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A
A-Share
AAA
AARP
Absolute Breadth Index - ABI
Academy Of Financial Divorce Practitioners
Accelerated Cost Recovery System - ACRS
Accelerated Share Repurchase - ASR
Accidental Death And Dismemberment Insurance - AD&D
Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions - AAOIFI
Accounting Rate of Return - ARR
Accounts Payable - AP
Accounts Receivable - AR
Accounts Receivable Conversion - ARC
Accumulative Swing Index - ASI
Acquired Fund Fees And Expenses - AFFE
Activity Based Budgeting - ABB
Activity Based Management - ABM
ADF (Andorran Franc)
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage - ARM
Adjusted Cost Base - ACB
Adjusted Gross Income - AGI
Adjusted Present Value - APV
Advance/Decline Line - A/D
AFA (Afghanistan Afghani)
African Development Bank - ADB
After Tax Operating Income - ATOI
After-Hours Trading - AHT
Agricultural Sector Investment Program - ASIP
All Or None - AON
Alliance Of American Insurers - AAI
Alternative Minimum Tax - AMT
American Bankers Association - ABA
American Depositary Receipt - ADR
American Institute Of Banking - AIB
American National Standards Institute - ANSI
American Stock Exchange - AMEX
ANG (Netherlands Antilles Guilder)
Annual Equivalent Rate - AER
Annual General Meeting - AGM
Annual Percentage Rate - APR
Annual Percentage Yield - APY
Annual Renewable Term (ART) Insurance
Anti-Money Laundering - AML
Arbitrage Pricing Theory - APT
Arbitrage Trading Program - ATP
Archer MSA
Arms Index - TRIN
Asia Ex-Japan
Asian Bond Fund - ABF
Asian Currency Unit - ACU
Asset Management Company - AMC
Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction - ASCOT
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper - ABCP
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Fund Liquidity Facility - AMLF
Asset-Liability Committee - ALCO
Assets Under Management - AUM
Assumed Interest Rate - AIR
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - ADSL
Athens Stock Exchange - ATHEX
Auction Market Preferred Stock - AMPS
AUD
AUD (Australian Dollar)
AUD/USD (Australian Dollar/U.S. Dollar)
Australian Stock Exchange - ASX
Automated Bond System - ABS
Automated Confirmation Transaction Service - ACT
Automated Customer Account Transfer Service - ACATS
Automated Teller Machine - ATM
Automatic Investment Plan - AIP
Automatic Transfer Service - ATS
Average Annual Growth Rate - AAGR
Average Annual Return - AAR
Average Daily Trading Volume - ADTV
Average Directional Index - ADX
Average Margin Per User - AMPU
Average Qualitative Opinion - AQO
Average True Range - ATR
AWG (Aruban Florin)
Bahrain Stock Exchange - BSE
Balance Of Payments - BOP
Balance Of Trade - BOT
Baltic Dry Index - BDI
Bank Bill Swap Bid Rate - BBSY
Bank For International Settlements - BIS
Bank Identification Number - BIN
Bank Investment Contract - BIC
Bank Marketing Association - BMA
Bank of England - BoE
Bank Of Japan - BoJ
Bank Secrecy Act - BSA
Bank-Owned Life Insurance - BOLI
Banker's Acceptance - BA
Banking And Securities Industry Committee - BASIC
Barrel Of Oil Equivalent (BOE)
Barrels Per Day - B/D
Basis Point - BPS
BBD (Barbados Dollar)
Beginning Inventory - BI
Beirut Stock Exchange - BSE
Benefit Cost Ratio - BCR
Bermuda Stock Exchange - BSX
BGN (Bulgarian Lev)
BHD (Bahraini Dinar)
BIF (Burundi Franc)
BMD (Bermudian Dollar)
BND (Brunei Dollar)
Board Certified In Estate Planning - BCE
Board Of Directors - B Of D
BOB (Bolivian Boliviano)
Bolsa Boliviana de Valores - BBV
Bond Anticipation Note - BAN
Bond Equity Earnings Yield Ratio - BEER
Bond Equivalent Yield - BEY
Bond Market Association (BMA) Swap
Boston Equities Exchange - BEX
Boston Options Exchange - BOX
Brazil, Russia, India And China - BRIC
BRL (Brazilian Real)
Broker Booth Support System - BBSS
Broker Price Opinion - BPO
BSD (Bahamian Dollar)
Bureau Of Labor Statistics - BLS
Business Development Company - BDC
Buy-In Management Buyout - BIMBO
CAD
CAD (Canadian Dollar)
Calculated Intangible Value - CIV
Canada Education Savings Grant - CESG
Canada Pension Plan - CPP
Canada Revenue Agency - CRA
Canada's New Stock Exchange - CNQ
Canadian Capital Markets Association - CCMA
Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation - CDIC
Canadian Investor Protection Fund - CIPF
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation - CMHC
Canadian Securities Course™ - CSC™
Cancellation Of Debt - COD
Capital Cost Allowance - CCA
Capital Dividend Account - CDA
Capital Expenditure - CAPEX
Capital Gains Exposure - CGE
Capital Market Line - CML
Capital Purchase Program - CPP
Cash Available For Debt Service - CADS
Cash Conversion Cycle - CCC
Cash Distribution Per Unit - CDPU
Cash Earnings Per Share - Cash EPS
Cash Flow
Cash Flow After Taxes - CFAT
Cash Flow Per Share
Cash Flow Return on Investment - CFROI
Cash Management Bill - CMB
Cash On Delivery - COD
Cash Return on Gross Investment - CROGI
CBOE Nasdaq Volatility Index - VXN
Cease And Desist
Center For Research In Security Prices - CRSP
Central Limit Theorem - CLT
Central Provident Fund - CPF
Centre For European Policy Studies - CEPS
Certificate Of Deposit - CD
Certificate Of Government Receipts - COUGRs
Certificate Of Origin - CO
Certificate of Participation - COP
Certified Annuity Specialist - CAS
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst - CDFA
Certified Financial Divorce Practitioner - CFDP
Certified Fund Specialist - CFS
Certified Investment Management Consultant - CIMC
Certified Investment Management Specialist - CIMS
Certified Public Accountant - CPA
Certified Senior Consultant - CSC
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
Chartered Business Valuator - CBV
Chartered Financial Analyst - CFA
Chartered Financial Consultant - ChFC
Chartered Investment Counselor - CIC
Chartered Life Underwriter - CLU
Chartered Market Technician - CMT
Cheapest to Deliver - CTD
CHF
CHF (Swiss Franc)
Chicago Board Options Exchange - CBOE
Chief Executive Officer - CEO
Chief Financial Officer - CFO
Chief Investment Officer - CIO
Chief Operating Officer - COO
Chief Security Officer - CSO
China Investment Corporation (CIC)
China Securities Regulatory Commission - CSRC
Chinese Depositary Receipt - CDR
CINS Number
Civil Money Penalty - CMP
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System - CHESS
Close Location Value - CLV
CLP (Chilean Peso)
CMBX Indexes
CNY
CNY (China Yuan Renminbi)
Coefficient Of Variation - CV
Collateralized Debt Obligation - CDO
Collateralized Loan Obligation - CLO
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation - CMO
Combined Loan To Value Ratio - CLTV Ratio
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
Commercial Paper Funding Facility - CPFF
Commodity Futures Trading Commission - CFTC
Commodity Research Bureau Index - CRB
Commodity Selection Index - CSI
Commodity Trading Advisor - CTA
Community Development Financial Institution - CDFI
Community Reinvestment Act - CRA
Company Owned Life Insurance - COLI
Compound Accreted Value - CAV
Compound Annual Growth Rate - CAGR
Compulsory Convertible Debenture - CCD
Conditional Prepayment Rate - CPR
Connie Lee - College Construction Loan Insurance Association - CCLIA
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - COBRA
Constant Default Rate - CDR
Constant Proportion Debt Obligation - CPDO
Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance - CPPI
Consumer Confidence Index - CCI
Consumer Packaged Goods - CPG
Consumer Price Index - CPI
Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners And Clerical Workers - CPI-W
Consumption Capital Asset Pricing Model - CCAPM
Contingent Convertibles - CoCos
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)
Contingent Value Rights - CVR
Controlled Foreign Corporation - CFC
COP
Copenhagen Stock Exchange - CSE
Corporate Governance Quotient - CGQ
Cost and Freight - CFR
Cost Of Goods Sold - COGS
Cost Per Click - CPC
Cost Per Thousand - CPM
Cost, Insurance and Freight - CIF
Council of Economic Advisors - CEA
Coupon
Coupon Equivalent Rate - CER
CRC
Credit Linked Note - CLN
Cumulative Volume Index - CVI
CUP
Currency Adjustment Factor - CAF
Currency Pair: EUR/USD (Euro/U.S. Dollar)
Currency Transaction Report - CTR
Current Cost of Supplies - CCS
CUSIP Number
Custom Adjustable Rate Debt Structure - CARDS
Customer To Customer - C To C
Customer Type Indicator Codes - CTI
CVE
CYP
CZK
D
Daily Average Revenue Trades - DARTs
DAX
Days Payable Outstanding - DPO
Days Sales Of Inventory - DSI
Days Sales Outstanding - DSO
Debt Exchangeable for Common Stock - DECS
Debt-Service Coverage Ratio - DSCR
Debt-To-Income Ratio - DTI
Debtor In Possession - DIP
Debtor-In-Possession Financing - DIP Financing
Defensive Interval Ratio
Deferred Acquisition Costs - DAC
Degree Of Relative Liquidity - DRL
Delivered At Frontier - DAF
Delivered Duty Paid - DDP
Delivered Ex Quay - DEQ
Delivered Ex Ship - DES
Delivery Versus Payment - DVP
Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian - DWAC
Depository Transfer Check - DTC
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation - DTCC
Depository Trust Company - DTC
Depository Trust Company Tracking - DTCT
Derivatives Transaction Execution Facility - DTEF
Designated Order Turnaround - DOT (SuperDOT)
Dhaka Stock Exchange - DSE
Direct Access Trading - DAT
Direct Participation Program - DPP
Direct Stock Purchase Plan - DSPP
Directional Movement Index - DMI
Discounted Cash Flow - DCF
Discounts For Lack Of Marketability - DLOM
Distributable Net Income - DNI
Dividend Discount Model - DDM
Dividend Enhanced Convertible Stock - DECS
Dividend Per Share - DPS
Dividend Reinvestment Plan - DRIP
Dividends Received Deduction - DRD
DJF
DKK
Do It Right The First Time - DRIFT
Do Not Increase - DNI
Do Not Reduce - DNR
Dollar-Cost Averaging - DCA
Don't Know - DK
DOP
Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index - DJ-AIGCI
Dow Jones Industrial Average - DJIA
Dow Jones Transportation Average - DJTA
Dow Jones Utility Average - DJUA
Down-and-In Option
Down-and-Out Option
Dual Income, No Kids - DINKS
Dually Employed With Kids - DEWKS
Earned Income Credit - EIC
Earnings Before Interest & Tax - EBIT
Earnings Before Interest After Taxes - EBIAT
Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation And Amortization - EBIDA
Earnings Before Interest, Tax and Depreciation - EBITD
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Amortization And Exceptional Items - EBITAE
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization - EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization And Special Losses - EBITDAL
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Restructuring or Rent Costs - EBITDAR
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Exploration Expenses - EBITDAX
Earnings Before Tax - EBT
Earnings Per Share - EPS
EBITDARM
Economic Growth And Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 - EGTRRA
Economic Order Quantity - EOQ
Economic Value Added - EVA
Economic Value Of Equity - EVE
EEK
Efficient Market Hypothesis - EMH
EGP
Electronic Communication Network - ECN
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval - EDGAR
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System - EFTPS
Electronic Payments Network - EPN
Email Money Transfer - EMT
Emerging Issues Task Force - EITF
Emerging Markets Bond Index - EMBI
Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement - ERPA
Employee Benefits Security Administration - EBSA
Employee Buyout - EBO
Employee Retirement Income Security Act - ERISA
Employee Share Ownership Trust - ESOT
Employee Stock Option - ESO
Employee Stock Ownership Plan - ESOP
Employment And Training Administration - ETA
Employment Cost Index - ECI
Energy Information Administration - EIA
Enhanced Index Fund - EIF
Enhanced Oil Recovery - EOR
Enterprise Multiple
Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP
Enterprise Value - EV
Equated Monthly Installment - EMI
Equity Capital Market - ECM
Equity Linked Note - ELN
Equity Market Capitalization
Equity Premium Puzzle - EPP
ETB
EUR
Euro Interbank Offer Rate - EURIBOR
Euro Medium Term Note - EMTN
Euro Overnight Index Average - EONIA
Europe, Australasia, Far East - EAFE
Europe, Middle East and Africa - EMEA
European Capital Markets Institute - ECMI
European Central Bank - ECB
European Community - EC
European Credit Research Institute - ECRI
European Currency Unit - ECU
European Economic and Monetary Union - EMU
European Monetary System - EMS
Ex Works - EXW
Exchange-Traded Fund - ETF
Expense Ratio
Exponential Moving Average - EMA
Exposure At Default - EAD
eXtensible Business Reporting Language - XBRL
F
Fair And Accurate Credit Transactions Act - FACTA
Family Limited Partnership - FLP
Farm Credit System - FCS
Federal Communications Commission - FCC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - FDIC
Federal Farm Credit System - FFCS
Federal Home Loan Bank System - FHLB
Federal Insurance Contributions Act - FICA
Federal Open Market Committee - FOMC
Federal Reserve Board - FRB
Federal Trade Commission - FTC
FICO Score
Fill Or Kill - FOK
Financial Accounting Standards Board - FASB
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - FinCEN
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - FINRA
Finding And Development - F&D
First In, First Out - FIFO
Fiscal Year - FY
Five Against Bond Spread - FAB
FJD
FKP
Flexible Exchange Option - FLEX
Flexible Spending Account - FSA
Floating-Rate Note - FRN
Flow Of Funds - FOF
FMAN
Food And Drug Administration - FDA
Foreclosure - FCL
Foreign Credit Insurance Association - FCIA
Foreign Currency Fixed Deposit - FCFD
Foreign Exchange Dealers Association Of India - FEDAI
Foreign Exchange Market
Foreign Institutional Investor - FII
Foreign Invested Enterprise - FIE
Foreign Official Dollar Reserves - FRODOR
Forex - FX
Form ADV
Forward Rate Agreement - FRA
Forward Triangular Merger
Freddie Mac - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp - FHLMC
Free Alongside - FAS
Free Asset Ratio - FAR
Free Cash Flow - FCF
Free Cash Flow For The Firm - FCFF
Free On Board - FOB
FTSE
Fully Convertible Debenture - FCD
Funds From Operations - FFO
Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment - FF&E
Future Value - FV
Futures Industry Association - FIA
G
GBP
GBP/USD (British Pound/U.S. Dollar)
General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade - GATT
General Collateral Financing Trades - GCF
General Obligation Bond - GO
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - GAAP
GHC
Ginnie Mae - Government National Mortgage Association - GNMA
GIP
Glass-Steagall Act
Global Depositary Receipt - GDR
Global Financial Stability Report - GFSR
Global Industry Classification Standard - GICS
Global Investment Performance Standards - GIPS
Global Registered Share
GMD
GNF - Guinea Franc
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index - GSCI
Good 'Til Canceled - GTC
Good This Month - GTM
Good This Week - GTW
Gordon Growth Model
Government Securities Clearing Corporation - GSCC
Government-Sponsored Enterprise - GSE
Government-Sponsored Retirement Arrangement - GSRA
Gross Debt Service Ratio - GDS
Gross Domestic Income - GDI
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
Gross National Product - GNP
Gross Processing Margin - GPM
Group of Five - G-5
Group Of Seven - G-7
Group of Ten - G10
Growth At A Reasonable Price - GARP
Guaranteed Investment (Interest) Certificate - GIC
Guaranteed Investment Contract - GIC
Guaranteed Investment Fund - GIF
Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit - GLWB
Guppy Multiple Moving Average - GMMA
GYD (Guyanese Dollar)
Hang Seng Index - HSI
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices - HICP
Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act - HIPAA
Health Reimbursement Account - HRA
Health Savings Account - HSA
Healthcare Power Of Attorney - HCPA
Heath-Jarrow-Morton Model - HJM Model
Heating Degree Day - HDD
High Earners, Not Rich Yet - HENRYs
High Minus Low - HML
High Net Worth Individual - HNWI
High-Deductible Health Plan - HDHP
Highest In, First Out - HIFO
Highly Leveraged Transaction - HLT
HKD (Hong Kong Dollars)
HNL
HNL (Honduran Lempira)
Holding Company Depository Receipt - HOLDR
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage - HECM
Home Equity Line Of Credit - HELOC
Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate - HIBOR
HTG
HTG (Haitian Gourde)
HUF
HUF (Hungarian Forint)
Hundred Weight - Cwt
HyperText Markup Language - HTML
IDR
IDR (Indonesian Rupiah)
ILS
ILS (Israeli New Shequel)
Implied Volatility - IV
Incentive Stock Option - ISO
Income In Respect Of A Decedent - IRD
Incremental Capital Output Ratio - ICOR
Index Amortizing Note - IAN
Indicative Net Asset Value - iNAV
Individual Development Account - IDA
Individual Retirement Account - IRA
Industrial Development Revenue Bonds - IDRBs
Industrial Production Index - IPI
Industry Classification Benchmark - ICB
Inflation-Protected Annuity - IPA
Inflation-Protected Security - IPS
Initial Public Offering - IPO
INR
INR (Indian Rupee)
Institute For Divorce Financial Analysts - IDFA
Institutional Brokers' Estimate System - IBES
Insufficient Funds
Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust - IDGT
Interest Rate Differential - IRD
Interest Rate Parity
Internal Rate Of Return - IRR
Internal Revenue Service - IRS
International Accounting Standards - IAS
International Association of Financial Engineers - IAFE
International Bank Account Number - IBAN
International Banking Facility - IBF
International Commodities Clearing House - ICCH
International Competitive Bidding - ICB
International Depository Receipt - IDR
International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS
International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement - IFEMA
International Organization Of Securities Commissions - IOSCO
International Securities Exchange - ISE
International Securities Identification Number - ISIN
International Securities Market Association - ISMA
International Swaps and Derivatives Association - ISDA
Internet Service Provider - ISP
Interpolated Yield Curve - I Curve
Introducing Broker - IB
Investment Bank - IB
Investment Company Institute - ICI
Investment Policy Statement - IPS
Investor Relations - IR
IQD
IQD (Iraqi Dinar)
IRR
IRR (Iranian Rial)
Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock - ICULS
Irrevocable Letter Of Credit - ILOC
ISK
ISK (Icelandic Króna)
Islamic Financial Services Board - IFSB
ISLM Model
JAJO
Japanese Government Bond - JGB
JMD
JMD (Jamaican Dollar)
JOD
JOD (Jordanian Dinar)
Joint Tenants in Common - JTIC
Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship - JTWROS
JPY
JPY (Japanese Yen)
Junior Capital Pool - JCP
Just In Case - JIC
Just In Time - JIT
KES
KES (Kenyan Shilling)
KHR
KHR (Cambodian Riel)
Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings - KIPPERS
KMF
KMF (Comorian Franc)
Know Your Client - KYC
Korean Composite Stock Price Indexes - KOSPI
KPW
KPW (North Korean Won)
KRW
KRW (Korean Won)
KSOP
KWD
KWD (Kuwaiti Dinar)
KYD
KYD (Cayman Islands Dollar)
KZT
KZT (Kazakhstan Tenge)
Lady Godiva Accounting Principles - LGAP
LAK
LAK (Lao Kip)
Last In, First Out - LIFO
Last Twelve Months - LTM
LBP
LBP (Lebanese Pound)
Letter of Intent - LOI
Leveraged Buyout - LBO
Liability Driven Investment - LDI
Licensed International Financial Analyst - LIFA
Limited Liability Company - LLC
Limited Partnership - LP
Line Of Credit - LOC
Liquid Yield Option Note - LYON
LKR (Sri Lankan Rupee)
Loan Credit Default Swap (LCDS)
Loan Participation Note - LPN
Loan To Value Ratio - LTV Ratio
London Interbank Offered Rate - LIBOR
Long Run Incremental Cost - LRIC
Long-Run Average Total Cost - LRATC
Long-Term Capital Management - LTCM
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities - LEAPS
Long-Term Growth - LTG
Long-Term Incentive Plan - LTIP
LSL
LTL
LVL
LVL (Latvian Lat)
LYD
LYD (Libyan Dinar)
MAD
MAD (Moroccan Dirham)
Management And Employee Buyout - MEBO
Management Buyout - MBO
Management Discussion and Analysis - MD&A
Manager Of Managers - MOM
Marginal Propensity To Consume - MPC
Marginal Social Cost - MSC
Mark To Market - MTM
Market Identifier Code - MIC
Market If Touched - MIT
Market On Close - MOC
Market Technicians Association - MTA
Market Value Added - MVA
Market versus Quote - MVQ
Master Limited Partnership - MLP
Master Of Business Administration (MBA)
Matched Sale-Purchase Agreement - MSPA
Maturity by Maturity Bidding - MBM
Medical Savings Account - MSA
Medium Term Note - MTN
Message Authentication Code - MAC
Metropolitan Statistical Area - MSA
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - MCSI
MJSD
MMK
MMK (Myanmar Kyat)
MNT
MNT (Mongolian Tugrug)
Modern Portfolio Theory - MPT
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System - MACRS
Modified Internal Rate Of Return - MIRR
Modigliani-Miller Theorem - M&M
Monetary Conditions Index - MCI
Monetary Union Index Of Consumer Prices - MUICP
Money Flow Index - MFI
Money Market Account
Money Market Investor Funding Facility - MMIFF
Money Zero Maturity - MZM
MOP
MOP (Macanese Pataca)
Morgan Stanley Capital International - MSCI
Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World Index Ex-U.S. - MSCI ACWI Ex-U.S.
Mortgage Bankers Association - MBA
Mortgage Cash Flow Obligation - MCFO
Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS)
Most Recent Quarter - MRQ
Moving Average - MA
Moving Average Convergence Divergence - MACD
MRO
MRO (Mauritanian Ouguiya)
MTL
MTL (Maltese Lira)
Multinational Corporation - MNC
Multiple Linear Regression - MLR
Municipal Convertible
Municipals-Over-Bonds Spread - MOB
MUR
MUR (Mauritius Rupee)
Must Be Filled - MBF
MVR
MVR (Maldivian Rufiyaa)
MWK
MWK (Malawian Kwacha)
MXN
MXN (Mexican Peso)
MYR (Malaysian Ringgit)
MZM
MZM (Mozambique Metical)
N
NAD
NAD (Namibian Dollar)
Nasdaq
National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors - NAIFA
National Association of Investors Corporation - NAIC
National Association Of Mortgage Brokers - NAMB
National Association Of Real Estate Investment Trusts - NAREIT
National Association Of Securities Dealers - NASD
National Best Bid and Offer - NBBO
National Futures Association - NFA
National Market System - NMS
National Registration Database - NRD
National Securities Clearing Corporation - NSCC
National Securities Markets Improvement Act - NSMIA
National Stock Exchange Of India Limited - NSE
Near Term - NT
Negative Volume Index - NVI
Negotiable Certificate Of Deposit (NCD)
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) Account
Net Advantage To Leasing - NAL
Net Asset Value - NAV
Net Asset Value Per Share - NAVPS
Net Current Asset Value Per Share - NCAVPS
Net Domestic Product - NDP
Net Income - NI
Net Interest Margin Securities - NIMS
Net National Product - NNP
Net Operating Income - NOI
Net Operating Profit After Tax - NOPAT
Net Operating Profit Less Adjusted Taxes - NOPLAT
Net Present Value - NPV
New Fund Offer - NFO
New York Board Of Trade - NYBOT
New York Mercantile Exchange - NYMEX
NGN
NGN (Nigerian Naira)
NIO
NIO (Nicaraguan Cordoba)
NMF
NOK
Non-Deliverable Forward - NDF
Non-Deliverable Swap - NDS
Non-Performing Loan (NPL)
Non-REO Foreclosure
Noon Average Rate Contract - NARC
Normal Market Size
Normal-Course Issuer Bid-NCIB
North American Industry Classification System - NAICS
North American Loan Credit Default Swap Index - LCDX
Note Against Bond Spread - NOB
Note Issuance Facility - NIF
NPR
NZD
NZD/USD (New Zealand Dollar/U.S. Dollar)
OEX
Office Of Foreign Asset Control - OFAC
Office Of Thrift Supervision - OTS
Offshore Banking Unit - OBU
OHLC Chart
Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Program - OASDI
OMR
On-Balance Volume - OBV
Open Market Operations - OMO
Operating Cash Flow - OCF
Operating Income Before Depreciation And Amortization - OIBDA
Optimized Portfolio as Listed Securities - OPALS
Option Adjusted Spread - OAS
Options Price Reporting Authority - OPRA
Order Audit Trail System - OATS
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC
Original Equipment Manufacturer - OEM
Original Issue Discount - OID
Other Post-Employment Benefits - OPEB
Over-The-Counter - OTC
Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board - OTCBB
Over-The-Counter Market
Overcollateralization - OC
Overnight Index Swap
Owners' Equivalent Rent - OER
P To P (Peer To Peer) or (Path To Profitability)
PAB
Pacific Exchange - PCX
Partially Convertible Debenture - PCD
Passive Foreign Investment Company - PFIC
Payable On Death - POD
Payment In-Kind - PIK
PEN
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - PBGC
Pension Protection Act Of 2006 - PPA
Percentage Price Oscillator - PPO
Permanent Capital Vehicle - PCV
Personal Consumption Expenditures - PCE
Personal Identification Number - PIN
PGK
Philadelphia Semiconductor Index - SOX
Philadelphia Stock Exchange - PHLX
PHLX Housing Sector Index - HGX
PHP
PKR
Planned Urban Development - PUD
PLN
Point of Purchase - POP
Polarized Fractal Efficiency - PFE
Ponzi Mania
Positive Volume Index - PVI
Preference Equity Redemption Cumulative Stock - PERCS
Preferred Equity Redemption Stock - PERC
Preferred Redeemable Increased Dividend Equity Security - PRIDES
Premium Adjustable Convertible Security - PEACS
Present Value Interest Factor Of Annuity - PVIFA
Price By Volume Chart - PBV
Price Level Adjusted Mortgage - PLAM
Price Rate Of Change - ROC
Price Value of a Basis Point - PVBP
Price-Earnings Ratio - P/E Ratio
Price-To-Sales Ratio - Price/Sales
Price/Earnings To Growth - PEG Ratio
Price/Earnings to Growth and Dividend Yield - PEGY Ratio
Primary Dealer Credit Facility - PDCF
Principal-Protected Note - PPN
Private Activity Bond - PAB
Private Investment in Public Equity - PIPE
Private Mortgage Insurance - PMI
Probability Density Function - PDF
Producer Price Index - PPI
Production Possibility Frontier - PPF
Profit and Loss Statement - P&L
Profit Before Tax - PBT
Proof Of Funds - POF
Property, Plant And Equipment - PP&E
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - PCAOB
Public Income Notes - PINES
Public Limited Company - PLC
Public Offering Price - POP
Public Securities Association Standard Prepayment Model - PSA
Purchasing Managers' Index - PMI
PYG
QAR (Qatari Riyal)
Qualified Adoption Expenses - QAE
Qualified Institutional Buyer - QIB
Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity - QPSA
Qualified Production Activities Income - QPAI
Qualified Special Representative Agreement - QSR
Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust
Quality Spread Differential - QSD
Quarter On Quarter - QOQ
Quarter To Date - QTD
Quarterly Income Preferred Securities - QUIPS
Real Estate Investment Trust - REIT
Real Estate Limited Partnership - RELP
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit - REMIC
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits - REMIC
Real Estate Operating Company - REOC
Real Time Gross Settlement - RTGS
Receive Versus Payment - RVP
Refunding Escrow Deposits - REDs
Registered Education Savings Plan - RESP
Registered Investment Advisor - RIA
Registered Pension Plan - RPP
Registered Retirement Income Fund - RRIF
Registered Retirement Savings Plan - RRSP
Regulated Investment Company - RIC
Relative Strength
Relative Strength Index - RSI
Relative Vigor Index - RVI
Renewable Energy Certificate - REC
Research And Development - R&D
Reserve Bank Of India - RBI
Residual Interest Bonds - RIBS
Retail Price Index - RPI
Return On Assets - ROA
Return On Average Equity - ROAE
Return On Capital Employed - ROCE
Return On Equity - ROE
Return On Invested Capital - ROIC
Return On Investment - ROI
Return On Net Assets - RONA
Return On New Invested Capital - RONIC
Return On Revenue - ROR
Return On Risk-Adjusted Capital - RORAC
Return On Sales - ROS
Return On Total Assets - ROTA
Revenue Agent's Report - RAR
Revenue Anticipation Note - RAN
Revenue Per Available Room - RevPAR
Revenue Per Occupied Room - RevPOR
Revenue Per User - RPU
Revenue Seat Miles - RPM
Reverse Convertible Bond - RCB
Reverse Convertible Note - RCN
Revolving Underwriting Facility - RUF
Risk-Adjusted Return On Capital - RAROC
Risk-Free Rate Puzzle - RFRP
RON (Romanian New Leu)
Round Trip Transaction Costs
Routing Transit Number - RTN
RSD (Serbian Dinar)
RUB (Russian Ruble)
Rural Housing Service - RHS
S
S&P/ASX 200 Index
Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension Plan - SARSEP
Sales And Purchase Agreement - SPA
SAR (Saudi Riyal)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 - SOX
Savings Incentive Match Plan For Employees Of Small Employers - SIMPLE
SBD
SBD (Solomon Islands Dollar)
SCR
SCR (Seychelles Rupee)
SDD
SDD (Sudanese Dinar)
SDP
SDP (Sudanese Pound)
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate - SAAR
Securities And Exchange Board Of India - SEBI
Securities And Exchange Commission - SEC
Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association - SIFMA
Securities Industry Regulatory Authority - SIRA
Securities Investor Protection Corporation - SIPC
Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program - STAMP
Security Market Line - SML
SEK
SEK (Swedish Krona)
Selling, General & Administrative Expense - SG&A
SGD
SGD (Singapore Dollar)
Shadow Open Market Committee - SOMC
Share Of Wallet - SOW
Shared-Appreciation Mortgage - SAM
Shareholder Value Added - SVA
Short-Term Investment Fund - STIF
SHP
SHP (Saint Helena Pound)
Simple Moving Average - SMA
Simplified Employee Pension - SEP (Simplified Employee Pension IRA)
Singapore Interbank Offered Rate - SIBOR
Single Euro Payment Area - SEPA
Single Payment Options Trading - SPOT
Single Stock Future - SSF
SIT
SIT (Slovenian Tolar)
SKK (Slovak Koruna)
SLL (Sierra Leone Leone)
Small Order Execution System - SOES
Social Security Administration - SSA
Social Security Number - SSN
Socially Responsible Investment - SRI
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications - SWIFT
SOS (Somaliland Shilling)
Sovereign Wealth Fund - SWF
SPAN Margin
Special Drawing Rights - SDR
Special Economic Zone - SEZ
Special Purchase and Resale Agreement - SPRA
Special Purpose Acquisition Company - SPAC
Special Purpose Vehicle/Entity - SPV/SPE
Spiders - SPDR
SRD (Suriname Dollar)
Standard & Poor's - S&P
Standard & Poor's 500 Index - S&P 500
Standard Industrial Classification - SIC Code
STARC Bands
Statutory Accounting Principles - SAP
STD (Sao Tome & Principe Dobra)
Stock And Warrant Off-Balance Sheet R&D - SWORD
Stock Appreciation Right - SAR
Stock Exchange Daily Official List - SEDOL
Stock Keeping Unit - SKU
Stock Participation Accreting Redemption Quarterly-Pay Securities - SPARQS
Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate - STIBOR
Straight Through Processing - STP
Structured Investment Vehicle - SIV
Structured Yield Product Exchangeable For Stock - STRYPES
Sub-Sovereign Obligation - SSO
Substantially Equal Periodic Payment - SEPP
Supplemental Security Income - SSI
Supply Chain Management - SCM
Sustainable Business 20 - SB20
Sustainable Growth Rate - SGR
SVC (El Salvador Colon)
SYP (Syrian Pound)
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval - SEDAR
Systematic Withdrawal Plan - SWP
SZL (Swaziland Lilangeni)
T
Tactical Asset Allocation - TAA
Take-Profit Order - T/P
Targeted Amortization Class - TAC
Tax Anticipation Notes - TAN
Tax Refund Anticipation Loan - RAL
Teacher Retirement System - TRS
Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP)
Tenants By Entirety - TBE
Tenants In Common - TIC
Term Auction Facility - TAF
Term Securities Lending Facility - TSLF
Terminal Value - TV
THB (Thai Baht)
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch - TANSTAAFL
Thrift Savings Plan - TSP
TIAA-CREF
Time Segmented Volume - TSV
Times Interest Earned - TIE
TND (Tunisian Dinar)
To Be Announced - TBA
Tokyo Price Index - TOPIX
Tokyo Stock Exchange - TSE
TOP (Tonga Pa'anga)
Total Cost Of Ownership - TCO
Total Enterprise Value - TEV
Total Expense Ratio - TER
Total Shareholder Return - TSR
Trade Volume Index - TVI
Trailing Twelve Months - TTM
Transfer On Death - TOD
Treasury International Capital - TIC
Treasury Investment Growth Receipts - TIGRs
Troubled Asset Relief Program - TARP
Troy Ounce
Trust Preferred Securities - TruPS
Trust-Owned Life Insurance - TOLI
Truth In Lending Act - TILA
TRY (Turkish New Lira)
TTD (Trinidad and Tobago Dollar)
TWD (Taiwan Dollar)
TZS (Tanzanian Shilling)
U
U.S. Dollar Index - USDX
UAH (Ukraine Hryvnia)
UGX (Ugandan Shilling)
Ulcer Index - UI
Uncovered Interest Rate Parity - UIP
Undertakings For The Collective Investment Of Transferable Securities - UCITS
Unified Managed Account - UMA
Unified Managed Household Account - UMHA
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act - UGMA
Uniform Rules For Demand Guarantees - URDG
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act - UTMA
Unit Linked Insurance Plan - ULIP
Unit Trust - UT
Unlimited Liability Corporation - ULC
Unrelated Business Taxable Income - UBTI
USD
USD (United States Dollar)
USD/CAD (U.S. Dollar/Canadian Dollar)
USD/CHF (U.S. Dollar/Swiss Franc)
USD/JPY (U.S. Dollar/Japanese Yen)
UYU (Uruguayan Peso)
V
Value Added Monthly Index - VAMI
Vanguard Exchange-Traded Funds
Variable Coupon Renewable Note - VCR
Variable Interest Entity - VIE
VEB (Venezuelan Bolivar)
Very Small Aperture Terminal - VSAT
VIX - CBOE Volatility Index
VND (Vietnamese Dong)
Volume Price Trend Indicator - VPT
Volume Weighted Average Price - VWAP
Volumetric Production Payment - VPP
Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Plan - VEBA
Voluntary Export Restraint - VER
VUV (Vanuatu Vatu)
W
Warsaw Stock Exchange - WSE
Wealth Added Index - WAI
Weighted Average Cost Of Capital - WACC
Weighted Average Life - WAL
When Issued - WI
Wholesale Price Index - WPI
Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index - TMWX
Work in Progress - WIP
World Economic Outlook - WEO
World Equity Benchmark Series - WEBS
World Gold Council - WGC
World Trade Organization - WTO
WST (Samoan Tala)
X
XD
XDIS
XRT
XW
Year Over Year - YOY
Year To Date - YTD
Yield To Maturity - YTM
Yield To Worst - YTW
Young And Wealthy But Normal - YAWN
ZAR (South African Rand)
Zero Balance Account - ZBA
Zero Basis Risk Swap - ZEBRA
Zero-Based Budgeting - ZBB
Zero-Volatility Spread - Z-spread
ZMK (Zambian Kwacha)
ZWD (Zimbabwe Dollar)
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