Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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Financial Terms By: N
"Need the tick"
"News out"
"No Autex"
N
NA
NAD
Nagoya Stock Exchange
Naive diversification
Naked option strategies
Naked strategies
Naked writer
NAM
Named perils insurance
Narrow market
Narrow-Based
Narrowing the spread
NASD
NASD form FR-1
Nasdaq
Nasdaq small-capitalization companies
Nasdaq stock market
National Association of Investors Corporation
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (Nasdaq)
National bank
National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO)
National Credit Union Administration
National debt
National Foundation for Consumer Credit
National Futures Association (NFA)
National market
National Market Advisory Board
National Market System (NMS)
National Quotation Bureau
National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC)
National Stock Exchange (NSE)
National tax policy
Nationalization
Natural
Natural logarithm
NAV
NAV Arbitrage
NBBO
NC
NCIB
NCL
NE
Near money
Nearby
Nearby futures contract
Nearest month
Neckline
Negative amortization
Negative carry
Negative cash flow
Negative convexity
Negative covenant
Negative duration
Negative income tax
Negative NPV tie-in project
Negative obligation
Negative Pledge
Negative pledge clause
Negative working capital
Negative yield curve
Neglected firm effect
Negotiable
Negotiable bill of lading
Negotiable certificates of deposit
Negotiable instrument
Negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW)
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal Account (NOW)
Negotiated certificate of deposit
Negotiated commission
Negotiated markets
Negotiated offering
Negotiated sale
Negotiated underwriting
NEO
NER
Net
Net adjusted present value
Net advantage of refunding
Net advantage to leasing
Net advantage to merging
Net after-tax gain
Net asset value (NAV)
Net asset value arbitrage
Net assets
Net benefit to leverage factor
Net book value
Net capital requirement
Net cash balance
Net change
Net charge-off rate
Net currency exposure
Net current assets
Net errors and omissions
Net exposed assets
Net financing cost
Net float
Net income
Net income per share of common stock
Net interest cost (NIC)
Net investment
Net investment income per share
Net lease
Net monetary assets
Net operating loss carrybacks
Net operating loss carryforwards
Net operating losses
Net operating margin
Net parity
Net period
Net position
Net present value (NPV)
Net present value of future investments
Net present value of growth opportunities
Net present value rule
Net proceeds
Net profit margin
Net quick assets
Net realized capital gains per share
Net sales
Net sales transaction
Net salvage value
Net tangible assets per share
Net transaction
Net transaction exposure
Net Weight
Net working capital
Net worth
Net yield
Netting
Netting out
Network A/Network B
Neural Nets
Neutral
Neutral hedge
Neutral period
Neutral stock
New account report
New European Exchange (NEWEX)
New high/new low
New issue
New listing
New money
New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)
New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE)
New York Futures Exchange (NYFE)
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
New Zealand Stock Exchange
New-issues market
Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)
Next day settlement
Next futures contract
Nexus (of contracts)
NF
NFA
NFCP
NFK
NG
NGA
NGN
NI
NIC (1)
NIC (2)
NIF
Nifty Fifty
Nikkei
Nikkei stock average
NINA loan
Nine-bond rule
NINJA loan
NIO
NIU
NL
NLD
NLG
NM
NMI
NMS
NO
No Adjournment
No book
No docs
No Protest
No Substitution
No-action letter
No-brainer
No-load fund
No-load mutual fund
No-load stock
No-par-value stock
Noah Effect
NOB spread
NOBO (Non-Objecting Beneficial Owner)
Noise
Noisy Chaos
NOK
Nominal
Nominal annual rate
Nominal cash flow
Nominal dollars
Nominal exchange rate
Nominal exercise price
Nominal income
Nominal interest rate
Nominal price
Nominal quotation
Nominal value
Nominal yield
Nominee
Nominee Name
Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NVOCC)
Non-agency mortgage backed securities
Non-Discretionary Proposal
Non-Equity Option
Non-financial Commercial Paper (NFCP)
Non-Manufacturing Index
Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business
Nonaccredited investor
Nonagintillion
Noncallable
Noncash charge
Nonclearing member
Noncompete
Noncompetitive bid
Noncompetitive tender
Noncontributory pension plan
Noncumulative
Noncumulative preferred stock
Noncurrent asset
Noncurrent liability
Nondeductible contribution
Nondeliverable Forward Contracts (NDF)
Nondiscretionary trust
Nondiversifiability of human capital
Nondiversifiable risk
Nonfinancial assets
Nonfinancial services
Nonillion
Noninsured plans
Noninterest-bearing note
Nonintermediated debt market
Nonmarketable security
Nonmarketed claims
Nonmember bank
Nonmember firm
Nonmonetary assets and liabilities
Nonparallel shift in the yield curve
Nonparticipating life insurance policy
Nonperforming asset
Nonproductive loan
Nonpublic information
Nonpurpose loan
Nonqualified plan
Nonqualifying annuity
Nonqualifying stock option
Nonrated
Nonrecourse
Nonrecourse loan
Nonrecurring charge
Nonredeemable
Nonrefundable
Nonreproducible assets
Nonsterilized intervention
Nonsystematic risk
Nontradables
Nonvoting stock
NOR
Normal annuity form
Normal backwardation theory
Normal course issuer bid (NCIB)
Normal deviate
Normal Distribution
Normal growth firms
Normal investment practice
Normal Market Size (NMS)
Normal portfolio
Normal probability distribution
Normal random variable
Normal retirement
Normal trading unit
Normalized earnings
Normalizing method
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Not a name with us
Not held order (NH order)
Not rated
Not-for-profit
Not-sufficient-funds check
Note
Note agreement
Note issuance facility (NIF)
Notes to the financial statements
Notice day
Notice of Meeting
Notice Period
Notification date
Notifying Bank
Notional principal amount
Nouveau Marche
Novation
Novemdecillion
Novemnonagintillion
Novemoctogintillion
Novemquadragintillion
Novemquinquagintillion
Novemseptuagintillion
Novemsexagintillion
Novemtrigintillion
Novemvigintillion
NOW
NP
NPL
NPR
NPV
NPV profile
NR
NRA (Non-Resident Alien) Tax
NRU
NTE
NU
Nugget
Numismatist
NYBOT
NYSE
NYSE composite index
NZ
NZD
NZL