Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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Financial Terms By: R
"Ring the cash register"
R
R square (R2)
Radar alert
Raider
Rainmaker
Rally (recovery)
RAM
Random variable
Random walk
Random walk with drift
Randomized strategy
Range
Range forward
RAP
Rate anticipation swaps
Rate base
Rate covenant
Rate lock
Rate of exchange
Rate of interest
Rate of return
Rate of return ratios
Rate risk
Rate-lock selling
Ratings
Ratio analysis
Ratio Calendar Combination
Ratio Calendar Spread
Ratio Spread
Ratio Strategy
Ratio writer
Rational expectations
Rational pricing
Raw material
Raw material supply agreement
RE
Reachback
Reaction
Reading the tape
Real
Real appreciation/depreciation
Real assets
Real body
Real capital
Real cash flow
Real Currency
Real estate
Real estate appraisal
Real estate broker
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC)
Real Estate Owned (REO)
Real exchange rates
Real gain or loss
Real GDP
Real income
Real interest rate
Real market
Real option
Real property
Real rate of return
Real return
Real time
Realistic on price
Realized compound yield
Realized profit (or loss)
Realized return
Realized volatility
Realized yield
Realtor
Rebalancing
Rebate
Rebate rate
Recalculation method
Recapitalization
Recapitalization proposal
Recapture
Receipts
Receivables balance fractions
Receivables turnover ratio
Receive fixed counterparty
Receive floating counterparty
Receive versus payment
Received for Shipment Bill of Lading
Receiver
Receiver's certificate
Recession
Recharacterization
Reciprocal marketing agreement
Reclamation
Record date
Record Owner
Recordholder
Recourse
Recovery
Recovery rate
Red herring
Red-lining
Redeemable
Redemption
Redemption charge
Redemption cushion
Redemption date
Redemption fee
Redemption or call
Redemption price
Rediscount
Reduction-Option Loan (ROL)
Reference rate
Refinancing
Reflation
Refund
Refundable
Refunded bond
Refunding
Refunding Escrow Deposits (REDs)
Regional bank
Regional Check Processing Center (RCPC)
Regional fund
Regional stock exchanges
Registered bond
Registered check
Registered company
Registered competitive market maker
Registered equity market maker
Registered investment adviser
Registered investment company
Registered options trader
Registered Owner
Registered representative
Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Registered secondary offering
Registered security
Registered Shares
Registered trader
Registrar
Registration
Registration statement
Regression
Regression analysis
Regression coefficient
Regression equation
Regression toward the mean
Regressive tax
Regular settlement
Regular way settlement
Regulated commodities
Regulated investment company
Regulation A
Regulation D
Regulation FD (fair disclosure)
Regulation G
Regulation M
Regulation Q
Regulation T
Regulation T Calls
Regulation U
Regulations
Regulatory accounting procedures (RAP)
Regulatory pricing risk
Regulatory surplus
Rehypothecation
Reimbursement
Reinstatement
Reinsurance
Reinvestment
Reinvestment date
Reinvestment effect
Reinvestment privilege
Reinvestment rate
Reinvestment risk
Reinvoicing center
REIT
Rejection
Relative form of purchasing power parity
Relative PE
Relative purchasing power parity (RPPP)
Relative strength
Relative strength index
Relative value
Relative yield
Relative yield spread
Release
Release clause
Reliquify
Reload Stock Option
Remainderman
Remaining maturity
Remaining principal balance
Remargining
Rembrandt market
REMIC
Remit
Remote disbursement
Renegotiable rate
Renewable term life insurance
Renewal
Rent
Rent control
Rental lease
REO
Reoffering yield
Reopen an issue
Reopening
Reorg (or Corporate Action or Reorganization)
Reorganization
Reorganization bond
Repatriation
Replacement Chain
Replacement cost
Replacement cost accounting
Replacement cost insurance
Replacement cycle
Replacement value
Replacement-chain problem
Replicating portfolio
Repo
Repo 105
Report
Report of Condition and Income
Reported factor
Reporting currency
Representations
Repricing
Reproducible assets
Repurchase agreement
Repurchase of stock
Required minimum distribution (RMD)
Required Rate of Return (RRR)
Required reserves
Required return
Required yield
Rescaled Range (R/S) Analysis
Rescheduled loans
Rescind
Research and development (R&D)
Research and development limited partnership
Research department
Research portable
Reservation price
Reserve
Reserve account
Reserve currency
Reserve ratios
Reserve requirements
Reset bonds
Reset frequency
Residential mortgage
Residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS)
Residential property
Residual
Residual assets
Residual claim
Residual cover
Residual dividend approach
Residual method
Residual Return
Residual risk
Residual value
Residuals
Resiliency
Resistance
Resistance level
Resolution
Resolution Funding Corporation (RefCorp)
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Restricted
Restricted account
Restricted Securities
Restricted stock
Restricted Stock Award
Restricted stock units
Restricted surplus
Restrictive covenants
Restrictive endorsement
Restructuring
Resyndication limited partnership
Retail
Retail credit
Retail house
Retail investors
Retail price
Retained earnings
Retained earnings statement
Retention
Retention rate
Retire
Retirement
Retirement Protection Act of 1994
Retracement
Retransmittal notice
Return
Return if Exercised
Return of capital
Return on assets (ROA)
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Return on equity (ROE)
Return on investment (ROI)
Return on sales
Return on total assets
Return-to-maturity expectations
REU
Reuters
Revaluation
Revenue Anticipation Note (RAN)
Revenue bond
Revenue fund
Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993
Revenue sharing
Revenues
Reversal
Reversal Arbitrage
Reverse a swap
Reverse auction
Reverse conversion
Reverse entries
Reverse leverage
Reverse leveraged buyout
Reverse mortgage
Reverse price risk
Reverse repo
Reverse shell merger
Reverse stock split
Reverse subsidiary merger
Reverse takeover
Reverse triangular merger
Reverse-annuity mortgages (RAM)
Reversing trade
Reversion
Revised estimate
Revisionary trust
Revocable letter of credit
Revocable trust
Revolver
Revolving credit
Revolving credit agreement
Revolving credit facility
Revolving line of credit
Reward-to-volatility ratio
Rich
RICO
Rider
Riding the yield curve
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
Rigged market
Right
Right here
Right of accumulation
Right of first refusal
Right of redemption
Right of rescission
Rights Agreement (aka "Poison Pill")
Rights of set-off
Rights offering
Rights offering
Rights-on
Rings
Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange (Bolsa do Rio)
Rising bottoms
Risk
Risk arbitrage
Risk classes
Risk controlled arbitrage
Risk factor
Risk indexes
Risk lover
Risk management
Risk on, risk off or RORO
Risk premium
Risk premium approach
Risk profile
Risk seeker
Risk tolerance
Risk transfer
Risk-adjusted discount rate
Risk-adjusted profitability
Risk-adjusted return
Risk-averse
Risk-based capital ratio
Risk-free asset
Risk-Free Interest Rate
Risk-free rate
Risk-neutral
Risk-prone
Risk-return trade-off
Risk-return tradeoff
Risk-reward ratio
Riskless arbitrage
Riskless or risk-free asset
Riskless rate
Riskless rate of return
Riskless transaction
Risky asset
RMBS
RO
ROA (1)
ROA (2)
Road show
Robo-signers
ROCE
Rocket scientist
ROE
ROI
ROL
ROL
Roll down
Roll forward
Roll order
Roll over
Roll up
Roll's Critique
Roll, Richard
Rolling of Futures
Rollover
Rollover IRA
Ross, Stephen
Rotation
Roth IRA
ROU
Round lot
Round-trip trade
Round-trip transactions costs
Round-turn
Royalty
RPPP
RS
RSA
RSI
RU
RUB
Rubber check
Rule 13-d
Rule 14-d
Rule 144
Rule 144a
Rule 405
Rule 415
Rule lOb-5
Rule of 72
Rule of Absolute Priority
Rules of fair practice
Rumortrage
Rump
Run
Rundown
Running ahead
Runoff
RUS
Russell 1000
Russell 2000
Russell 3000
Russell Indexes
Russian Exchange
Russian Trading System (RTS)
RW
RWA
RWF