Financial Glossary
Comprehensive dictionary of financial terms and concepts to help you navigate the world of investing and personal finance.
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14 terms
A
37 terms
Absolute Advantage
Account Fee
Accounting Equation
ACH (Automated Clearing House)
Acid-Test Ratio
Acquisition
Actuary
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Advisory Fee
Algorithmic Trading
Alpha
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
American Depositary Receipt (ADR)
Amortization
Amortization Schedule
Annual Report
Annuity
API Banking
Appraisal
Appraisal Fee
Appreciation
APR
APR (Annual Percentage Rate)
APY
APY (Annual Percentage Yield)
Arbitrage
Arbitration
Artificial Intelligence in Finance
Asset
Asset Allocation
Asset Class
Asset Management
Asset Turnover Ratio
Asset-Backed Security (ABS)
ATM (Automated Teller Machine)
Auto Insurance
B
18 terms
C
47 terms
CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
Callable Bond
Cap Rate (Capitalization Rate)
Capital
Capital Gains
Capital Gains Tax
Carve-Out
Cash Flow
Cash Flow Statement
CD (Certificate of Deposit)
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
Checking Account
Claim
Class A Shares
Class B Shares
Closing Costs
Cloud Computing in Finance
Coinsurance
Collateral
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
Commercial Real Estate
Commodities
Common Stock
Comparative Advantage
Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)
Compound Interest
Condominium
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Contactless Payment
Contribution Margin
Conventional Loan
Convertible Bond
Convertible Securities
Cooperative (Co-op)
Copay
Corporate Bond
Correlation
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Coverage
Credit Card
Credit Default Swap (CDS)
Credit Score
Crowdfunding
Cryptocurrency
Current Ratio
Custodial Fee
Cybersecurity in Finance
D
28 terms
Dark Pool
Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
Debit Card
Debt Ratio
Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)
Debt-to-Equity Ratio (D/E)
Deductible
Deed in Lieu
Deferred Compensation
DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
Deflation
Demand
Depreciation
Depression
Derivatives
Digital Currency
Digital Wallet
Distressed Securities
Distributed Ledger Technology
Diversification
Dividend
Dividend Payout Ratio
Dividend Yield
Dollar-Cost Averaging
Down Payment
Due Diligence
Duplex
E
19 terms
Earnest Money
EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)
EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization)
Economic Growth
Economic Moat
Economics
Economies of Scale
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Enterprise Value (EV)
EPS (Earnings Per Share)
Equity
Escrow
Estate Tax
ETF
Ethereum
Eurobond
Exclusion
Expense Ratio
Externality
F
22 terms
FAANG Stocks
Fair Value
FANG Stocks
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Federal Funds Rate
Federal Reserve
FHA Loan
FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)
Fiduciary
Financial Institution (FI)
Financial Statements
Fintech (Financial Technology)
Fiscal Policy
Fixed-Income Security
Fixed-Rate Mortgage
Fixer-Upper
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Foreclosure
Forward Curve
Fourplex
Front-End Load
Futures
G
13 terms
H
11 terms
I
15 terms
J
1 term
L
12 terms
M
18 terms
Machine Learning in Trading
Management Buyout (MBO)
Management Fees
Margin Trading
Market Cap
Market Correction
Market Maker
Merger
Mobile Banking
Monetary Policy
Money Market Account
Money Market Fund
Mortgage
Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS)
Multi-Family Property
Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
Municipal Bond
Mutual Fund
P
24 terms
P/E Ratio
PayTech
Peer-to-Peer Lending
PEG Ratio
Pension
Performance Fee
Perpetual Bond
Personal Loan
PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance)
Policy
Portfolio
Preferred Stock
Premium
Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B)
Price-to-Sales Ratio (P/S)
Principal
Private Equity
Private Placement
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Property Management
Property Tax
PropTech (Property Technology)
Proxy Statement
Puttable Bond
R
15 terms
S
23 terms
T
21 terms
U
2 terms
V
3 terms
Y
2 terms
Z
2 terms