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| Accelerated Filer | A company that has a market value of more than $75 million. This type of company must abide by shorter deadlines for the filing of ... |
| Accredited Investor | As defined in Rule 501 under Regulation D, refers to the type of investor that is not required to receive detailed offering materials in a ... |
| Accrued Interest | Applying mainly to convertible securities, interest that has accumulated between the most recent payment and the sale of a bond or other fixed-income security. ... |
| Acid Test | A stern measure of a company's ability to pay its short term debts, in that stock is excluded from asset value. The acid-test ratio is ... |
| Acquisition | When one firm buys another firm. ... |
| Active Account | Refers to a brokerage account in which many transactions occur. Brokerage firms may charge a fee for an account that does not generate an adequate ... |
| Actively Managed Funds | In most actively managed funds, the fund manager makes specific investments with the goal of outperforming a benchmark index. Managers do this by trying to ... |
| Aftermarket | Trading activity of a stock immediately following the event by which an operating business's stock becomes publicly tradable. More commonly referred to in connection with ... |
| Algorithmic Trading | Trading bymeans of an automated computer program. ... |
| All or None | (AON) - This order says that the client will not accept less than the entire quantity in the order, but there isno rush to get ... |
| Alternate Price Projection | (APP) Compares the price range of swings in the same direction. The most frequently used percentage alternate price projections are 62 percent, 100 percent, and ... |
| Alternate Time Projection | (ATP) Compares the time range of swings in the same direction. The most frequently used percentage alternate time projections are 62 percent, 100 percent, and ... |
| Alternative Public Offering | (APO) Somewhat misleading term used to refer to the variety of methods of going public other than an IPO. The term generally describes reverse mergers, ... |
| American Stock Exchange | (AMEX) - Securities exchange that handles approximately 20% of all securities trades within the USA. ... |
| American-Style | An options contract that settles American-style can be exercised at any time prior to expiration. Stock options settle American-style. ... |
| Amortization | A process that expenses the value of an intangible asset over time. ... |
| Analyst | A person with expertise in evaluating financial investments; he or she performs investment research and makes recommendations to institutional and retail investors to buy, sell, ... |
| Announcement Date | The date on which particular news concerning a given company is announced to the public. ... |
| Annual Percentage Rage | (APR) The periodic rate times the number of periods in a year. ... |
| Annual Report | A financial disclosure of the results of a company for the past year, although it is usually a marketing piece to entice shareholders. ... |
| Annualized Dividend | This field is a calculated value and uses the last dividend paid multiplied by the frequency. It is the amount of a dividend paid to ... |
| Annualized return | The return on investment calculated on a full-year basis, meaning increasing the rate if held less than one year, or reducing the rate if ... |
| Annuities | Annuities are products, usually offered by insurance companies, that provide payments to you for a guaranteed period in return for a premium that you pay ... |
| Arbitrage | The purchase or sale of an instrument and simultaneous taking of an equal and opposite position in a related market, in order to take advantage ... |
| Ask | The lowest price acceptable to a prospective seller of a security. ... |
| Asset | A balance sheet item expressing what an individual or a corporation owns. ... |
| Asset Allocation | A form of diversification, in which emphasis is placed on dividing capital among separate markets (stocks, bonds, real estate, money markets). ... |
| Assignment | Refers to the option writer's (seller's) obligation to sell or buy a stock or other financial instrument at the strike price for which the writer ... |
| Assignment | The receipt of an exercise notice by an option writer that requires him or her to sell (in the case of a call) or purchase ... |
| At The Close | (CLO) - Designed to take advantage of market action accompanying a moment in time. At the close orders may be entered any time prior to ... |
| At-The-Money | (ATM): When the strike price of an option is the same as the current price of the underlying instrument. An option is at-the-money if the strike ... |
| Authorized Shares | Number of shares authorized for issuance by a firm’s corporate charter. ... |
| Automatic Exercise | An exercise by the clearing firm in which the firm automatically exercises an in-the-money option at expiration. ... |
| Average Daily Trade Volume | A stock's average daily trade volume is the very first thing consider. ... |
| Averaging down | Buying more of a share as it's price falls in order to establish a lower overall average entry price. ... |
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