Financial Glossary This is a "small-but-friendly" glossary of finance and investment terms. Some of the definitions have recommended books and links to articles for more information. Click on any term:

  10-K
  10-Q
  12b-1 Fees
  401(k)
  403(b)
 
  Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
  Alpha
  Annual Report
  Annuity
  Asset
 
  Balance Sheet
  Balanced Fund
  Beta
  Book Value
 
  CODA
  Call
  Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  Capital Gain
  Capital Gains Tax
  Capital Spending
  Cash Flow
  Cash Flow Statement
  Cash and Equivalents
  Charge
  Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
  Consolidated Financial Statement
  Consumer Confidence
  Consumer Spending
  Convertible Bond
  Coupon
  Covariance
  Current Assets
  Current Liabilities
  Current Ratio
  Current Yield
  Currently Taxable Investment
 
  Debt-to-Equity Ratio
  Default
  Deficit Spending
  Depreciation
  Dilution
  Discount Bond
  Discount Rate (Federal Reserve rate)
  Discount Rate (present value)
  Distribution
  Dividend Discount Model
 
  EBIT
  EBITDA
  EVA
  Earnings
  Earnings Statement
  Earnings Yield
  Enterprise Value
  Equity
  Equivalent Yield
  Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
 
  Federal Reserve
  Fiscal Policy
  Float
  Free Cash Flow
  Fundamental
  Fundamental Analysis
 
  Goodwill
  Gordon Growth Model
  Government Spending
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  Gross Margin
  Gross National Product (GNP)
  Gross Profit
  Gross Revenue
  Growth Stock
 
  Hound Dog
 
  IRA
  IRS
  Income Statement
  Index Fund
  Inflation
  Inventory
  Investment
  Investment Grade
 
  Junk Bond
 
  Keogh Plan
 
  Liability
  Load
  Long-term Debt
 
  Market Capitalization
  Modern Portfolio Theory
  Momentum
  Monetary Policy
  Monte Carlo Simulation
  Municipal Bond
 
  NASD
  NOPAT
  Net Asset Value (NAV)
 
  Operating Expenses
  Operating Income
  Operating Margin
  Operations
 
  P/E Ratio
  P/S Ratio
  PEG Ratio
  Par Value
  Passive Investing
  Payroll Tax
  Premium Bond
  Productivity
  Profit Margin
  Profitability
  Prospectus
 
  Qualified Retirement Plan
  Quick Ratio
 
  R-Squared
  Recession
  Regression
  Return on Assets
  Return on Equity
  Revenue
  Roth IRA
  Russell 3000
 
  S&P 500
  SEP
  Salary Reduction Plan
  Sales Costs
  Sales Revenue
  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  Sell Short
  Sharpe Ratio
  Short-term Debt
  Standard Deviation
 
  Tax-Deferred
  Technical Analysis
  Tobin Separation Theorem
  Trade Deficit
 
  Unemployment Rate
 
  Value Stock
  Variable Annuity
 
  Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
  Wilshire 5000
   
  Yield
  Yield to Call
  Yield to Maturity (YTM)
 
  Zero Coupon Bond

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