This directory is an index of finance and trading terminology for Elephants operating in global markets. Each linked entry contains a short summary and a more expansive definition of the word. The individual term pages also include a practical example of how the concept works in everyday investing. The links are organized alphabetically so readers can locate specific financial vocabulary.
- Actual Volatility
- Alpha
- Alpha Generation
- Arbitrage
- Bear Market
- Beta
- Beta Coefficient
- Bid-Ask Spread
- Block Trade
- Blue Chip Stock
- Book Value
- Book-to-Market Ratio
- Brokerage Fee
- Bull Market
- Buy-and-Hold
- Buyback (Share Repurchase)
- Capital Gains
- Capitalization-Weighted Index
- Cash Flow
- Circuit Breaker
- Circuit Breaker Halt
- Compound Interest
- Contrarian Investing
- Convexity
- Covered Call
- Cross
- Dark Pool
- Day Trading
- Death Cross
- Delta
- Delta Neutral
- Dilution
- Dividend
- Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)
- Dividend Yield
- EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization)
- EPS (Earnings Per Share)
- ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)
- Ex-Dividend Date
- Float
- Float-Adjusted Market Cap
- Form 10-K
- Form 10-Q
- Form 8-K
- Form S-1
- Fundamental Analysis
- Futures
- Gamma
- Golden Cross
- Growth Investing
- Hedge Fund
- Implied Volatility
- Index
- Index Fund
- Inflation
- Insider Trading
- IPO (Initial Public Offering)
- Leverage
- Limit Order
- Liquidity
- Liquidity Ratio
- Load Fund
- Lock-Up Period
- Margin
- Market Capitalization (Market Cap)
- Market Depth
- Market Order
- Market Sentiment
- Momentum
- Moving Average (MA)
- Mutual Fund
- NAV (Net Asset Value)
- No-Load Fund
- Options
- Over-The-Counter (OTC)
- P/E Ratio (Price-to-Earnings Ratio)
- Payout Ratio
- PEG Ratio (Price/Earnings-to-Growth Ratio)
- Penny Stocks
- Pink Sheets
- Prospectus
- Quantitative Easing (QE)
- Rebalancing
- Resistance Level
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Reverse Stock Split
- Risk-Free Rate
- ROA (Return on Assets)
- ROE (Return on Equity)
- RSI (Relative Strength Index)
- SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
- Sector
- Sector Rotation
- Securities Lending
- Sharpe Ratio
- Short Selling
- Spin-Off
- Stock Option
- Stock Split
- Stockholder Equity
- Stop Loss
- Support Level
- Swing Trading
- Taxes
- Technical Analysis
- Theta
- Trailing Stop
- Treasury Stock
- Triple Witching
- Value Investing
- Vega
- VIX (Volatility Index)
- Volatility
- Volume
- Wash Sale
- Weekend Gap Risk
- Yield