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September 5, 2008

Investment Glossary
Glossary of Investment Terms

Welcome to our free investment glossary…

Below you'll find alphabetical listings of financial terms, along with reference material to help you learn stock strategies, investing concepts and economic jargon faster… and in a practical manner.

Just click on the letter of the term you're looking for, and "learn" your way to financial independence.

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A

AAA Rating
Abandonment Option 
Absolute Return
Absorption Rate
 
Acquisition
Adjustable Rate Mortage
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
AMEX
Amortization
Asset Allocation

At the Money
Average True Range

B

B-Shares
Balance Sheet
Balanced Investment Strategy
Bear
Benchmark Index
Big Mac Index
Buy to Cover

C

Call Option 
Capital Gain
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
Closing Transaction
 
Commission
Commodity
Compound Interest
Contract Size
Convertible Bond
Credit Risk

D

Debt
Default
Deficit
Discount Broker
Diversification
Dividend
Dividen Discount Model
Dividend Irrelevance Theory
Draw Down

E

Equity
Exchange Traded Fund
Exercise Price
 
Expiration Date

F

Full Service Broker
Future Contract
Futures Market

G

H

Hedge
High Yield Bond
Hold
Hubbert's Peak
Hyper Inflation

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