Investing and stock market terms in plain words · 351 terms
Stock Shareholder Share price Market capitalization Stock exchange Trading unit Stock index Nikkei 225 TOPIX KOSPI KOSPI 200 KOSDAQ Index Sector Earnings report IPO Stock split Dividend Shareholder perk NISA ISA (Korea) Capital increase Share buyback Shareholders meeting Delisting Market segment KOSPI, KOSDAQ and KONEX markets Earnings release Preliminary earnings disclosure (Korea) Compounding Ticker code Korean ticker code Reverse split Annual securities report Business report (Korea) Insider trading iDeCo (personal pension) Pension savings account (Korea) IRP (Individual Retirement Pension) Institutional investor Tender offer Management buyout Stock option Voting right Shares outstanding Free float Preferred and common stock Holding company Subsidiary and associate Quarterly results Growth and value stocks Large-cap and small-cap stocks Defensive and cyclical stocks M&A (mergers and acquisitions) Spin-off Fiscal year
P/E ratio EPS P/B ratio Book value per share ROE ROA Dividend yield Payout ratio Revenue Operating profit Ordinary profit Net income Operating margin Equity ratio Balance sheet Income statement Cash flow Free cash flow Gross profit SG&A expenses Depreciation Goodwill Interest-bearing debt Current ratio P/S ratio EBITDA Guidance revision Consensus estimate ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) Impairment Inventory Retained earnings Dividend increase and cut Equity Total assets Liabilities Dividend per share EV/EBITDA Break-even point Fixed and variable costs Asset turnover Segment information Dilution PEG ratio Earnings yield Total payout ratio Debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) Net cash Year-over-year change (YoY)
Market order Limit order Stop order Order book Volume Liquidity Margin trading Short selling Price limit Capital gain Income gain Dollar-cost averaging Diversification Cutting losses Record date Execution Tick size Settlement date Tax-handled account Morning and afternoon sessions Regular session and call auctions (Korea) Margin call Odd lot Trading commission Averaging down Taking profit Trend following and contrarian Cash trading Open position PTS (off-hours trading) Alternative exchange (Nextrade) Day and swing trading Open and close Auction and continuous trading Turnover value Margin balances Stock borrow fee Securities lending Leverage Slippage Closing trade Order validity Bid-ask spread Trailing stop Lump-sum investing Algorithmic trading Short squeeze Risk-reward ratio
Candlestick Moving average Golden cross Death cross Support and resistance Trend line RSI MACD Bollinger Bands Gap Volatility Beta Ichimoku cloud Stochastics Divergence Pullback Double top Heikin-Ashi Up and down candles Candle wick VWAP Triangle pattern Head and shoulders Deviation rate Dow theory Fibonacci levels Average true range Daily, weekly and monthly charts Range-bound market Breakout Volume spike Logarithmic chart False signal Filling the gap Exponential moving average (EMA) Parabolic SAR RCI (rank correlation index) Psychological line Year-to-date high and low Engulfing pattern
Bond Face value Coupon rate Redemption Yield to maturity Government bond Corporate bond Credit rating Duration Interest rate risk Discount bond Convertible bond Yield curve Credit spread Default Retail government bond Korea Savings Bond Subordinated bond High-yield bond Coupon bond Why bond prices fall when rates rise Inflation-linked bond Accrued interest Floating rate note Municipal bond Callable bond Convexity Bond ladder Country risk
Crypto asset Blockchain Bitcoin Altcoin Stablecoin Wallet Private key Mining Halving Gas fee Exchange vs brokerage Smart contract Staking Two-factor authentication Crypto and tax NFT DeFi Hard fork Registered crypto exchange Token Layer 2 Cold wallet Decentralised exchange Seed phrase Hot wallet Airdrop Consensus algorithm
Investment fund ETF Index fund Active fund Net asset value Expense ratio Fund net assets Distribution Tracking error REIT Rebalancing Asset allocation Prospectus Sales charge (no-load) Benchmark Regular investing Redemption retention Redemption fee (Korea) Distribution reinvestment Fund report Early wind-up Total cost of ownership Monthly distribution fund Balanced fund Target-date fund Fund of funds Money market fund Maximum drawdown
Exchange rate Weak yen, strong yen Weak won, strong won Currency pair Spread (FX) Currency hedging FX margin trading Swap points Foreign stocks Currency risk Currency intervention Purchasing power parity Foreign currency deposit Mid rate (TTM) Base exchange rate (Korea) Yen crosses Arbitraged exchange rate Yen carry trade Stop-out Effective exchange rate Currency gain and loss Home-currency and foreign-currency pricing Spot and forward Foreign exchange trading hours Fixed exchange rate Floating exchange rate Reserve currency Currency basket Safe haven currency
Inflation Deflation Consumer Price Index (CPI) Policy rate Central bank Easing and tightening Real interest rate GDP (Gross Domestic Product) Business cycle Recession Jobs report Tankan survey Business Survey Index (BSI) FOMC Stagflation Unemployment rate Trade balance Quantitative easing Composite indexes Fiscal policy Money supply Nominal and real Purchasing managers' index Producer price index Soft landing Consumer confidence index Credit crunch Economic bubble
Capital gains tax Dividend tax Withholding Tax return Offsetting losses Loss carryforward Tax-free account Double taxation Foreign tax credit Tax deferral Transaction tax Aggregate versus separate taxation Taxable income Progressive taxation Tax year Acquisition cost Gift tax Inheritance tax
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