Financial Terms and Definitions » A http://terms.speakstocks.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:41:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Annuity http://terms.speakstocks.com/annuity/ http://terms.speakstocks.com/annuity/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:50:41 +0000 ashivapu http://terms.speakstocks.com/?p=263
  • Amortization
  • GNP
  • Coupon Rate
    • ]]>     A financial product sold by financial institutions which is designed to accept and grow money over a certain period of time where it will then pay out fixed installments.

    Annuities are generally used as a source for retirement planning and income.

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  • Annuity
  • Operating Income
  • Debt
    • ]]>     Amortization is the process of paying off debt in regular installments over a period of time.

    Also can be used in reference to calculate the depreciation of certain capital expenses.

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  • Inventory
  • Cash Flow
    • ]]>     Any item of economic value owned by an individual or corporation, especially that which could be converted to cash.

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    ]]>     http://terms.speakstocks.com/asset/feed/ 0     Ask http://terms.speakstocks.com/ask/ http://terms.speakstocks.com/ask/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:26:16 +0000 ashivapu http://terms.speakstocks.com/?p=215
  • Bid-Ask Spread
  • Quote
  • Futures
    • ]]>     The price a seller is willing to sell their security for.

    Also see bid-ask spread, bid.

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  • Depreciation
  • Total return swap
    • ]]>     The increase in the value of an asset based on time, supply, and other inclining factors.

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  • Dollar Cost Averaging
  • Short Selling
  • Buyback
    • ]]>     Averaging down is the process of buying more shares at a lower price to try and bring down your average price, hence the name.

    Example: You buy shares of Stock X at $20. The stock goes down to $10. In order to try and limit your risk and losses, you buy the same amount of shares of Stock X at $10. Now your shares of Stock X are valued at $15 per share.

    Speak Stocks: Averaging Down – Good or Bad?

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  • High Frequency Trading
  • Gap
  • Volume
    • ]]>     Trading after regular trading hours on major exhanges.

    Because fewer people generally trade in the after-hours session, liquidity is less because the overall volume is less.

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