling hedge
selling long
selling short
senior bond
senior security
sentiment
serial annuity bond
serial bond
series bond
settle price
settlement
settlement date
settlement option
settlement price
share
share certificate
share index
share option
share premium
share price index
share repurchase
share subscription
shareholder
shares outstanding
Sharpe ratio
shibosai bond
shogun bond
short
short bond
short hedge
short interest
short interest ratio
short sale
short seller
short selling
short squeeze
short straddle
short term bond
simple debenture
sinker
sleeper
slippage
small cap
small capitalization (small cap) stock
special purpose bond
special tax bond
specific risk
speculation
speculative grade
speculative security
speculator
split
split coupon bond
spot
spot market
spot month
spot price
spot trading
spread
spread trade
spread trading
spreading
square position
stabilization
stag
stamped security
Standard & Poor's (S&P)
Standard & Poor's 500 composite index (S&P 500)
Standard & Poor's Ratings
standard deviation
stated value
step up bond
stepped interest debenture
stepped preferred stock
stock
stock appreciation right
stock certificate
stock dividend
stock exchange
stock fund
stock index
stock index futures
stock index option
stock market
stock market CD
stock market crash
stock option
stock power
stock quote
stock split
stock split down
stock subscription plan
stock symbol
stockbroker
stockholder
stockholder of record
stop buy order
stop limit order
stop loss order
stop order
story paper
story stock
straddle
straight bond
straight paper
strangle
street broker
street name
street-name security
strike price
striking price
strip
strip financing
stripped bond
STRIPS
stub stock
subordinated security
subscribe
subscription price
subscription shares
suspended trading
swap
swaption
systematic risk
systemic risk
takedown
taking a bath
tax anticipation bill (TAB)
tax anticipation note (TAN)
tax based bond
tax-exempt bond
technical adjustment
technical analysis
technical analyst
technical indicators
technicals
technology fund
TED Spread
tender offer
term bond
theta
thin market
third market
third market trading
tick
ticker symbol
ticker tape
tight market
time limit order
time order
time spread
time value
timing service
ton
tone
tracking error
traded option
trading floor
trading halt
trading index (TRIN)
trading range
trading symbol
traditional option
tranche
tranchette
transfer
transfer agent
treasuries
treasury bill (T-bill)
treasury bond (T-bond)
treasury inflation-protection securities
treasury note (T-note)
treasury securities
treasury shares
treasury stock
triple witching day
triple witching hour
trust indenture
turnover
umbrella fund
unamortized bond discount
unamortized bond premium
unamortized discount on investments
unamortized premium on investments
uncertified security
uncovered call
uncovered option
uncovered position
underwater option
underwrite
underwriter
underwriting agreement
underwriting group
underwriting spread
underwriting syndicate
undivided account
unissued stock
unit
unit investment trust (UIT)
unit trust
universe of securities
unlisted security
unsecured bond
unsystematic risk
unsystemic risk
upside
upside-downside ratio
uptick
valuation
value averaging
value funds
value investing
Value Line Composite Index
value to owner
variable rate demand bond (VRDB)
variable rate demand note (VRDN)
variable rate demand obligation (VRDO)
vega
vertical spread
volatility
warehousing
warrant
wasting asset
watered stock
weather derivative
western account
Wilshire stock indexes [or indices]
windbill
with dividend
with rights
withdrawal plan
worst of two option
writer
x or xd
xr
xw
Yankee bond
yankee market
yankees
yield curve
yield differential
yield swap
yield to call (YTC)
yield to maturity (YTM)
z bond
zero cost option
zero coupon convertible
zero dividend preference share
zero-coupon bond
zero-interest bond
zero-rated bond
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