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Investor Dictionary
A glossary of some of the most commonly used terms in the world of investing and the stock market. We strive to create easy to understand explanations and definitions. We are adding to this page on a daily basis, so make sure to check back often.
Ninja Loan
What is a ninja loan? What is the definition of a ninja loan? What does the term ninja loan mean?
Credit Default Swap
What is a credit default swap? What is the definition of a credit default swap? What does CDS mean?
Liar Loan
What is a liar loan? What is the definition of the term liar loan? What does liar loan mean?
Mega Cap Stock
What is a mega cap stock? What is the definition of a mega cap stock? What does the term mega cap stock mean?
Level 3 Assets
What are level 3 assets? What is the definition of level 3 assets? What does the term level 3 assets mean?
Nascent Recovery
What is a nascent recovery? What is the definition of a nascent recovery? What does nascent recovery mean?
Small Cap Stock
What is a small cap stock? What is the definition of a small cap stock? What does the term small cap stock mean?
Micro Cap Stock
What is a micro cap stock? What is the definition of a micro cap stock? What does the term micro cap stock mean?
AA Bond Rating
What is a AA bond rating? What is the definition of a AA rating? Are AA-rated securities safe?
Real Dollars
What are real dollars? What is the definition of the term real dollars? What are real dollars vs nominal dollars?
Nominal Dollars
What are nominal dollars? What is the definition of nominal dollars? What does nominal dollars mean?
Short Interest Ratio
What is the short interest ratio? What is short interest ratio? What does short interest ratio mean?
Thinly Traded Stocks
What are thinly traded stocks? What is the definition of a thinly traded stock? What qualifies as a thinly traded stock?
Flight To Quality
What does flight to quality mean? What is the definition of flight to quality? What does flight to quality mean?
Market Order
What is a market order? What is the definition of a market order? Why might market orders be dangerous?
AAA Bond Rating
What is a AAA bond rating? What does it mean if a debt offering has a AAA rating?
Boiler Room
What is a boiler room? What is the definition of a boiler room? What does the term boiler room mean?
Margin Call
What is a margin call? What is the definition of a margin call? What does the term margin call mean?
Stock Market Bubble
What is a stock market bubble? What is the definition of a stock market bubble? What does the term stock market bubble mean?
Prime Broker
What is a prime broker? What is the definition of a prime broker? What exactly does a prime broker do?
US Debt Spiral
What is the US debt spiral? What is the definition of the US debt spiral?
Fiat Currency
What is fiat currency? What exactly does the term fiat currency mean? What is meant by fiat currency?
Arbitrage
What is arbitrage as it applies to the stock market? What is the definition of arbitrage? Is arbitrage risk-free?
Opportunity Cost
What is opportunity cost? What is the definition of the term opportunity cost? What does opportunity cost mean?
Reaganomics
What is Reaganomics? What does Reaganomics mean? What is the definition of Reaganomics?
Cyclical Deficit
What is a cyclical deficit? What is the definition of a cyclical deficit? What does cyclical deficit mean?
Structural Deficit
What is a structural deficit? What is the definition of a structural deficit? What does structural deficit mean?
Average Up - Averaging Up
What does averaging up mean? What does it mean to average up? What are the advantages of averaging up?
Buy the Rumor, Sell the News
What does buy the rumor, sell the news mean? What is the basic definition of buy the rumor, sell the news?
Stock Transaction Tax
What is the stock transaction tax? What is the definition of the stock transaction tax? How much will the tax cost?
Intragovernmental Holdings
What is the definition of intragovernmental holdings? What does intragovernmental holdings mean?
Public Debt
What is public debt? What is the definition of the term public debt? Who is included in public debt numbers?
Ethical Investing
What is ethical investing? What is the definition of ethical investing? What does ethical investing mean?
Paper Trading
What is paper trading? What is the definition of the term paper trading? Why should somebody engage in paper trading?
Trading Curbs
What are trading curbs? What is the definition of a trading curb? Why are trading curbs used?
Black Monday
What is Black Monday? What is the definition of Black Monday? When did Black Monday occur?
Surplus
What is a surplus? What is the definition of a surplus? What does the term surplus mean?
Deficit Spending
What is deficit spending? What is the definition of deficit spending? What does deficit spending mean?
Back Testing
What is back testing? What is the definition of back testing? What does back testing mean?
Penny Stock
What is a penny stock? What is the definition of the term penny stock? What does penny stock mean?
Form 13F
What is a Form 13f? Why would a company file a Form 13f? What is the definition of a Form 13f?
Schedule 13D
What is a Schedule 13D? What is the definition of a Schedule 13D?
Return on Investment (ROI)
What does return on investment mean? What is the definition of the term Return on Investment, or ROI?
Net Worth
What does the term net worth mean? What is the definition of the term net worth?
Dividend
What is a dividend? What is the definition of a dividend? Why do companies issue dividends?
U-1 Unemployment Rate
What is the U-1 unemployment rate? What is the definition of U-1 unemployment rate?
Marginally Attached Worker
What is a marginally attached worker? What is the definition of a marginally attached worker?
Discouraged Worker
What is the definition of a discouraged worker? What does the term discouraged worker mean? Who qualifies as being a discouraged worker?
DJIA Historical Data
Where is the best place to find DJIA historical data? Which are the best resources online for this type of information?
Laggard
What is a laggard? What is the definition of a laggard as it applies to the stock market?
ETF
What is an ETF? What is the definition of an ETF? What does ETF mean?
Too Big To Fail
What does too big to fail mean? What is the definition of too big to fail? Why would a company be deemed too big to fail?
Debt Ceiling
What is a debt ceiling? What is the definition of a debt ceiling? What is the current debt ceiling of the United States?
Form 10-Q
What is a form 10-Q? Why do companies have to file form 10-Qs? What is the definition of a Form 10-Q?
Secondary Offering
What is a secondary offering? What is the definition of a secondary offering? Why would companies be interested in diluting their shareholders?
BRIC
What is BRIC? What is the definition of BRIC? Which countries currently formulate BRIC?
Leveraged Buyout (LBO)
What is a leveraged buyout? What is an LBO? What is the definition of a LBO?
Ring-Fencing
What is ring-fencing? What is the definition of ring-fencing? What does ring-fencing mean?
Systemic Risk
What is systemic risk? What is the definition of systemic risk? What does systemic risk mean?
Stalking Horse Bid
What is a stalking horse bid? What is the definition of a stalking horse bid? What does stalking horse bid mean?
Whistleblower
What is a whistleblower? What is the definition of the term whistleblower? Who constitutes being a whistleblower?
Market Correction
What is a market correction? What is the definition of the term market correction?
OPEC
What is OPEC? Why was OPEC formed? Which nations are currently members of OPEC?
Stop Loss
What is a stop loss? What is the definition of a stop loss? What does the term stop loss mean?
Form 8-K
What is a Form 8-K? Why would a company file a Form 8-K? What is the purpose of a Form 8-K?
Black Friday
What is Black Friday? What is the definition of Black Friday in the United States? What does Black Friday mean?
Zombie Bank
What is a zombie bank? What is the definition of a zombie bank? What is the meaning of the term zombie bank?
Consensus Estimate
What does consensus estimate mean? What is the definition of a consensus earnings estimate?
Chinese Wall
What is a chinese wall? What is the definition of a Chinese Wall as it applies to an investment firm?
Front Running
What is front running? What is the definition of front running? What are some examples of this practice?
T.2 Trading Halt Code
What is a t.2 trading halt code? What does it mean if a stock has been halted with the T.2 code?
Bank Run
What is a bank run? When do bank runs occur? What is the definition of a bank run?
Earnings Blowout
What is an earnings blowout? What is the definition of an earnings blowout?
Whisper Number
What is a whisper number? What is the definition of a whisper number?
Defensive Stock
What is a defensive stock? What is the definition of a defensive stock? What are some examples of defensive stocks?
Cyclical Stock
What is a cyclical stock? What is the definition of a cyclical stock? What is an example of a cyclical company?
Greater Fool Theory
What is the definition of the greater fool theory? What does greater fool theory mean?
Initial Jobless Claims
What are initial jobless claims? What is the definition of an initial jobless claim?
Black Swan Theory
What is the black swan theory? Who came up with the term black swan theory?
Derivatives
What are derivatives? How are derivatives best defined? What is the definition of derivatives?
Negative Amortization
What does negative amortization mean? What is the definition of negative amortization?
Option ARM
What is an option ARM? What are the characteristics of an option ARM mortgage?
Buy The Dip
What does it mean to buy the dip? What is the proper definition of buying the dip?
FDIC Troubled Bank List
What is the FDIC troubled bank list? Where can I find a list of the banks and thrifts that are currently on this list?
Labor Force Participation Rate
What is the definition of labor force participation rate? Why is the labor force participation rate important?
Double-Dip Recession
What is a double-dip recession? What is the definition of a double dip recession? Why are double-dip recessions so bad?
Pip
What is a pip? What is the definition of the term pip as it applies to forex trading? What is the meaning of pip?
Stagflation
What is stagflation? What is the definition of stagflation? When has stagflation taken place in the past?
Cramer Effect
What is the Cramer Effect? What is the definition of the Cramer effect?
HELOC
What is a HELOC? What is the definition of a HELOC? What is the meaning of the term HELOC?
Hedge Fund
What is a hedge fund? What is the definition of a hedge fund? What does hedge fund mean?
Options Strangle
What is an options strangle? When are strangles useful? What are the dangers in engaging in a strangle strategy?
Suckers Rally
What is a sucker's rally? What is the definition of a sucker's rally? What does sucker's rally mean?
Contrarian Investing
What is the definition of contrarian investing? What is a contrarian investor? What does contrarian investing mean?
Paper Millionaire
What is a paper millionaire? How does a person become a paper millionaire? What is the definition of a paper millionaire?
Capitulation
What is capitulation as it applies to the stock markets? What is capitulation selling? When does capitulation selling occur?
Stock Split
What is a stock split? What is the definition of a stock split? Why would a company want to split their shares?
Window Dressing
What is window dressing? What is the definition of the term window dressing? Why would mutual funds use window dressing?
Fallen Angel
What is a fallen angel? What is the definition of a fallen angel? What is the meaning of the term fallen angel?
Unfunded Federal Debt
What is the definition of unfunded federal debt? Exactly how much unfunded federal debt does the US government have?
Emerging Markets
What are emerging markets? What are emerging market economies? What is the definition of emerging markets?
Prop Trading
What is prop trading? What is the definition of a prop trading firm? Who would trade at a prop firm?
Panic Selling
What is panic selling? What is the definition of panic selling? What does the term panic selling mean?
Hyperinflation
What is hyperinflation? What is the definition of hyperinflation? Why might hyperinflation be coming to the United States?
Swing Trading
What is swing trading? What does it mean to swing trade? What is the definition of swing trading?
V-Shaped Recession
What is a V-shaped recession? What is the definition of a V-shaped recession? Is it good or bad for an economy?
L-Shaped Depression
What is an L-shaped depression? Why is the L-shaped depression so bad? Which countries have experienced an L-shaped depression?
Take a Bath
What does it mean to take a bath in the stock market? Is it good or bad to take a bath on an investment?
Buy and Hold Investing
What is buy and hold investing? What is the definition of buy and hold investing? Who should engage in such a strategy?
Short and Distort
What is a short and distort? What is the meaning of the term short and distort? What is the definition of short and distort?
Permabear
What is a permabear? Why would someone be called a permabear? What makes someone a permabear?
Soak the Rich
What does soak the rich mean? What is the definition of soak the rich? What is meant by soak the rich economics?
Green Shoots
What are green shoots? What is the definition of the term green shoots? Are we witnessing green shoots in our economy today?
Momentum Play / Momo Play
What is the definition of a momentum or momo play? Who would engage in these types of plays? Why might they be dangerous?
Debt vs Deficit
What is the difference between a debt and a deficit? Why do people often confuse the two?
The Great Recession
What is the Great Recession? When did the Great Recession start? When is it expected to end?
Bear Market Rally
What is a bear market rally? What are the defining characteristics of a bear market rally? What is the definition of a bear market rally?
Falling Knife
What is the definition of a falling knife? What does falling knife mean? Why is it bad if a stock is referred to as a falling knife?
Pump and Dump
What is a pump and dump? Why are pump and dumps frowned upon by the SEC? What is the definition of a pump and dump?
U-Shaped Recession
What is a U-shaped recession? What is the difference between a U-shaped recession and a V-shaped recession? What is the definition of a U-shaped recession?
U-6 Unemployment Rate
What is the U-6 unemployment rate? Why doesn't the government use this rate when quoting unemployment numbers to the media? What is the difference between the U-3 and U-6 unemployment rates?
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
What is Tier 1 Capital? What is the definition of Tier 1 Capital Ratio? Why is Tier 1 Capital important to a bank?
T.1 Trading Halt Code
What is a T-1 trading halt code? What does it mean if the Nasdaq has halted trading in a stock and affixed a halt code of T.1? Is this good or bad?
H11 Trading Halt Code
What does it mean if the Nasdaq assigns a trading halt code of H11 to a stock? What is the regulatory concern that the Nasdaq is alluding to with this code?
The Long Depression
What was the long depression? How long did the long depression last for? What were the causes of the long depression, and why was its name changed?
Tax Free Savings Account
What is a tax-free savings account? What are the benefits of a Tax Free Savings Account, and why should you consider getting one?
Bid Price
What is the bid price? How does it differ from the ask price? Why is the bid price always lower than the ask price?
Market on Close Order
What is a market on close order? When do market on close orders come in handy?
Dollar Cost Averaging
What is dollar cost averaging? What are the benefits associated with dollar cost averaging?
Ponzi Scheme
What is a Ponzi scheme? Who is the Ponzi scheme named after?
Irrational Exuberance
What does the term irrational exuberance mean? Who used the term, and why did it become so popular?
Market Cap
What is a market cap, or market capitalization as it is always known? Why is a company's market cap important to know?
Bear Market
What is a bear market? What are some past examples of bear markets? How long do bear markets generally last?
Back Up The Truck
What does backing up the truck mean? If a friend of mine tells me to back up the stock and buy shares in a company, what exactly is he talking about?
Reverse Stock Split
What is a reverse stock split? Why is it normally a very bad sign of things to come for the company that decides to partake in one?
Fade The Gap
What is fading the gap? What is meant by fade the gap? How would a person go about making money by fading the gap?
Gap and Trap
What is a gap and trap? Does it have anything to do with a gap-down or gap-up? Why is a gap and trap a bad thing?
Dead Cat Bounce
What is a dead cat bounce? How does the term applies to both an individual stock and the markets in general? When would I use the term, and what is its proper usage?
Short Squeeze
What is a short squeeze? How does short squeezes occur, and what are the optimal conditions for a short squeeze?
Bear Raid
A bear raid is when short-sellers conspire to lower the price of a stock through coordinated short sales or the spreading of false rumors.
Average Down
What is the definition of averaging down? Is averaging down a smart investment strategy, or should it be avoided?
Stock Float
What does the term stock float mean, and why it is important to know? The stock float can be important in trying to determine future volatility in a company, or the potential move after a company releases good or bad news.
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