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Financial Glossary A–Z

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TERM OF THE DAY• Investing

Compound Interest

"Interest calculated on both initial principal base and cumulative accrued interest from previous cycles."

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Amortization

The scheduled process of systematically paying off debt through recurring installments over time.

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Asset Allocation

Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories like stocks, bonds, and cash.

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Bear Market

A prolonged market decline where asset prices fall by 20% or more from recent highs.

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Bull Market

A financial market condition where prices are rising or are expected to rise consistently.

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Capital Gains Tax

Government levy on the profit realized from the sale of non-inventory assets like equities or property.

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Compound Interest

Interest calculated on both initial principal base and cumulative accrued interest from previous cycles.

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Dollar-Cost Averaging

Investing fixed fiat sums at regular periodic schedules regardless of underlying unit price swings.

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Corporate Finance

EBITDA

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization used as a baseline profitability proxy.

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ETF (Exchange Traded Fund)

A marketable security tracking an index, commodity, or basket of assets trading continuously on exchanges.

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Fiat Currency

Government-issued legal tender not backed by physical commodities like gold or silver.

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Wealth Management

Fiduciary

A legal obligation binding advisors to act solely in the highest financial interest of their clients.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The cumulative aggregate monetary value of all finished goods and services produced within borders.

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Hedge Fund

Pooled private capital structures utilizing alternative trading mechanics to generate absolute alphanumeric alpha.

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Inflation

The systemic baseline rise in consumer pricing indices causing fiat purchasing power erosion.

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Liquidity

The degree of efficiency with which an asset can be converted into standard currency without value loss.

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Margin Call

Broker demands requiring depositors to add fiat liquidity to cover adverse leveraged trading deficits.

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Mutual Fund

An investment vehicle operated by asset managers pooling retail deposits to purchase diversified instruments.

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Personal Finance

Net Worth

The absolute residual fiat measure of all cumulative controlled assets minus total outstanding liabilities.

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Options Contract

Derivatives granting owners the optional right to transact underlying assets at set strike parameters.

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Quantitative Easing

Central bank programmatic monetary maneuvers directly injecting broad fiat base supply into local networks.

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Roth IRA

Individual post-tax retirement shelters granting participants lifetime tax-free compounded capital extractions.

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Short Selling

Borrowing specific equity share contracts to sell immediately in anticipation of future unit repurchases at lower basis points.

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Tax Loss Harvesting

Strategic liquidations of underwater portfolio positions designed to offset positive progressive taxable liabilities.

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Corporate Finance

Vesting Schedule

Time-based corporate ownership access triggers releasing granted equity or options parameters sequentially.

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Yield Curve

Graphical plotting lines measuring sovereign debt bond returns mapped across respective temporal maturity horizons.

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