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- English
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Concise Encyclopedia of Investing
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Practical information for investing newcomers!
Have you wanted to seriously begin investing but are wary because of confusing and complicated terminology and concepts? Then the Concise Encyclopedia of Investing is for you. This A-to-Z reference provides clear, concise explanations of basic as well as more advanced investment terms to
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Index
Page numbers followed by the letter “f” indicate figures.
A stock, 10
Absolute return, hedge fund, 32-33
Accumulated earnings, 60
Active strategy, 3
Agricultural products, as commodities, 8-9, 8f
American Century, 23
American exercise, 50
AMEX (American Stock Exchange), 41-42
Asset-backed bonds, 5
B stock, 10
Balance sheet, 24, 25f
Bank deposit agreement (BDA), 31
Bank investment contract (BIC), 31
Bermudan exercise, 50
Big Board (NYSE), 47
“Blue-sky”process, 66
Boeing, 30
Bond
corporate, types of, 5-6
duration of, 13-14
fixed-income investment and, 20-21
types of, 5
Book value, 61
Brokers, 47, 48-49
Bureau of the Public Debt, 64
Business risk, 61
Calculations
beta measurements, 4f
EPS, 15
equivalent taxable yield, 18
Macaulay duration, 13-14
municipal bonds, 44
return on equity, 60
Call option, 50
Callable bonds, 5
Capital lease, 40
Cash flow statement, 24
Change amount, ticker tape, 72
Change direction, ticker tape, 72
China, emerging market, 16
Commodity Exchange Act, 8
Company analysis, 24
Compound interest, 26
Consumer Price Index (CPI), 39
Convertible preferred stock, 53
Corporate bonds, 5, 20
Corporate diversification, 12
Corporate Finance, SEC, 64
Corporate stock, 66-67
Cross-selling, 65
Cumulative preferred stock, 53
Current assets, 3
Debenture bonds, 5
Deferred equities, 10
Derivatives, 26
Direct financing lease, 40
Direct issues, mortgage, 55
Direct tax, 69
Diversification, hedge fund, 34
Dow Jones Averages, 42, 67
Dreyfus, 23
Earned surplus, 60
Earnings multiple, 54-55
Economic risk, 62
Enforcement (SEC), 64
EPS (earnings per share), 15-16
Equity REITs, 59
Equity securities, 66-67
ESOP (employee stock ownership plan), 16-17
ESPP (employee stock purchase plan), 17...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Bibliography
- Index