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Glossary

Dilution

Reduction in the proportion of income distribution for each share as a result of new shares being issued.

Discount Bond

A bond that is selling Bonds selling at a price below it’s face value.

Discount Rate

The interest rate at which banks may borrow funding from the Federal Reserve.

Discretionary Account

A brokerage account where a client grants their investment manager the authority to make all decisions on how their portfolio is managed. 

Displaced Moving Average

A technical indicator that shifts the plotting of a Simple Moving Average by a specific period, to the left or right of where the SMA would ordinarily plot.

Distribution Line

A predictive technical indicator that evaluates increasing trade volume as a forecast of increasing stock prices.

Distributions

A company’s payment of capital gains or dividends. Typically distributed to shareholders at least once a year.

Divergence

When two or more indicators move in different directions, failing to identify a directional trend.

Diversification

A risk management strategy that involves having a variety of investment types within a portfolio.

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