Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's InvestorWall Street Words is an essential guide to the words spoken on "the Street." This updated edition has 4,500 entries -- more than 700 of them newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets -- and covers everything from investment fundamentals to the sophisticated terminology of contemporary finance. More than 100 case studies illustrating real-world investment examples plus 50 insightful tips from industry professionals make this new edition the most comprehensive and useful reference for today's investor. |
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Common terms and phrases
activity additional amount analysts assets average bank basis bond broker brokerage called capital cash certificate charge common stock Compare contract convertible corporate cost dealer debt decline distribution dividend earnings equity example exchange Federal firm firm's funds futures gains higher holding income increase indicates individual industry institutional interest investment investors issue issuer limit listed loan loss margin maturity municipal mutual fund Nasdaq occur offer operating option owner paid particular payments period permits portfolio position preferred principal profit purchase ratio receive reduce relating relatively reported result risk rule sell shares short sold specified spread statement Stock Exchange stockholders term tion trading transaction Treasury trust United usually yield
Bibliographic information
| Title | Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor Wall Street Words |
| Author | David Logan Scott |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0618176519, 9780618176519 |
| Length | 424 pages |
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