Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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D
D/A
D/P
Daily average revenue trades (DARTs)
Daily price limit
Daisy chain
Danish FSA
DARTs
Data room
Date of issue
Date of payment
Date of record
Dated date
Dates convention
Dating
Dawn raid
Day around order
Day count convention
Day loan
Day of deposit to day of withdrawal account
Day order
Day trade
Day trading
Days in receivables
Days' sales in inventory ratio
Days' sales outstanding
DCF
DDM (1)
DDM (2)
DE
De facto
Dead cat bounce
Deal flow
Deal stock
Dealer
Dealer loan
Dealer market
Dealer options
Dealer's spread
Dealing desk (Trading desk)
Dear money
Death cross
Death play
Death Spiral Convertible
Death Valley Curve
Death-backed bonds
Debenture
Debenture bond
Debenture stock
Debit
Debit balance
Debit card
Debit spread
Debt
Debt bomb
Debt capacity
Debt ceiling
Debt displacement
Debt instrument
Debt leverage
Debt limit
Debt limitation
Debt market
Debt outstanding subject to limitation
Debt ratio
Debt relief
Debt restructuring
Debt retirement
Debt securities
Debt service
Debt service coverage
Debt service parity approach
Debt swap
Debt-for-equity swap
Debt-service coverage ratio
Debt/EBITDA ratio
Debt/equity ratio
Debtholder
Debtor
Debtor in possession
Debtor-in-possession financing
Decile rank
Decillion
Decimal trading
Decimalization
Decision Break-Point Analysis
Decision tree
Declaration
Declaration date
Dedicated capital
Dedicating a portfolio
Dedication strategy
Deductible
Deductible contribution
Deduction
Deductive reasoning
Deed of trust
Deep in the money
Deep out of the money
Deep-discount bond
Default
Default interest
Default premium
Default risk
Defeasance
Defensive securities
Deferred account
Deferred annuities
Deferred call
Deferred charge
Deferred compensation
Deferred equity
Deferred futures
Deferred interest bond
Deferred nominal life annuity
Deferred payment annuity
Deferred strike option
Deferred tax expense
Deficiency
Deficiency Agreement
Deficiency letter
Deficit
Deficit spending
Defined asset fund
Defined benefit plan
Defined contribution plan
Defined event
Deflation
Deflator
Delayed issuance pool
Delayed opening
Delayed settlement/delivery
Delinquency
Delisting
Deliver
Deliverable bills
Deliverable instrument
Delivered at Frontier (DAF)
Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU)
Delivered Ex Quay (DEQ)
Delivered Ex Ship (DES)
Delivery
Delivery date
Delivery notice
Delivery options
Delivery points
Delivery price
Delivery versus payment
Delphi technique
Delta
Delta cross-hedge
Delta hedge
Delta neutral
Delta Spread
DEM
Demand deposits
Demand line of credit
Demand loan
Demand master notes
Demand shock
Demand-pull inflation
Demonetization
Demutualization
Denomination
Dependent
Dependent variable
Deposit insurance
Depositary
Depository institution
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
Depository preferred
Depository receipt
Depository transfer check (DTC)
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Depository Trust Company (DTC)
Depreciate
Depreciated cost
Depreciation
Depreciation tax shield
Depressed market
Depressed price
Depression
DEQ
Deregulation
Derivative
Derivative instruments
Derivative markets
Derivative security
DES
Descending tops
Descriptor
Design risk
Designated order turnaround system (DOT)
Desk
Detachable warrant
Determinism
Deterministic models
Detrend
DEU
Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse AG (DBAG)
Deutsche Terminbörse (DTB)
Devaluation
Diagonal spread
Dialing and smiling
Dialing for dollars
Diamonds
Diaspora Bond
Diff
Difference check
Difference from S&P
Differential
Differential disclosure
Differential swap
Diffusion process
Digits deleted
Dilution
Dilution protection
Dilutive effect
Dim sum bond
Dip
Direct Claim
Direct costs of financial distress
Direct deposit
Direct deposit service
Direct estimate method
Direct Exchange Rate
Direct foreign investment (DFI)
Direct investment
Direct lease
Direct Loan Program
Direct overhead
Direct paper
Direct participation program
Direct placement
Direct public offering
Direct Purchase Plan
Direct quote
Direct Registration System
Direct rollover
Direct search market
Direct stock-purchase programs
Direct terms
Director
Director Exception
Directors' Duties
Directorship
Dirty float
Dirty price
Dirty stock
Disability income insurance
Disbursement float
DISC
Discharge of bankruptcy
Discharge of lien
Disclaimer of opinion
Disclosure
Discontinued operations
Discount
Discount Arbitrage
Discount bond
Discount broker
Discount factor
Discount Interest
Discount payment
Discount period
Discount rate
Discount securities
Discount window
Discount yield
Discounted basis
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
Discounted dividend model (DDM)
Discounted in/by market
Discounted payback
Discounted payback period rule
Discounting
Discounting the news
Discrepancy
Discrete compounding
Discrete random variable
Discrete variable
Discretion
Discretionary account
Discretionary cash flow
Discretionary income
Discretionary order
Discretionary Proposition
Discretionary reserves
Discretionary trust
Discriminate analysis
Dishonor
Disinflation
Disintermediation
Disinvestment
Disorderly Market
Disposable income
Distress sale
Distressed securities
Distributed
Distributing syndicate
Distribution
Distribution area
Distribution by coupon
Distribution by credit quality
Distribution by issuer
Distribution by maturity
Distribution Cost Advantage
Distribution period
Distribution plan
Distribution schedule
Distribution stock
Distributions
DITM
Divergence
Diversifiable risk
Diversification
Diversified investment company
Divestiture
Dividend
Dividend capture
Dividend clawback
Dividend clientele
Dividend Disbursing Agent
Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
Dividend Discount Return
Dividend distribution
Dividend growth model
Dividend in arrears
Dividend income
Dividend limitation
Dividend Order
Dividend payout ratio
Dividend policy
Dividend rate
Dividend record
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP)
Dividend requirement
Dividend rights
Dividend rollover plan
Dividend trade roll/play
Dividend yield (Funds)
Dividend yield (Stocks)
Dividends payable
Dividends per share
Dividends-received deduction
Divisional buyout (Divisional LBO)
Divisor
DJ
DJF
DJI
DJIA
DK
DKK
DM (1)
DM (2)
DMA
DNK
DNR Order
DO
Do Not Increase (DNI)
Do Not Reduce Order (DNR Order)
Doctrine of sovereign immunity
Documentary Collection
Documentary collections
Documented discount notes
Documents against acceptance
Documents against payment
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Dogs of the Dow
Dollar bears
Dollar bonds
Dollar cost averaging
Dollar drain
Dollar duration
Dollar price of a bond
Dollar return
Dollar roll
Dollar safety margin
Dollar shortage
Dollar-weighted rate of return
DOM
Domestic bonds
Domestic corporation
Domestic International Sales Corporation (DISC)
Domestic market
Domestic series
Don't fight the tape
Don't know (DK, DKed)
Donor
DOP
DOT
DOTM
Double auction market
Double auction system
Double bottom
Double dip
Double taxation
Double top
Double up
Double witching day
Double-barreled
Double-declining-balance depreciation
Double-declining-balance depreciation method (DDB)
Double-dip lease
Double-entry bookkeeping
Double-tax agreement
Doubling option
Dovish
Dow dividend theory
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Dow Theory
Down market
Down round
Down volume
Down-and-in option
Down-and-out option
Downgrade
Downside Protection
Downside risk
Downsizing
Downstream
Downswing
Downtick
Downturn
Draft
Draining reserves
Draw a call
Draw-down
Drawback
Drawdown
Drawee
Drawer
Drayage
Dressing up a portfolio
Drip feed
Drive-by VC
Drop
Drop lock
Drop, The
Drop-dead day
Drop-dead fee
DRP
DSCR
DTC (1)
DTC (2)
DTCC
Dual banking
Dual listing
Dual syndicate equity offering
Dual trading
Dual-currency issues
Dual-purpose fund
Ducentillion
Due bill
Due date
Due diligence
Due diligence meeting
Due-on-sale clause
Dump
Dumping
Duodecillion
Duononagintillion
Duooctogintillion
Duoquadragintillion
Duoquinquagintillion
Duoseptuagintillion
Duosexagintillion
Duotrigintillion
Duovigintillion
Duplicate Proxy
Duplicative portfolio
Dupont system of financial control
Durable merchandise
Duration
Duration drift
Duration matching strategy
Dutch auction
Dutch Auction Preferred Stock
Duty
Dwarfs
Dynamic
Dynamic asset allocation
Dynamic hedging
Dynamical Noise
Dynamical Systems
DZ
DZA
DZD