Dictionary on Stocks and Shares
Stock Market Terms - Share Market
Terminology - Investment Definitions, Financial Term Meaning.
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A
Active Share,
(A-D
Index) Advance-Decline Index,
ADR,
After-Tax,
Aging Schedule,
AGM or Annual General Meeting,
Amortization,
Annual
Report ,
Application-Money,
Asset,
Asset
Coverage,
Asset
Financing,
Auction
Market,
Auctioning
of an Issue,
Automated
Screen Trading (AST),
Average,
Averaging,
Averaging In/Averaging Out.
B -
Bad Delivery,
Balance of Trade,
Balance Sheet,
Bear,
Bear Cycle,
Bear Hammering,
Bear Market,
Bigger-Fool-Theory,
Book Closure,
Bonus Issue,
Book Loss,
Book Profit,
Booking Profit,
Broker,
Book Value,
BSE Sensitive Index or SENSEX,
Bullion,
Buy and Hold Strategy,
Buy Back,
Buy on the Bad News,
Buyout.
Term Meaning.
C -
Call,
Call Money,
Call-of More Option,
Call Option,
Call Premium,
Call Price,
Called-up Capital,
Capacity Utilization,
Capital,
Capital Account,
Capital Adequacy Norms,
Capital Asset,
Capital Asset Pricing Model,
Capital Gain,
Capital Gains Tax,
Capital Gearing,
Capital Growth,
Capital-Intensive,
Capital Loss,
Capital Market,
Capital Reserves,
Capital Structure of Companies,
Capital Turnover,
Carryover Margin,
Cash Budget,
Cash Cow,
Caveat Emptor,
CD or Cum Dividend,
Certificate of Deposit,
Certified Cheque,
Chairman of the Board,
Chinese Wall,
Circuit Breaker,
Clearing,
Clone Fund,
Closed-end-Fund,
Collar,
Collectibles,
Collection Ratio,
Commodities Market,
Commodity,
Companies Act 1956,
Compound Growth Rate,
Conglomerate,
Consistency Concept,
Consolidation,
Consortium,
Contango,
Contract Note,
Contrariar,
Contrarian Shares,
Controller of Capital Issues (CCI),
Controlling Interest,
Cooking the Book,
Conversion, Correction,
Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Cost Inflation Index,
Cost of Living Index,
Cover,
Covered Call,
Covered Call Writing/Option,
Crash,
Credit Rating,
Credit Rating Agencies,
Credit Spread,
Credit Squeeze,
Creeping Acquisition,
CRISIL,
Cum-Dividend or CD,
Crossing,
Cum-Rights or CR,
Cumulative
Preference Shares,
Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares,
Currency Options,
Current Value Accounting (CVA),
Cushion Theory,
Cyclical Shares.
D -
Daily Margin,
Dartboard Investing,
Dawn Raid,
Debentures,
Debt Equity atio,
Debt Equity Swap,
Debt Instrument,
Debt Rescheduling,
Debt Securitization,
Debt Trap,
Deep Discount Bond,
Deep In the Money,
Deep Out of the Money,
Defensive Investment,
Defensive Stock,
Delisting, Deflation,
Delivery Order,
Delivery Price,
Dematerialization of Scripts,
Depreciation,
Depression,
Derivative,
Devaluation,
Dilution of Equity,
Discount,
Discount Rate,
Discounted Debentures,
Discounting,
Discounting the News,
Discretionary Account,
Disinvestment,
Diversifiable Risk,
Diversification,
Dividend Cover,
Dividend Play,
Dividend Rollover Plan,
Dividend to Share Alternative (DSA),
Double Bottom,
Double Declining Balance Depreciation,
Dow Jones & Company,
Dow Jones Composite Average,
Dow Jones Industrial Average,
Dow Theory,
DR or Depository Receipt,
Draining Reserves,
Dry Run Portfolio.
E -
Earnings
Yield,
Economic Growth Rate,
Economic Indicators,
Efficient Market Hypothesis,
Eligible
Securities,
ELSS,
Employee Buyout,
Employee Participation,
Employee Share Ownership Plan,
Endorse To guarantee the authencity,
EPS or Earning Per Share,
EPZ or Export Processing Zone,
Equity Shareholders,
Ethical Investments,
Euro,
Eurobond,
Eurocurrency,
Eurodollar,
European Community,
Ex Dividend Date,
Ex Growth,
Exchange Rate Mechanism,
Exchange Rate Risk,
Extraordinary Item,
Extraordinary General Meeting.
F - Factoring,
FERA,
FERA Companies,
FIFO or First In First Out,
FII,
Fill or Kill Order,
Financial Future,
Financial institution,
Financial Pyramid,
Financial Ratios,
Financial Structure,
Fixed Assets,
Fixed Deposits,
Fixed Income Investments,
Fixed Interest Securities,
Float,
Floating Interest,
Floating Interest Rates,
Floating Stock,
Floor Broker,
Floor Trader,
Footsie,
Forced Auction,
Forfaiting,
Formula Plans,
Forward Dealing / Trading,
Forward Delivery,
Forward Shares,
Forward Integration,
Free Lunch Theorem,
Free Market Economy,
Front End Load,
Front Running,
Frozen Assets,
Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share,
Fully Paid Share Capital,
Fundamental Analysis,
Futures,
Futures Contract,
Futures Market.
G -
General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
Geared Investment Trust,
General Price Level Accounting (GPLA),
Gif Tax, Avoidance of,
Gilt
edged,
Glamour Shares,
Godfather Offer,
Going Long,
Going Private,
Going Public,
Going Short,
Gold Certificates,
Golden Handcuffs,
Golden Handshake,
Golden Share,
Good Delivery,
Good Faith Deposit,
Graham and Dodd Strategy of Investment,
Great Crash,
Gross,
Gross National Product (GNP),
Growth Shares,
Gun Jumping,
Glamour Issue.
H -
Half Yearly Results,
Havala or Hawala (also,
Making Up Price,
Head and Shoulders,
Hedging Against Inflation,
Hemline Theory,
Historical Cost,
Holding Company,
Holding Period,
Holding Period Return (HPR),
Homemade Portfolio of Portfolios,
Home Run,
Horizontal Integration,
Horizontal Price Movement,
Hot Issue,
Hot Money,
House Rules,
Hype, Hypothecation.
I -
IBRD,
Imbalance of Orders,
Income Shares,
Income Tax Rebate,
Index,
Index Fund,
Index Futures,
Indexation,
Indian Stock Exchanges,
Industrials,
Inefficient Market,
Insider,
Insider Trading,
Insolvency,
Institutional Investor,
Intangible Assets,
Interbank Market,
Interest Rate Risk,
International Finance Corporation,
International Monetary Fund,
Inventory,
Inventory Turnover,
Inverted Yield Curve,
Investment Analyst,
Investment Club,
Investment Company,
Investment Company Shares (Close Ended),
Investment Company Shares (Open Ended),
Investment Horizon,
Investment Letter,
Investment Trust,
Investor
Protection,
IPO,
Irredeemable Debentures,
Issue Price.
J -
Jobber or Taravaniwallah,
Joint Holders,
Joint Venture,
Junk Bond.
L -
Lady Macbeth Strategy,
Laundering Money,
Layered Premia,
Leading
Economic Indicators,
Learning Lags,
Lease Back,
Leasing,
Letter of Credit,
Letter of Renunciation,
Leverage,
Liability,
Lien,
LIFO or Last In First Out,
Limit Order,
Limited Company,
Limited Liability,
Liquidation,
Liquidation Payments,
Liquidity,
Liquidity Ratios,
Listed Company,
Listed Shares,
Load,
Load Fund,
Loan Capital,
Loan Syndication,
Locked In,
Locked In Trade,
Locked Market,
Long Bonds or Long Dated Bonds,
Long Buy,
Long Coupon,
Long Position,
Long Term, LSE.
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N -
Naive Buy and Hold Strategy,
Naked Option,
Naked Position,
Narrowing the Spread,
National Depository System,
National Stock Exchange,
NAV,
Negative
Equity,
Negative Net Worth,
Negotiable Instrument,
Negotiability,
Nervous Market,
Nest Egg,
Net Book Value,
Net Liquid Assets,
Net Worth,
New York Stock Exchange,
Niche,
Nifty,
Non Cumulative Preference Shares,
Non public Information,
Non Voting Shares,
Numbered Account.
O -
Odd Lot,
Odd Lot Theory,
Offer by Prospectus,
Offer Document,
Off Floor Order,
Oligopoly,
Omitted Dividend,
On Stream,
Open Economy,
Open Offer,
Open End Fund,
Operating Profit or Loss,
Opportunity Cost,
Option,
Options Contract,
Option Holder,
Option Money,
Option Premium,
Option Interest,
OTCEI, or Over the Counter Exchange of India,
Other Income,
Out of Favour Industry or Shares,
Overbought,
Overcapitalization,
Overheated Market,
Oversold,
Oversubscribed Issue,
Over the Counter Market of OTC Market,
Overvalued Shares.
P -
Paid-up Capital,
Paid-up Share,
Panic,
Panic Selling,
Paper Loss,
Paper Profit,
Parent Company,
Parking Shares,
Partial Delivery,
Partly Active Shares,
Par Value,
Pathfinder Prospectus,
Payout Ratio,
P/D Ratio,
Penny Shares,
Perfect Competition,
Performance Stock,
P/E Ratio or Price Earnings Ratio,
Perpetual Annuity,
Petrodollar,
Pivotal Shares,
Point,
Portfolio,
Portfolio Beta Score,
Portfolio Manager,
Position,
Positive Carry,
Pre acquisition Profit,
Predator,
Preference Shares,
Preferential
Allotment,
Premium,
Premium Issue,
Premium Raid,
Price Gap,
Primary Market,
Prime Rate or Prime Lending Rate,
Private Placement,
Privatization,
Probate,
Profit and Loss Account,
Profit After Tax or PAT,
Profit Before Tax to Sales Ratio,
Profit Booking,
Profit Centre,
Profit Taking,
Pro Rata,
Prospectus,
Proxy,
Proxy Fight,
Prudence Concept,
PTI Stocks can,
Public Limited Company,
Public Offering,
Punter,
Purchase Order,
Put Bonds,
Put of More Option,
Pyramiding,
Pyramid Investment.
Q -
Qualified Accounts or Report,
Qualifying Shares,
Quantitative Analysis,
Quick Assets Ratio,
Quoted Company,
Quoted Price,
Quoted Shares.
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R -
Radar Alert,
Raider,
Ramping,
Random Walk,
Rate of Return,
Ratio Analysis,
Ratio Writer,
Reaction,
IReady Forward (RF) Deal,
Real Assets,
Real Interest,
Rate,
Real Rate of Return,
Realized Profit (or Loss),
Recapitalization,
Record Date,
Recovery Stock,
Refinancing,
Regional Stock Exchanges,
Register,
Registered Folio Number,
Registered Office,
Registered Owner,
Registrar of Companies,
Reinvestment Plan,
Renounceable Documents,
Renunciation,
Repo. Repurchase Agreement,
Reserves,
Residual Value,
Return on Capital Employed or ROCE,
Revenue Items,
Reverse Merger,
Rights Issue,
Rising Bottoms,
Risk,
Risk Average,
Risk Layering,
Road Show,
Roll Over,
Roll Over CD,
Round Lot,
Rubber Cheque,
Running Ahead,
Rule of 72.
S -
Safe Harbour,
Safety net, Sandbag,
Saturday Night Special,
Saucer,
Sauda Book,
Scale Order,
Scalper,
Scalping,
Scam,
Scorched Earth Policy,
Screening Stocks,
Screen Trading,
Script Issue,
Secondary Distribution,
Second Round,
Second Round Financing,
Secured Debt,
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI),
Securitization,
Security Analyst,
Seed Money,
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy,
Sellers Market,
Selling Climax,
Selling on the Good News,
Selling Out,
Selling Short,
Sentiment Indicators,
Settlement Date,
Shakeout,
Share,
Share Capital,
Share Certificate,
Shareholder,
Shareholders Equity,
Shareholders Rights,
Share Premium,
Share Repurchase Plan,
Share Transfer,
Share Transfer Stamps,
Shark Repellent,
Shark Watcher,
Shell Company,
Short Interest,
Short Hedge,
Short Interest Theory,
Short Position,
Short Squeeze,
Short Term,
Short Profit,
Silk,
Sleeper,
Sleeping Beauty,
Slush Fund,
Small Investor,
Smart Money,
Snowballing,
Soft Loan,
Special Delivery,
Specialist,
Specified Shares,
Spectail,
Speculation,
Spin off,
Split,
Sponsor,
Spot Delivery,
Spot Market,
Spread,
Stag,
Standard & Poors Composite Index,
Standard & Poors, Corporation,
Statutory
Liquidity Ratio,
Staying Power,
Step Discount Bond,
Stockbroker,
Stock Dividend,
Stock Exchange,
Stock Holding Corporation of India,
Stock Indices,
Stockinvest,
Stock Option,
Stock Splits,
Stock Watering,
Stop,
Stop Limit,
Stop Loss,
Stop Order,
Stop Price,
Strap,
Strongly Efficient Market,
Subject Quote,
Subordinated,
Subscriber,
Subscription,
Subscription Price,
Sum of the Digits Depreciation,
Sunk Capital,
Supermajority Amendment,
Switching,
Switch Order,
Swot Analysis,
Synergy,
Systematic Risk.
T -
Tailgating,
Take Delivery,
Takeover,
Target Price,
Tax Exempt Bonds,
Technical Analysis,
Technical Correction,
Technical Rally,
Tender Offer,
Term Discount Bonds,
Term Shares,
Thin Capitalization,
Tick Size,
Tiger Markets,
Triangle,
Trough,
Turnaround,
Turnkey Project,
Turnover,
Two Tier Tender Offer.
U -
Unappropriated Profit,
Unbundling,
Undermargined Account,
Undersubscription,
Undervalued Shares,
Underwriter,
Unissued Share Capital,
Unit Trust of India or UTI,
Unlisted Share,
Unlisted Shares Valuation of,
Unloading,
Unmatched Transactions,
Unofficial Premium,
Unsystematic Risk,
Unsecured Debt,
Unsecured Debenture,
Unrealized Profit or Loss.
V -
Value Added,
Valuation Reserve,
Value Investment,
Variability of Return,
VAT,
Vendor Placing,
Venture Capital,
Vertical Integration,
Vertical Line Charting,
V Formation,
Volatile,
Volatile Shares,
Voluntary Liquidation,
Voting Shares.
W -
Waiting Period,
Wallflower Stocks,
Wall Street Journal,
Warehousing,
Wash Sale,
Watered Stock,
Weak Market,
Wedge,
Weighted Average,
Weighted Ballot,
Whipsawed,
W Formation,
Wholesale Market,
Wide Opening,
Widow and Orphan Stock,
Window Dressing,
Wire House,
Working Control.
Y -
Yield Advantage,
Yield Curve,
Yield Gap,
Yield Spread,
Yield to Maturity.
Z -
Zero Coupon Bond,
Zero Rated Debentures,
Zurich Axioms.
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