Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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A
A paper
A-D
A1
A2
A3
Aa1
Aa2
Aa3
Aaa
AAA+ Bank
AAII
Abandonment
Abandonment option
ABC agreement
ABCP
Ability to pay
Abnormal returns
ABO
Above par
ABS (1)
ABS (2)
Absolute advantage
Absolute form of purchasing power parity
Absolute Physical Life
Absolute priority
Absorbed
Abusive tax shelter
ABW
ABX index
ACAT
Accelerated cost recovery system (ACRS)
Accelerated depreciation
Acceleration clause
Accelerator acquisitions
Acceptance
Accommodation
Accommodation loan
Accommodative monetary policy
Account
Account Ad Valorem Duty
Account balance
Account executive
Account in trust
Account Party
Account reconciliation
Account statement
Accountant's opinion
Accounting earnings
Accounting exposure
Accounting insolvency
Accounting liquidity
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable financing
Accounts receivable turnover
Accredited investor
Accreting Swap)
Accretion (of a discount)
Accrual Accounting Convention
Accrual basis
Accrual bond
Accrued benefits
Accrued discount
Accrued interest
Accrued market discount
Accumulate
Accumulated Benefit Obligation (ABO)
Accumulated dividend
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI)
Accumulated profits tax
Accumulation
Accumulation area
ACES
ACH
Acid test ratio
Acquired surplus
Acquiree
Acquirer
Acquisition
Acquisition cost
Acquisition of assets
Acquisition of stock
Acquittance
Across the board
ACRS
Act of Bankruptcy
Act of state doctrine
Acting in concert
Active
Active account
Active bond crowd
Active box
Active commitments
Active fund management
Active income
Active Management
Active portfolio strategy
Active Return
Active Risk
Activist Investor
Actual Cash Value
Actual market
Actual/360
Actual/Actual
Actuals
ACU
AD
Ad valorem tax
ADB (1)
ADB (2)
Additional bonds test
Additional hedge
Adequacy of coverage
Adjustable rate
Adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM)
Adjustable-rate mortgage securities (ARMS)
Adjustable-rate preferred stock (ARPS)
Adjusted balance method
Adjusted basis
Adjusted debit balance (ADB)
Adjusted exercise price
Adjusted gross income (AGI)
Adjusted present value (APV)
Adjustment bond
Administrative pricing rules
ADP
ADR
ADS
Advance
Advance commitment
Advance Computerized Execution System (ACES)
Advance Decline Ratio
Advance funded pension plan
Advance refunding
Advance tax ruling
Advancement
Adverse opinion
Adverse selection
Advising bank
Advisory letter
AE
AED
AEX
AF
AFA
Affidavit of Loss
Affiliate
Affiliated corporation
Affiliated person
Affirmative covenant
Affirmative obligation
Affordability index
AFG
AFM (1)
AFM (2)
AFS
After acquired clause
After-hours dealing or trading
After-tax basis
After-tax profit margin
After-tax real rate of return
Aftermarket
AG
Against the box
Aged fail
Agencies
Agency
Agency bank
Agency basis
Agency cost view
Agency costs
Agency incentive arrangement
Agency pass-throughs
Agency problem
Agency securities
Agency theory
Agent
Aggregate exercise price
Aggregation
Aggressive Growth Hedge Fund
Aggressive growth mutual fund
Aggressively
Aging schedule
AGO
Agreement among underwriters
Agreement corporation
Ahead of itself
Ahead of you
AI
AIA
AIBD
AIMR Performance Presentation Standards Implementation Committee
Air Freight Consolidator
Air pocket stock
AL
ALA
ALB
ALCO
ALCO package
Algo or Algorithmic Trading
Alien corporation
ALL
All equity rate
All in
All or none order (AON)
All Ordinaries Index
All Risk Insurance
All-in cost
All-in-rate
All-or-none underwriting
Allied member
Alligator spread
ALLL
Allocation-of-income rules
Allocational efficiency
Allotment
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses
Alpha
Alpha equation
Alphabet stock
ALT
Alt-A
Alternative investments
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Alternative mortgage instruments
Alternative order
AM
AMD
American Association of Individual Investors (AAII)
American Depositary Receipt (ADR)
American Depositary Receipt Fees
American Depositary Receipt Ratio
American Depositary Share (ADS)
American option
American shares
American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
American-style option
AMEX
AMF
AMLF
Amman Financial Market (AFM)
Amman Stock Exchange
Amortization
Amortization factor
Amortizing interest rate swap
Amount outstanding and in circulation
AMPS
Amsterdam Exchange (AEX)
AMTEL
AN
Analyst
AND
And interest
Andean Pact
ANG
Angel
Angels
Ankle biter
Announcement date
Annual basis
Annual effective yield
Annual exclusion
Annual fund operating expenses
Annual meeting
Annual percentage rate (APR)
Annual percentage yield (APY)
Annual rate of return
Annual renewable term insurance
Annual report
Annualized gain
Annualized holding-period return
Annualizing
Annuitant
Annuitize
Annuity
Annuity certain
Annuity due
Annuity factor
Annuity in arrears
Annuity starting date
ANT
Anti-Persistence
Anticipated holding period
Anticipation
Antidilutive effect
Antigreenmail
Antitrust laws
Any-interest-date
Any-or-all bid
Any-part-of order
AO
AOCI
AON
AOR
AOS
Applied mathematics
Appraisal ratio
Appraisal rights
Appreciation
Appropriation request
Approved list
APR
APS
APT (1)
APT (2)
APV
APY
AQ
AR
AR
Arbitrage
Arbitrage bonds
Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)
Arbitrage Trading Program (ATP)
Arbitrage-free option-pricing models
Arbitrageur
Arbs
ARCH
ARE
Are you open?
ARG
ARG
Arithmetic average (mean) rate of return
Arithmetic mean return
Arizona Stock Exchange
ARM
ARM
Arm's length price
ARMS
Arms index
Around us
ARPS (1)
ARPS (2)
ARR
Arranger
Arrearage
ARS
ARS
Articles of incorporation
Artificial currency
Artificial Intelligence
AS
Ascending tops
ASE
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Pact (APEC)
Asian Currency Units (ACU)
Asian Development Bank
Asian dollar market
Asian option
Ask
Asked price
Asked to bid/offer
ASM
Aspirin
Assay
Assessed valuation
Asset
Asset activity ratios
Asset allocation decision
Asset allocation mutual fund
Asset Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP)
Asset classes
Asset Depreciation Range System
Asset for asset swap
Asset impairment
Asset management account
Asset play
Asset pricing model
Asset stripper
Asset substitution
Asset substitution problem
Asset swap
Asset turnover
Asset value
Asset-backed security
Asset-based financing
Asset-coverage test
Asset/equity ratio
Asset/Liability Committee (ALCO)
Asset/liability management
Assets
Assets requirements
Assets under management
Assets-in-place
Assignment
Assignment of proceeds
Assimilation
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Assumed debt
Assumed interest rate
Assumption
ASX
ASX Derivatives and Options Market (ASXD)
Asymmetric information
Asymmetric taxes
Asymmetric volatility
Asymmetry
AT
At par
At risk
At the bell
At the close order
At the figure
At the full
At the market
At the opening order
At-the-money
At/for
ATA
ATF
ATG
Athens Stock Exchange
Athens Stock Exchange (ASE)
ATP
ATS
Attractor
Attribute bias
AU
Auction Market Preferred Stock (AMPS)
Auction markets
Auction rate preferred stock (ARPS)
Auction Rate Securities (ARS)
AUD
Audit
Audit trail
Auditor's certificate
Auditor's report
AUM
Aunt Millie
AUS
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
AUT
Autarky
Autex
Authentication
Authority bond
Authorized shares
Auto-Regressive (AR) Process
Autocorrelation
Automated bond system (ABS)
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Automated Customer Account Transfer (ACAT)
Automated Export System
Automated Order System (AOS)
Automated Pit Trading (APT)
Automated teller machine (ATM)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Inc.
Automatic exercise
Automatic extension
Automatic funds transfer
Automatic investment program
Automatic reinvestment
Automatic stay
Automatic transfer service (ATS) account
Automatic withdrawal
Autoquote
Autoregressive
Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH)
Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)
Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Availability
Availability float
Available cash flow
Available for Sale
Available on the way in
Aval
Avalizor
Average
Average (across-day) measures
Average accounting return
Average age of accounts receivable
Average collection period, or days' receivables
Average cost
Average cost of capital
Average daily balance
Average discount rate
Average down
Average equity
Average life
Average maturity
Average rate of return (ARR)
Average tax rate
Average up
Averaging
Avoided cost
AW
Away
Away from the market
Away from us
Away from you
AWG
AX
Axe to grind
AZ
AZE
AZM