Financial Glossary

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A-B Trust
A-Shares
AAA
AARP
Abenomics
Ability-to-Pay Taxation
Abnormal Return
Absolute Advantage
Absolute Return
Absorption Costing
Absorption Rate
Accelerated Depreciation
Acceleration Clause
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)
Accepting Risk
Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)
Accidental Death Benefits
Account Balance
Account in Trust
Account Number
Account Statement
Accountability
Accountant
Accountant Responsibility
Accounting
Accounting Conservatism
Accounting Cycle
Accounting Equation
Accounting Information System (AIS)
Accounting Method
Accounting Policies
Accounting Principles
Accounting Profit
Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Accounting Ratio
Accounting Standard
Accounting Theory
Accounts Payable (AP)
Accounts Payable Turnover Ratio
Accounts Receivable (AR)
Accounts Receivable Aging
Accounts Receivable Financing
Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS)
Accredited In Business Valuation (ABV)
Accredited Investor
Accretion
Accretion of Discount
Accretive
Accrual Accounting
Accruals
Accrue: Definition, How It Works, and 2 Main Types of Accruals
Accrued Expense
Accrued Income
Accrued Interest
Accrued Liability
Accrued Revenue
Accumulated Depreciation
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Accumulation Phase
Accumulation/Distribution Indicator (A/D)
Acid-Test Ratio
Acquisition
Acquisition Accounting
Acquisition Cost
Acquisition Premium
Active Management
Activist Investor
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
Activity-Based Budgeting (ABB)
Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
Activity-Based Management (ABM)
Activity Cost Driver
Activity Ratios
Actual Deferral & Actual Contribution Percentage Test (ADP/ACP)
Actuarial Gain Or Loss
Actuarial Life Table
Actuarial Science
Ad Valorem Tax
Add-On Interest
Additional Child Tax Credit
Additional Paid-In Capital
Addition Rule for Probabilities
Adhesion Contract
Adjudication
Adjustable Life Insurance
Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)
Adjusted Closing Price
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted Funds From Operations (AFFO)
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Adjusted Present Value (APV)
Adjusting Journal Entry
Administrative Expenses
Administrative Services Only (ASO)
Advance/Decline Line (A/D)
Advance Payment
Advanced Internal Rating-Based (AIRB)
Adverse Possession
Adverse Selection
Advertising Budget
Affiliate
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliated Companies
Affirmative Action
Affordable Care Act
After-Tax Real Rate of Return
After-Hours Trading
After-Tax Contribution
After-Tax Income
Agency Bond
Agency by Necessity
Agency Costs
Agency Problem
Agency Theory
Agent
Aggregate Demand
Aggregate Stop-Loss Insurance
Aggregate Supply
Aggregation
Aggressive Investment Strategy
Agribusiness
Air Waybill (AWB)
Aktiengesellschaft (AG)
Alan Greenspan
Aleatory Contract
Algorithmic Trading
All Risks
Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses (ALAE)
Allocational Efficiency
Allotment Definition, Reasons for Raising Shares, IPOs
Allowance for Bad Debt
Allowance for Credit Losses
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Alpha
Alphabet Stock
Altcoin
Alternative Depreciation System (ADS)
Alternative Investment
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Alternative Trading System (ATS)
Altman Z-Score
Always Be Closing (ABC)
Amalgamation
Amended Return
American Depositary Receipt (ADR)
American Depositary Share (ADS)
American Dream
American Express Card
American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)
American Option
American Stock Exchange (AMEX): Definition, History, Current Name
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Amortizable Bond Premium
Amortization of Intangibles
Amortization Schedule
What Is an Amortization Schedule? How to Calculate with Formula
What Is an Amortized Bond? How They Work, and Example
Amortized Loan
Amsterdam Stock Exchange (AEX)
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Android Operating System
Anchoring
Anchoring and Adjustment
Angel Investor Definition and How It Works
Animal Spirits
Annual Equivalent Rate (AER)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Annual Percentage Yield (APY)
Annual Report
Annual Return
Annual Turnover
Annualize
Annualized Income
Annualized Income Installment Method
Annualized Rate of Return
Annualized Total Return
Annuitant
Annuitization
Annuity
Annuity Due
Annuity Table
Anomaly
Anti-Dilution Provision
Anti-Dumping Duty
Anti Money Laundering (AML)
Anticipatory Breach
Antitrust
Appellate Courts
Applicable Federal Rate (AFR)
Application Programming Interface (API)
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
Applied Economics
Appraisal
Appraisal Costs
Appraisal Management Company (AMC)
Appreciation
Appropriation
Appropriation Account
Aptitude Test
Arab League
Arbitrage
Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)
Arbitrageur
Arbitration
Arc Elasticity
Arithmetic Mean
Arm’s Length Transaction
Arms Index (TRIN)
Aroon Indicator
Aroon Oscillator
Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem
Article 50
Articles of Association
Articles of Incorporation
Artificial Intelligence
Ascending Channel
Ascending Triangle
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Asian Development Bank
Asian Financial Crisis
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Ask
Assemble to Order (ATO)
Assessed Value
Asset
Asset Allocation
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP)
Asset-Backed Security (ABS)
Asset-Based Approach
Asset-Based Lending
Asset Class
Asset Coverage Ratio
Asset Financing
Asset-Liability Committee (ALCO)
Asset/Liability Management
Asset Management
Asset Management Company (AMC)
Asset Protection
Asset Retirement Obligation
Asset Swap
Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction (ASCOT)
Asset Turnover Ratio
Asset Valuation
Assets Under Management (AUM)
Assignment
Assortment Strategies
Assumable Mortgage
Assurance
Assurance Services
Asymmetric Information
At Par
Atomic Swaps
At The Money
Attorney-in-Fact
Attribution Analysis
Attrition
Auction Market
Audit
Audit Committee
Audit Risk
Auditor
Auditor’s Opinion
Auditor’s Report
Augmented Product
Austerity
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
Autarky
Authorized Stock
Autocorrelation
Automated Clearing House (ACH)
Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS)
Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
Automatic Bill Payment
Automatic Premium Loan
Automatic Stabilizer
Autonomous Consumption
Autonomous Expenditure
Autoregressive
Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA)
Available Balance
Available-for-Sale Security
Average Age Of Inventory
Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR)
Average Annual Return (AAR)
Average Inventory
Average Collection Period
Average Cost Basis
Average Cost Method
Average Daily Balance Method
Average Daily Rate (ADR)
Average Daily Trading Volume (ADTV)
Average Directional Index (ADX)
Average Life
Average Outstanding Balance
Average Propensity to Consume
Average Return
Average Selling Price (ASP)
Average True Range (ATR)
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