Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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U-turn transactions
U.S. Dollar Index
U.S. Treasury securities
UA
UAH
UBTI
UCITS
UCITS
UCITS II
UCITS III
UCITS IV
UCITS V
UCITS VI
UDN
UG
UGA
UGX
UKR
Ultra vires activities
Ultra-short-term bond fund
Ultradot
UM
Umbrella personal liability policy
Umbrella policy
UMI
Unamortized bond discount
Unamortized premiums on investments
Unbiased expectations hypothesis
Unbiased predictor
Unbundling
Uncentillion
Uncollected funds
Uncollectible account
Unconfirmed Letter of Credit
Uncovered call
Uncovered call writing
Uncovered options
Uncovered put
Uncovered Put writing
Undecillion
Under the belt
Underbanked
Underbooked
Undercapitalized
Underfunded pension plan
Underinvestment problem
Underlying
Underlying asset
Underlying debt
Underlying futures contract
Underlying security
Undermargined account
Underperform
Underpricing
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS I)
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS)
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities II (UCITS II)
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities III (UCITS III)
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities IV (UCITS IV)
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities V (UCITS V)
Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities VI (UCITS VI)
Undervalued
Undervalued security
Underweight
Underwithholding
Underwrite
Underwriter
Underwriter's discount
Underwriting
Underwriting agreement
Underwriting Commission
Underwriting fee
Underwriting income
Underwriting spread
Underwriting syndicate
Underwritten offering
Undigested securities
Undistributable reserve
Undiversifiable risk
Unearned income (revenue)
Unearned interest
Unemployment rate
Unencumbered
Unequal Voting
Unfavorable Balance of Trade
Unfunded debt
Unfunded pension plan
Unified tax credit
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Uniform Customs and Practices (Brochure 500)
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)
Uniform practice code
Uniform Rules for Collections
Uniform securities agent state law examination
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA)
Unilateral transfers
Unincorporated joint venture
Uninsured motorist insurance
Uninvested
Unique Diversification Benefit
Unique risk
Unissued stock
Unit
Unit benefit formula
Unit investment trust
Unit of trading
Unit Share Investment Trust (USIT)
Unit trust
United States Customs Service
United States government securities
Universal life
Universe of securities
Unleveraged beta
Unleveraged program
Unleveraged required return
Unlevered cost of equity
Unlimited liability
Unlimited marital deduction
Unlimited tax bond
Unlisted security
Unlisted trading
Unloading
Unmargined account
Unmatched book
Unnonagintillion
Unoctogintillion
Unpaid dividend
Unquadragintillion
Unqualified opinion
Unquinquagintillion
Unrealized capital gain/loss
Unrelated Business Tax Income
Unseasoned issue
Unsecured debt
Unseptuagintillion
Unsexagintillion
Unsterilized intervention
Unsystematic risk
Untrigintillion
Unvigintillion
Unwind a trade
Up
Up market
Up tick
Up volume
Upgrading
Upset price
Upside potential
Upsize option
Upstairs market
Upstairs order
Upswing
Uptick rule
Uptick trade
Upturn
URY
US
US Treasury bill
US Treasury bond
US Treasury note
USA
Usance
Usance Draft
Usance Letter of Credit
USD
Useful life
Usufruct
Usury
Usury laws
Utility
Utility function
Utility revenue bond
Utility value
UUP
UY
UYU
UZ
UZB
UZS