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Glossary of Commonly Used Financial Terms
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A company that purchases securities from an issuer to resell to the public.
Any security that does not trade on an organized exchange.
Indicates that a transaction was made at a price higher than the preceding transaction. Also called a plus tick. See Down Tick.
A series of ratios that relate the market price of a stock to the firm's assets, dividend, or earnings.
An expense that increases or decreases directly with increases or decreases in sales.
Funds invested in a new, usually highly speculative, business venture.
A term used to describe the relative price movement of a security. For example, a security with wide price swings is considered to be more volatile or have higher volatility than a security that trades within a narrow price range. Generally a highly volatile security carries more risk than a security with low volatility.
The number of shares traded within a particular time period.
A common shareholder's right to vote his/her stock on company matters.
An option to purchase a security from the issuer for a specific price and within a specified time.
Refers to a particular stock that has not yet officially been issued to the public but trades in the market as if it did.
A liquidity measure that is equal to current assets less current liabilities. Working capital should be a positive number for a financially strong firm rather than a negative number.
Working Capital = Current Assets - Current Liabilities
Refers to a particular stock that has not yet officially been issued to the public but trades in the market as if it did.
Similar to the concept of "Write Down," a write-off represents a complete rather than a partial loss in value of an asset, such as an account receivable that will never be paid. A write-off is charged against current earnings.
A person who sells an option contract.
The annual income return of an investment.
The rate of return that is expected to be earned from a bond if it is held to maturity.
A type of bond that does not pay periodic interest and is issued at a substantial discount from its future redemption price.
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