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501(c)(3) Organizations

52-Week High/Low

A

Absolute Advantage

Accounts Payable (AP)

Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS)

Acid-Test Ratio

After Hours Trading

Alternative Investment

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Annual Percentage Yield (APY)

Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)

Asset Management

Assets Under Management (AUM)

Authorized Stock

Automated Clearing House (ACH)

Average True Range (ATR)

B

Bilateral Contract

Business Ethics

Business To Business (B2B)

Business To Consumer (B2C)

C

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

Capital Expenditure

Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

Certified Public Accountant – CPA

Chart. Property/Casualty – CPCU

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor (CMFC)

CMA – Certified Management Accountant

Command Economy

Comparative Advantage

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)

Compound Interest

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

Current Liabilities

Customer Relationship

D

Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)

Debt To Equity Ratio (D/E)

Delivered-at-Place (DAP)

Discounted Cash Flow Model (DCF)

Diversification

Dividend Discount Model (DDM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

DuPont Analysis

E

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)

Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Economic Growth

Economies of Scale

Emergency Banking Act of 1933

Employee Benefits Specialist – CEBC

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Enterprise Value (EV)

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Criteria

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

F

Financial Institution (FI)

Financial Statements

First In, First Out (FIFO)

Fixed Income Security (FIS)

Forward PE Ratio

Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis

G

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Government Bond

Gross Annual Income

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross National Product (GNP)

Gross Profit vs. Gross Margin

Gross Profit vs. Net Profit

H

High Net Worth Individual (HNWI)

Holding Company

Homeowners Association (HOA)

Homeowners Association Fee (HOA Fee)

How does a 401(k) Differ From a Pension?

How to Contribute to Your 401(k)

I

Implied Contract

Income Statement

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Insider Trading

Interest Coverage Ratio

Interest Rate Effect

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) | IRR Formula

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Inventory Turnover

J

Joint and Several Liability

Joint Venture (JV)

Just In Time (JIT)

K

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)

Kids In Parents’ Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings (KIPPERS)

Knowledge Economy

L

Last In, Last Out (LIFO)

Letter of Intent (LOI)

Licensed International Financial Analyst (LIFA)

Licensing Agreement

Line of Credit (LOC)

Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

Loan To Value Ratio (LTV)

M

Macro Environment

Market Capitalization

Market Capitalization Categories

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Monetary Policy

Money Laundering

Monopolistic Competition

Monte Carlo Simulation

N

Negative Correlation

Negative P/E Ratio

Net Asset Value (NAV)

Net Income (NI)

Net Operating Income (NOI)

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Non Discretionary

Non-Compete Agreement

O

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Program

Operating Income

Operating Income Formula

Operating Income Formula

Operating Margin

Opportunity Cost

Organizational Structure

Overdraft Fee Definition

P

Perfect Competition

Personal Finance

Preferred Stock

Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio)

Price/Earnings to Growth (PEG) Ratio

Principal of a Bond

Private Enterprise

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

Promissory Note

Q

Qualitative Analysis

Quality of Earnings

Quantitative Analysis (QA)

Quantitative Easing

Quarter (Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4)

R

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Registered Investment Advisor (RIA)

Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)

Return on Assets (ROA)

Return on Equity (ROE)

Return on Investment (ROI)

Russell 2000 Index

S

S&P 500 Index (Standard & Poor’s 500 Index)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Securities Industry Essentials (SIE)

Shadow Banking System

Social Responsibility

Social Security

Stock Market Crash

Stop Limit Order

T

Technical Analysis

Terminal Value (TV)

Total Assets Formula

Total Expense Ratio (TER)

Trailing 12 Months

Trailing vs Forward P/E Ratio

Treasury Bills (T Bills)

Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

Truth in Lending Act (TILA)

Types of Assets

U

Unearned Income

Unlimited Liability

V

Valuation Methods

Value Added Tax (VAT)

Value Investing

Venture Capital

Venture Capitalist (VC)

Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Plan (VEBA)

W

Wealth Management

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

Withholding Tax

Work In Progress (WIP)

X

Y

Year Over Year (YOY)

Yield on Cost (YOC)

Z

Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB)

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