Glossary of Investment Terms
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
AAA
Accrued Income
Active Management
Active Overlay
Active Risk
ACWI
Alternative Investments
Asset
Asset Allocation / Asset mix
Asset Classes
Asset/Liability Modelling (ALM)
Audit
B
Balance Sheet
Base Currency
Basis Point
Bear Market
Benchmark
Beta (ß)
Bond
Bond Fund
Bottom Up
Broker
Bull Market
C
Call Option
Capital
Capital Loss
Capitalization
Cash
Cash Equivalent
Commercial Paper
Commission
Commodities
Common Stocks or Shares
Compound Interest
Compound Rate of Return
Contingency Fund or Reserve
Convertible Bond
Core Style
Corporate Bond
Correlation
Coupon
Credit Risk
Custodian
D
Debenture
Debt
Deflation
Derivatives
Discount Rate
Dividend
Duration
E
EAFE
Earnings
Economic Indicators
EM
Equity
Exchange Rate
F
Financial Planning
Fiscal Year
Fixed-Income Securities
Forward Contract
Funding Level
Futures Contract
G
Growth at a Reasonable Price (GARP)
Growth Style
Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC)
H
I
Index
Index Fund
Inflation
Institutional Investor
Interest
Investment
Investment Advisor
Investment Committee
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Performance
Investment Portfolio
Investment Risk
Investment Strategy
J
K
L
Large Cap Stock
Leverage
Liabilities
Liquidity
Long or Long Position
M
Market Value / Market Price
Maturity
Mid Cap Stock
Money Market
N
O
P
Passive Management
Portfolio
Preferred Stock or Shares
Present Value
Price to Earnings (P/E) Ratio
Principal
Private Equity
Proxy
Put Option
Q
R
Real Interest Rate
Real Return Bonds
Rebalancing
Return
Return on Investment (ROI)
Risk
Risk Tolerance
S
S&P 500 Index
S&P / TSX Composite Index
Securities
Settlement
Shareholder
Shares
Short or Short Position
Short Selling
Small Cap Stock
Standard Deviation (SD)
Statement of Investment Policies and Procedures (SIP & P)
Stock
Stock Exchange / Stock Market
Swap
T
Tax Shelter
Tax-Deferral
Term
Ticker or Trading Symbol
Time Horizon
Top Down
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
Total Return
Treasury Bill (T-Bill)
Trust
Trustee
U
V
Value Style
Volatility
Voting Rights
W
X
Y
Z
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