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Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott is a comprehensive and essential guide to all of the language you need to understand investing. In a time of economic uncertainty, it is more important than ever to understand everything you are investing in and to know how and why your money is managed and invested a certain way. From basic investment lingo to sophisticated finance words and terminology, the extensive entries in Wall Street Words cover every financial contingency.
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary
Webster’s New World Finance and Investment Dictionary provides over 3,500 definitions of the words you need to know in the fields of finance and investment. The comprehensive guide covers accounting, finance, banks and banking, economics, investing, markets, real estate and securities.
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Investment Terms You Should Know
Cash, accounts receivables, property, or equipment that has value and is listed on a company’s balance sheet. An asset may be bought or sold and its price can range from hundreds of dollars to millions of dollars.…
The amount of funds that represent an ownership stake in a business or new venture that can be used to create wealth. The net worth of a business, or the amount by which assets exceed liabilities. Accumulated wealth such as cash, stocks, and other i…
The rise in prices of goods and services. Inflation is measured by the percentage of price increase. For example, a moderate rate of inflation, approximately 1 to 3 percent, is seen as healthy for an economy. When prices rise more than 3 percent, infl…
All of the assets and investments, such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and cash, that a person or business owns. A professional who manages a portfolio is called a portfolio manager. Often, investors group their portfolios into different asset classes…
The abbreviation by which a security appears on stock quotation machines. For example, T represents AT&T, GY represents GenCorp, C represents Citicorp, and CVG represents Convergys. Booklets containing the symbols are available at most brokerage offi…
An extreme fluctuation in price that affects a stock, bond, or other financial instrument and is usually accompanied by unusually high trading volume. Volatility is caused by expectations of poor earnings, unexpected bad news from some other company i…