Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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I
I-bonds
I-I page
IAS 39
IASB
IBC's money fund report average
IBES
IBF
IBO
IBRD
IC
ICC
ID
IDA
IDC
Identified shares
Idiosyncratic Risk
IDN
IDR (1)
IDR (2)
IDR (3)
IE
IEP
IFC
IFRS
IFSRA
IL
Illegal dividend
Illiquid
ILS
IM
Imbalance of orders
IMF
IMM
Immediate family
Immediate or canceled order (IOC order)
Immediate payment annuity
Immediate settlement
Immunization
Immunization strategy
IMN
Impaired capital
Impaired credit
Impairment
Imperfect market
Implicit Bankruptcy Costs
Implicit tax
Implied call
Implied repo rate
Implied volatility
Import Quota
Import substitution development strategy
Import/export letters of credit
Imputation tax system
Imputed interest
Imputed value
IN
In & out
In between
In competition
In hand
In play
In the box
In the hole
In the middle
In the tank
In touch with
In-and-out trader
In-house
In-house processing float
In-line
In-service withdrawal
In-substance defeasance
In-the-money
In-the-money option
Inactive asset
Inactive post
Inactive stock/bond
Incentive fee
Incentive Stock Option (ISO)
Incestuous share dealing
Incipient default
Income baskets
Income beneficiary
Income bond
Income dividend
Income exclusion rule
Income fund
Income immunization strategies
Income investment company
Income limited partnership
Income property
Income risk
Income statement (statement of operations)
Income stock
Income tax
Incontestability clause
Inconvertibility
Incorporated joint venture
Incorporation
Incoterms
Incremental cash flows
Incremental cost of capital
Incremental costs and benefits
Incremental default risk (IDR)
Incremental internal rate of return
Incubator
IND
Indemnification
Indemnify
Indemnity
Indenture
Independent auditor
Independent broker
Independent investments
Independent project
Independent variable
Index
Index and Option Market (IOM)
Index arbitrage
Index fund
Index futures
Index method
Index model
Index number
Index option
Index swap
Index warrant
Indexed bond
Indexed rate
Indexed Stock Options
Indexing
Indexing plus
Indicated dividend
Indicated yield
Indication
Indication of interest
Indication pricing schedule
Indicator
Indifference curve
Indirect Claim
Indirect costs of financial distress
Indirect diversification benefits
Indirect Exchange Rate
Indirect method
Indirect quote
Indirect terms
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) rollover
Individual tax return
Inductive reasoning
Industrial production
Industrial revenue bond (IRB)
Industrials
Industry
Industry allocation
Inefficient portfolio
Infant industry argument
Inflation
Inflation accounting
Inflation hedge
Inflation risk
Inflation uncertainty
Inflation-escalator clause
Inflation-indexed securities
Inflexible expenses
Information Agent
Information asymmetry
Information Coefficient (IC)
Information content effect
Information costs
Information memorandum
Information Ratio
Information services
Information Signaling
Information theory
Information-motivated trades
Informational efficiency
Informationless trades
Infrastructure
Infrastructure risk
Ingot
Inheritance tax return
Initial filing
Initial margin
Initial margin requirement
Initial public offering (IPO)
Initial Public Offering Spinning
Initiate coverage
Inland Bill of Lading
Input-output tables
Inquiry
INR
Inside market
Insider information
Insider trading
Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (ITSFEA)
Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984
Insider transaction reports
Insiders
Insolvency risk
Insolvent
Inspector's or Judge's Certificate
Inspector(s) of Election
Installment payments
Installment sale
Instinet (Institutional Networks Corporation)
Institutional broker
Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES)
Institutional buyin (IBO)
Institutional investors
Institutionalization
Institutions
Instrumentality
Instruments
Insurable interest
Insurance
Insurance agent
Insurance broker
Insurance claim
Insurance dividend
Insurance Linked Securities (ILS)
Insurance policy
Insurance premium
Insurance principle
Insurance settlement
Insured
Insured account
Insured bond
Insured plans
Insured Trade Acceptance
Intangible asset
Integer programming
Integrated financial market
Intellectual property rights
Intellidex
Inter vivos trust
Interbank market
Interbank rate
Interbank spread
Intercommodity spread
Intercompany loan
Intercompany transaction
Interdelivery spread
Interest
Interest coverage ratio
Interest coverage test
Interest deduction
Interest during construction
Interest equalization tax
Interest expense
Interest in Arrears
Interest on excess reserves
Interest on interest
Interest on reserves
Interest payments
Interest rate
Interest rate agreement
Interest rate cap
Interest rate ceiling
Interest rate floor
Interest rate futures contract
Interest rate on debt
Interest rate parity line (IRP)
Interest rate parity theorem
Interest rate risk
Interest rate swap
Interest subsidy
Interest tax shield
Interest-only loan
Interest-only strip (IO)
Interest-sensitive insurance policy
Interest-sensitive stock
Interfund transactions
Interim dividend
Interim financing
Interim rate of return
Interim statement
Interlocking directorate
Intermarket sector spread
Intermarket spread swaps
Intermarket Surveillance Information System (ISIS)
Intermarket Trading System (ITS)
Intermediary
Intermediate targets
Intermediate trend
Intermediate-term
Intermediated market
Intermediation
Intermittency
Internal auditor
Internal expansion
Internal finance
Internal growth rate
Internal market
Internal measure
Internal rate of return (IRR)
Internal Revenue Code
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
Internally efficient market
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
International arbitrage
International Asset Pricing Model (IAPM)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Banking Facility (IBF)
International bonds
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Depository Receipt (IDR)
International Development Association (IDA)
International diversification
International Energy Agency (IEA)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International finance subsidiary
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
International Fisher effect
International Fisher relationship
International fund
International market
International market index
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Monetary Market (IMM)
International monetary system
International mutual fund
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)
International Security Market Association (ISMA)
International Stock Exchange of the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland (ISE)
International Swap Dealers Association (ISDA)
Internet Banking
Interpolation
Interpositioning
Intrabudgetary transactions
Intracommodity spread
Intracompany trade
Intraday
Intramarket sector spread
Intrastate offering
Intrinsic value
Intrinsic value of a firm
Intrinsic value of an option
Inventory
Inventory financing
Inventory loan
Inventory turnover
Inverse floater
Inverse floating-rate note
Inverse order
Inverted market
Inverted scale
Inverted yield curve
Investible Indices
Investment
Investment adviser
Investment Advisers Act
Investment advisory service
Investment agreement
Investment analysts
Investment bank
Investment certificate
Investment climate
Investment club
Investment company
Investment Company Act of 1940
Investment Company Institute (ICI)
Investment decisions
Investment grade
Investment history
Investment income
Investment letter
Investment management
Investment manager
Investment objective
Investment opportunity set
Investment philosophy
Investment policy
Investment product line (IPL)
Investment Risk
Investment software
Investment strategy
Investment strategy committee
Investment Tax Credit
Investment trust
Investment Valuation Model (IVM)
Investment value
Investment-grade bonds
Investments
Investor
Investor fallout
Investor relations
Investor's equity
Investors service bureau
Invoice
Invoice billing
Invoice date
Invoice price
Involuntary bankruptcy
Involuntary liquidation preference
IO (1)
IO (2)
IOC order
IOER
IOM
IOR
IOT
IPL
IPO
IPO Spinning
IQ
IQD
IR
IRA/Keogh accounts
IRB
Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA)
IRL
IRN
IRQ
IRR (1)
IRR (2)
Irrational call option
Irredeemable bond
Irrelevance result
Irrevocable letter of credit
Irrevocable trust
IS
ISDA
ISK
ISL
Islamic Loan
ISMA
ISO
ISR
Issue
Issued share capital
Issuer
Issuer bid
Issuing bank
Istanbul Stock Exchange
IT
ITA
Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM)
Italian Exchange (Borsa Italiana)
Italian Stock Exchange (ISE)
Itemized deduction
ITL
ITM
ITS