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Investments

Subject : personal-finance
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1. Or market cap for short is equal to its stock price multiplied by the number of shares of stock. It's the total value of the company's stock.






2. The minimum margin that must be present at all times in a margin account






3. A sales charge levied on purchases of shares in some mutual funds






4. An agreement made today regarding the terms of a trade that will take place later.






5. Selection of specific securities within a particular class






6. An option that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to buy an asset






7. A mutual fund specializing in money market instruments






8. Longer-term debt obligations - often of corporations and governments - that promise to make fixed payments according to a preset schedule.






9. An investment company that stands ready to buy and sell shares at any time.






10. The value of assets less liabilities held by a mutual fund - divided by the number of shares outstanding.






11. A measure of how much trading a fund does - calculated as the lesser of total purchases or sales during a year divided by average daily assets






12. The return earned in an average year over a multiyear period






13. An investment company not accessible by the general public






14. The price you pay to buy an option






15. Rule for short sale requiring that before a short sale can be executed - the last price change must be an uptick






16. Underlying asset is a real asset - typically either an agricultural product or a natural resource product






17. Pledging securities as collateral against a loan






18. Buying and selling in anticipation of the overall direction of a market






19. Underlying asset is intangible - usually stocks - bonds - currencies - or money market instruments.






20. The extra return on a risky asset over the risk-free rate; the reward for bearing risk.






21. An agreement that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to buy or sell a specific asset at a specified price for a set period of time.






22. The annual stock dividend as a percentage of the initial stock price






23. Debt obligations of large corporations and governments with an original maturity of one year or less






24. A symmetric - bell-shaped frequency distribution that is completely defined by its average and standard deviation.






25. Security originally sold by a business or government to raise money






26. A sale in which the seller does not actually own the security that is sold






27. An option that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to sell an asset






28. The average compound return earned per year over a multiyear period.






29. The amount of common stock held in short positions






30. The distribution of investment funds among broad classes of assets






31. Annual coupon divided by the current bond price






32. Average compound rate of return earned per year over a multiyear period accounting for investment inflows and outflows






33. The change in stock price as a percentage of the initial stock price.






34. A company that owns income producing real estate






35. Simply a means of combining or pooling the funds of a large group of investors. The buy and sell decisions for the resulting pool are then made by a fund manager - who is compensated for the service provided.






36. The square root of the variance






37. An arrangement under which a broker is the registered owner of a security






38. The price specified in an option contract at which the underlying asset can be bought (for a call option) or sold (for a put option). Also called the striking price or exercise price.






39. A financial asset that is derived from an existing traded asset rather than issued by a business or government to raise capital. More generally - any financial asset that is not a primary asset.






40. The interest rate brokers pay to borrow bank funds for lending to customer margin accounts






41. The return on an investment expressed on a per-year - or 'annualized -' basis






42. The return on an investment measured in dollars that accounts for all cash flows and capital gains or losses






43. The minimum margin that must be supplied on a securities purchase






44. A sales charge levied when investors redeem shares (also called a 'back-end' load).






45. Insurance fund convering investors' brokerage accounts with member firms






46. A brokerage account in which - subject to limits - securities can be bought an sold on credit






47. The rate of return on a riskless investment






48. A brokerage account in which all transactions are made on a strictly cash basis






49. A demand for more funds that occurs when the margin in an account drops below the maintenance margin






50. A common measure of volatility