Glossary

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

B

Balance of payments

Baltic Dry Index

Bank of England

Bond vigilantes

Bottom-up investing

Buyouts and buyins

C

D

Dark liquidity pools

Deal-for-equity swaps

Debt to equity ratio

Discounted cash flow

Dogs of the Dow

E

Earnings per share

Economic indicators

Elliott Wave Theory

Enterprise value

Equity free cash-flow yield

Exchange traded fund (ETF)

F

Fibonacci theory

Final salary and money purchase pensions

Floating rate note

Foreign exchange reserves

G

Global depository receipt

H

Hedonic accounting

I

Index-linked gilts

Interest rate swap

Internal rate of return

Inverted yield curve

Investment trusts

J

K

Keynesian economics

L

Leveraged buyout

Like-for-like sales

Limited company

Loan to value ratio

Long/short equity

M

Market neutral funds

Marking to market

Mezzanine finance

Monetary policy

N

Nation's current account

Nominee account

O

Off-balance-sheet finance

Open & closed end funds

Operating leverage

Opportunity cost

P

Piotroski score

Pound cost averaging

Preference share

Price to book ratio

Price to cash flow ratio

Price to earnings growth ratio

Price to sales ratio

Q

R

Real and nominal

Redemption yield

Return on capital

Return on equity

S

Sale and leaseback

Segregated fund

SIV (structured investment vehicle)

Stability and growth pact

Standard deviation

Stock splitting

T

Technical analysis

Tier-one capital

V

W

Wholesale money markets

Working capital

Y

Z