Glossary

A government agency that regulates the securities industry to protect investors.

A non-profit insurance company that provides protection for investors’ accounts with brokerage firms.

A bond that reaches maturity over several years.

The comparison of a value to itself over successive time periods.

Occuring a few days after trade exececution, this is the exchange process that designates when payment is made and shares are delivered.

The act of a company to buy back its own stock shares in the open market to reduce Shares Outstanding and increase Earnings Per Share, which ultimately seeks to drive the stock price higher.

An individual which owns shares of ownership in a company.

The amount of Common Stock shares owned by investors.

A technical formula designed by William F. Sharpe that calculates the average return minus the risk-free return, divided by the standard deviation of the return, on an investment.

A Candlestick bar chart price pattern indicating a reversal, identified by a short black body with a long wick upwards.