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72 Rule The 72 rule is a formula that calculates how long  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/72-rule.htm

Advance/Decline Line The advance/decline line is a technical indicator used to graph  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/advance-decline-line.htm

All Ordinaries All Ordinaries or "All Ords" is the name for the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/all-ordinaries.htm

Alpha Alpha, the first Greek alphabet letter, is also the risk-adjusted  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/alpha.htm

Analyst Although the term analyst can be associated with a broad  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/analyst.htm

Annualize To annualize is to take an item measured for a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/annualize.htm

Arithmetic Mean The arithmetic mean of a set of two or more  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arithmetic-mean.htm

Arms Index Arms Index is a mathematic market meter designed to communicate  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/arms-index.htm

Ascending Bottoms Ascending bottoms refers to a chart pattern in which the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ascending-bottoms.htm

Ascending Tops Ascending tops is a trend of rising high points in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ascending-tops.htm

Asset Turnover Asset turnover is an efficiency ratio used in financial analysis  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-turnover.htm

Asset/Equity Ratio The asset/equity ratio shows the relationship of the total assets  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/asset-equity-ratio.htm

Back Testing Back testing is the examination of past performance to predict  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/back-testing.htm

Bar Chart A bar chart, also known as a bar graph, is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bar-chart.htm

Bearish Abandoned Baby The bearish abandoned baby is a rarely seen candlestick charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bearish-abandoned-baby.htm

Bearish Engulfing Pattern The bearish engulfing pattern is a relatively simple candlestick charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bearish-engulfing-pattern.htm

Bearish Harami The bearish harami is a candlestick charting pattern -- it  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bearish-harami.htm

Benchmark A benchmark is a security or index against which the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/benchmark.htm

Beta Beta, the second Greek letter, is used by investors to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/beta.htm

Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model predicts an option's price given  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/black-scholes-option-pricing-model.htm

Blow-off Top A blow-off top refers to an extremely fast spike up  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/blow-off-top.htm

Bullish Abandoned Baby The bullish abandoned baby is a rarely seen candlestick charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bullish-abandoned-baby.htm

Bullish Engulfing Pattern The bullish engulfing pattern is a relatively simple candlestick charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/bullish-engulfing-pattern.htm

Candlestick A candlestick is a basic unit in a candlestick chart  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/candlestick.htm

Candlestick Charts Candlestick charts plot stock price data. Originated by Japanese rice  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/candlestick-charts.htm

Capital Asset Pricing Model Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a sophisticated mathematical method  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/capital-asset-pricing-model.htm

CBOE Gold Index CBOE Gold Index stands for the Chicago Board Options Exchange  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cboe-gold-index.htm

CDR Counterparty Risk Index The CDR counterparty risk index is a measure of credit  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cdr-counterparty-risk-index.htm

CFA CFA stands for Chartered Financial Analyst, a professional designation given  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cfa.htm

CFP CFP is short for certified financial planner, which is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cfp.htm

Chartered Financial Analyst A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is an investment professional who  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chartered-financial-analyst.htm

Chartist A chartist is an investor who attempts to predict market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/chartist.htm

Commodity Index A commodity index tracks the price of various types of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/commodity-index.htm

Confidence Indicator A confidence indicator gauges the optimism of a group of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/confidence-indicator.htm

Consensus Forecast A consensus forecast aggregates the estimates of security analysts of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/consensus-forecast.htm

Consensus Recommendation The consensus recommendation is an average of analyst ratings on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/consensus-recommendation.htm

Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index, also known as the CPI, is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/consumer-price-index.htm

Correlation In statistics, correlation is an assessment of the extent of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/correlation.htm

Correlation Coefficient A correlation coefficient is a numerical, descriptive measure of the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/correlation-coefficient.htm

CPI CPI is the common abbreviation for the Consumer Price Index,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cpi.htm

Cumulative Dividend A cumulative dividend is a dividend that, if the company  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cumulative-dividend.htm

Cumulative Total Return The cumulative total return on an investment is the total  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cumulative-total-return.htm

Cup and Handle A cup and handle is a technical analysis charting formation  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/cup-and-handle.htm

Current Yield Current yield is equal to a bond's annual interest payment  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/current-yield.htm

DAX 100 DAX 100 is the abbreviation for Deutscher Aktienindex 100, a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dax-100.htm

Dead Cat Bounce A dead cat bounce is any sharp rise in prices  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dead-cat-bounce.htm

Deflator A deflator is used to convert current dollars into dollars  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/deflator.htm

Demand Curve Demand curve is a graphic representation of the demand schedule  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/demand-curve.htm

Demographics Demographics is the classification of populations, especially consumers, by various  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/demographics.htm

Descending Bottoms Descending bottoms refers to a succession of lower lows in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/descending-bottoms.htm

Descending Tops Descending tops are a series of trades with each high  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/descending-tops.htm

Dip A dip in the market is a decline in prices,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dip.htm

DJIA The DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average), also known as the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/djia.htm

Doji A doji is a type of candlestick where the day's  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/doji.htm

Dollar Cost Averaging Dollar cost averaging is long-term investment strategy in which a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dollar-cost-averaging.htm

Double Bottom A double bottom is a chart pattern created when a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/double-bottom.htm

Double Top Double top is a term used by technical analysts to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/double-top.htm

Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index The Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index is an equity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-asian-titans-50-index.htm

Dow Jones BRIC 50 Brazil Subindex The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Brazil Subindex is an global  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-brazil-subindex.htm

Dow Jones BRIC 50 China Subindex The Dow Jones BRIC 50 China Subindex is an international  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-china-subindex.htm

Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is an international free-float  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-index.htm

Dow Jones BRIC 50 India Subindex The Dow Jones BRIC 50 India Subindex is an global  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-bric-50-india-subindex.htm

Dow Jones CBOT Treasury Index The Dow Jones CBOT Treasury Index is a fixed-income index.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-cbot-treasury-index.htm

Dow Jones Composite Average The Dow Jones Composite Average is a combination of the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-composite-average.htm

Dow Jones Composite Index The Dow Jones Composite Index is a stock market index  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-composite-index.htm

Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 The Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index is an equity  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-euro-stoxx-50.htm

Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is a worldwide  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-global-titans-50-index.htm

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the, if  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-industrial-average.htm

Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITs Index The Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 REITs Index is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-stoxx-global-1800-reits-index.htm

Dow Jones Transportation Average The Dow Jones Transportation Average is the oldest of all  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-transportation-average.htm

Dow Jones Utility Average The Dow Jones Utility Average was created after the Dow  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dow-jones-utility-average.htm

Downside Risk Downside risk includes both the likelihood and extent to which  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/downside-risk.htm

Downtrend A downtrend refers to declining prices. A downtrend can  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/downtrend.htm

Dragonfly Doji A dragonfly doji is a variation on the doji candlestick  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/dragonfly-doji.htm

EAFE Index The EAFE Index measures the overall performance of equities in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/eafe-index.htm

Elliott Wave Theory Elliott Wave Theory was developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/elliott-wave-theory.htm

Employment Cost Index The Employment Cost Index, or ECI, is a quantitative measure  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/employment-cost-index.htm

Evening Star An evening star is a candlestick trading pattern that traders  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/evening-star.htm

Exponential Moving Average An exponential moving average is a more complicated form of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/exponential-moving-average.htm

Financial Analyst Financial analyst is a finance professional who studies and reports  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/financial-analyst.htm

Flat Yield Curve A flat yield curve has a small spread between short  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/flat-yield-curve.htm

Forward PE Forward PE means forward price-to-earnings ratio. Forward PE is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/forward-pe.htm

FTSE The FTSE Group (pronounced "footsie") computes tens of thousands of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ftse.htm

GDP Implicit Price Deflator The GDP implicit price deflator measures the level of price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/gdp-implicit-price-deflator.htm

Goldman Sachs Commodity Index The Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, now known as the S&P  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/goldman-sachs-commodity-index.htm

Gravestone Doji A gravestone doji is a variation on the doji candlestick  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/gravestone-doji.htm

Harami Cross A harami cross is a candlestick charting pattern that can  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/harami-cross.htm

Head And Shoulders Pattern A head and shoulders pattern is a technical analysis charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/head-and-shoulders-pattern.htm

Histogram A histogram is a graph that shows how many times  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/histogram.htm

Historical Data Historical data is information about a company's past, such as  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/historical-data.htm

Historical Trading Range The historical trading range is the lowest and highest price  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/historical-trading-range.htm

Implied Volatility The implied volatility of an asset is an estimate of  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/implied-volatility.htm

Index An index is a hypothetical basket of securities or economic  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/index.htm

Index Fund An index fund is a portfolio of assets with allocation  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/index-fund.htm

Indicated Yield The indicated yield is the indicated dividend for a share  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/indicated-yield.htm

Indicator Indicators are used by market timers to try and divine  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/indicator.htm

Inflation Rate The inflation rate is the increase in prices for a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inflation-rate.htm

Inflation-Indexed Security An inflation-indexed security is a stock or bond whose return  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inflation-indexed-security.htm

Inside Day An inside day is a day in which a stock's  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inside-day.htm

Intrinsic Value The actual value of a security, as opposed to its  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/intrinsic-value.htm

Inverse Head And Shoulders An inverse head and shoulders is a technical analysis charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inverse-head-and-shoulders.htm

Inverted Yield Curve An inverted yield curve is one where the most long-term  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/inverted-yield-curve.htm

Investment Newsletter An investment newsletter is a publication designed to help investors  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-newsletter.htm

Investment Philosophy Investment philosophy is a general approach that directs the decisions  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-philosophy.htm

Investment Return Investment return is the change in value of the investment  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/investment-return.htm

January Barometer The January Barometer is a theory that states that if  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/january-barometer.htm

Jarrow Turnbull Model The Jarrow Turnbull Model is a model used to analyze  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jarrow-turnbull-model.htm

Jennifer Lopez - J. Lo Jennifer Lopez - J. Lo is a slang term used  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jennifer-lopez---j.-lo.htm

JIC JIC, which stands for "just in case," is a strategy  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/jic.htm

Joseph Effect The Joseph Effect is the idea that movements over time  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/joseph-effect.htm

Keltner Channel The Keltner channel is a market analysis indicator that measures  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/keltner-channel.htm

Key Rate Duration Key rate duration measures portfolio sensitivity or security sensitivity.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/key-rate-duration.htm

Klinger Oscillator The Klinger Oscillator is a market analysis indicator that that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/klinger-oscillator.htm

Kondratiev Wave Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev theorized that capitalist economies move in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kondratiev-wave.htm

Kurtosis Kurtosis, of Greek origin meaning "bulging" or "swelling", is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/kurtosis.htm

Laffer Curve The Laffer Curve is a mathematical shape that shows the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/laffer-curve.htm

Lagging Indicator A lagging indicator is an economic statistic that changes after  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/lagging-indicator.htm

Law of Large Numbers The law of large numbers is a law of probability  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/law-of-large-numbers.htm

Leading Indicator A leading indicator is a statistic that predicts trends in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/leading-indicator.htm

Linear Regression In statistics, linear regression is a technique for estimating the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/linear-regression.htm

Look-Ahead Bias Look-ahead bias is use of information outside the time frame  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/look-ahead-bias.htm

MACD MACD, which stands for Moving Average Convergence Divergence, is a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/macd.htm

Misery Index The misery index is the unemployment rate plus the inflation  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/misery-index.htm

Modern Portfolio Theory Introduced by Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz in the 1950s,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/modern-portfolio-theory.htm

Momentum Indicator A momentum indicator is a technical analysis indicator that attempts  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/momentum-indicator.htm

Money Flow Money flow is a tool used by technical analysts to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/money-flow.htm

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo methods are numerical techniques used for solving complex  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/monte-carlo.htm

Morning Star A morning star is a candlestick charting pattern that traders  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/morning-star.htm

Nasdaq 100 Index The Nasdaq 100 Index is an index representing the top  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nasdaq-100-index.htm

Nasdaq Composite Index Launched in 1971, the NASDAQ Composite Index is based on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/nasdaq-composite-index.htm

Normal Yield Curve The normal yield curve is a yield curve with interest  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/normal-yield-curve.htm

October Effect The October effect is a theory that stocks decline during  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/october-effect.htm

One Time Charge A one time charge is a charge against earnings that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/one-time-charge.htm

Overbought/Oversold Indicator An overbought/oversold indicator is a type of indicator which seeks  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/overbought-oversold-indicator.htm

PEG Ratio The PEG ratio is a formula used to estimate a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/peg-ratio.htm

Point-and Chart A point-and-figure chart shows filtered price movements of a stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/point-and-figure-chart.htm

Price Gap A price gap is simply an area within a particular  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/price-gap.htm

Quant On Wall Street, a quant is an expert in quantitative  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quant.htm

Quantitative Analysis Quantitative analysis is a process of disseminating financial data in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/quantitative-analysis.htm

Range-Bound Trading Range-bound trading is a purely technical method of predicting a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/range-bound-trading.htm

Red Candlestick A red candlestick is used on a candlestick chart to  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/red-candlestick.htm

Rising Three Methods The rising three methods is a bullish candlestick charting pattern  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/rising-three-methods.htm

Russell 2000 The Russell 2000 is a stock-market index measuring the performance  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-2000.htm

Russell 2000 Index The Russell 2000 index is a market capitalization-weighted index comprised  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-2000-index.htm

Russell 3000 The Russell 3000 is an index calculated by ranking all  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-3000.htm

Russell Top 50 Index The Russell Top 50 Index is an a large cap  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/russell-top-50-index.htm

S&P 1500 Index The S&P 1500 Index is a broad equity index. The  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-1500-index.htm

S&P 400 Index The S&P 400 Index is an equity index representing 400  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-400-index.htm

S&P 500 Index The S&P 500 Index is a well known and followed  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-500-index.htm

S&P 600 Index The S&P 600 Index is an equity index representing 600  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-600-index.htm

S&P Global 1200 Index The S&P Global 1200 Index is a worldwide equity index  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/s&p-global-1200-index.htm

Senkou Span B While it can be used as a stand-alone tool, the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/senkou-span-b.htm

Shadow In candlestick charting, a shadow is a line on a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/shadow.htm

Short Interest Ratio Short interest ratio is a metric that reveals positive or  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/short-interest-ratio.htm

Sideways Trend When the price of a stock moves neither steadily upward  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sideways-trend.htm

Signal Line A signal line is a term commonly encountered in technical  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/signal-line.htm

Skewness Skewness is a descriptive statistic that is used in analyzing  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/skewness.htm

SOX Index The SOX Index represents the symbol of the Philadelphia Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/sox-index.htm

Spinning Top A spinning top is a type of candlestick on a  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/spinning-top.htm

Spread Spread can mean several different things to investors, depending on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/spread.htm

Star In candlestick charting, a star refers to a small-bodied candle  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/star.htm

STIX STIX is a technical indicator. STIX stands for Short  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stix.htm

Stock Market Analysis A stock market analysis is an evaluation of the market  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-analysis.htm

Stock Market Breadth Stock market breadth is a tally of how many stocks  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-breadth.htm

Stock Market Index A stock market index is a hypothetical basket of securities  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-index.htm

Stock Market Letter A stock market letter is a term used to describe  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-letter.htm

Stock Market Timer A stock market timer attempts to profit by predicting the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-market-timer.htm

Stock Screening Stock screening is the process of finding stocks that meets  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/stock-screening.htm

Technical Analysis Technical Analysis is a method of forecasting prices of stocks,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/technical-analysis.htm

Technical Analyst A technical analyst believes that prices move in predictable patterns,  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/technical-analyst.htm

Technical Indicator A technical indicator is a series of values derived (i.e.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/technical-indicator.htm

TED Spread A TED spread is a yield spread. On any  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/ted-spread.htm

Three Black Crows Three black crows is a candlestick charting pattern used in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/three-black-crows.htm

Three White Soldiers In technical analysis, three white soldiers is a candlestick charting  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/three-white-soldiers.htm

Timing the Market An investor who is timing the market attempts to increase  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/timing-the-market.htm

Trailing PE A trailing PE is a price-earnings ratio based on the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/trailing-pe.htm

Trendline A trendline is a straight line connecting multiple points on  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/trendline.htm

Triple Bottom The triple bottom is a technical analysis pattern that signals  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/triple-bottom.htm

Triple Top A triple top is a price pattern used by technical  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/triple-top.htm

Universe of Securities Universe of securities refers to a group of stocks that  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/universe-of-securities.htm

US Dollar Index The US Dollar Index is an index that measures the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/us-dollar-index.htm

Valuation Valuation is the attempt to determine whether a stock is  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/valuation.htm

Variance Variance is a measure of volatility. Variance is calculated as  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/variance.htm

VIX VIX is the CBOE Volatility Index, created by the Chicago  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/vix.htm

Volatility In finance, volatility is a statistical measure of the tendency  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volatility.htm

Volatility Ratio The volatility ratio is an indicator developed by Jack D.  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volatility-ratio.htm

Volume Volume is a measure of trading activity. On stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/volume.htm

Weighted Alpha Weighted alpha is a measure of stock price movements over  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/weighted-alpha.htm

Whipsaw Whipsaw refers to the rapid movement of stock prices, either  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/whipsaw.htm

White Candlestick When a stock or other security closes higher at the  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/white-candlestick.htm

Wilshire 5000 The Wilshire 5000 Index was created by Wilshire Associates in  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/wilshire-5000.htm

XAU Index The XAU Index represents the symbol of the Philadelphia Gold  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xau-index.htm

XOI Index The XOI Index represents the symbol of the American Stock  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/xoi-index.htm

Yardstick A yardstick originally meant a flat wooden board that measures  more... http://www.investorglossary.com/yardstick.htm