Category: Stock Market Glossary

Day Order – An order to buy or sell stock that expires at the end of the trading day.

Dealer Market – Dealers (market makers) serve as intermediaries between buyers and sellers with the prices they are willing to…

Default – Failure to pay principal or interest when due. Defaults can also occur for failure to meet non-payment obligations,…

Delisted – A stock that has been delisted has been removed from an exchange and cannot be traded. A company’s…

Depreciation – The decline in value of an asset from wear and tear over a period of time, such as…

Distribution Date – Date on which the dividend payment is made.

Diversification – A risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. It is designed to…

Dividend Yield – A company’s latest annual dividend expressed as a percentage of its stock’s latest price. A stock has…

Dow Divisor – A special number used to calculate the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW) – The best-known measure of stock prices consisting of 30 large, well-known companies in major…

Earnings – The amount of money that remains after subtracting the company’s operating and non-operating expenses from its revenue. Earnings…

Profit – Company Expenses = Earnings

Earnings Per Share (EPS) – A company’s profit divided by the number of shares outstanding.

Economic Cycle – The pattern of changes in economic performance. There are four phases in the economic cycle (expansion, peak,…

Election Cycle – The theory that the economy rises and declines based on the year of a president’s term in…

Emergency Funds – Money saved to be used for unforeseen events.

Entrepreneur – A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.

Environment – The elements of the natural world including the earth, its oceans, air, and land.

Environment, Social, And Governance (ESG) – ESG Investing is a sustainable and responsible alternative to traditional investing that presents you…

Equity – In a brokerage account, equity is the value of all stocks and cash minus any loans owed to…