Financial terms

The A-Z of every personal finance, crypto or money related term you can think of.

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# 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

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401k 529 plan 52-week high/low

A - B

Active Investing Alpha (α) Annuity Asset Asset allocation Balance sheet Bankruptcy Bear Market Beta Blockchain Blue chip Boglehead Bond Bottom-up investing Broker Bull Market

C - D

Capital Asset Pricing Model Capital gains Capital loss Cash flow Certificate of deposit (CD) Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Collateral Commission Commodities Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Compounding Consumer Price Index (CPI) Correlation Cost basis Credit Default Swap Credit history Credit score Cryptocurrencies Day trading Debt-to-income ratio Deductible Default Dependent Depreciation Derivative Discretionary income Dollar-cost averaging Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Down payment

E - F

Earnings per Share (EPS) Efficient Market Hypothesis Emerging market Employee stock options Equities Exchange-traded fund (ETF) Expense ratio Exposure FAANG Stocks Federal Reserve Fee-only financial planner Fiduciary Fixed Income Flexible spending account (FSA) Futures

G - H

Game theory Glide path Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Health savings account (HSA) Hedging Housing bubble Hyperinflation

I - J

Income statement Index Index fund Inflation Initial public offering (IPO) Insider Trading Interest Rate Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Inverted Yield Curve

K - L

Liabilities Liquidation Liquidity

M - N

Macroeconomics Management fees Margin Market capitalization Market volatility Microeconomics Monetary policy Monte Carlo Simulation Mortgage Mutual Fund Negative sum games Net Present Value Net worth NYSE

O - P

Options Over-the-counter (OTC) Passive investing Personal Finance Ponzi scheme Positive sum games Price to Earnings Ratio (P.E. ratio) Profit and loss statement

Q - R

Quantitative easing Quantitative tightening Rebalancing Recession Regression REIT Return on Investment (ROI) Roth Individual retirement account (Roth IRA) Rule of 72

S - T

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Security Sharpe Ratio Short Selling S&P 500 Spread Stock Supply and Demand SWOT Analysis Tax loss harvesting Terminal Value Time value of money Total Expense Ratio (TER) Trading

U - V

Unemployment rate Unicorn Unsecured Loan U.S. savings bonds Valuation Value Investing VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) VT VTI

W - X

Wall Street

Y - Z

Zero-Coupon Bond Zero-sum games Z-Test