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Reading and coming across financial terms makes you wonder what it could mean??Don\u2019t worry. Just have a glance at some weird and important financial terms in your very own financial dictionary.<\/p>\n

SOME DIFFERENT AND SOME IMPORTANT TERMS IN THE BUSINESS WORLD!!!<\/p>\n

1)Angelina Jolie Stock Index- Its an index from the companies having an association with Angelina Jolie of specific stocks.Some people believe that because of the popularity of the actor,these sompanies will outshine their rivals.<\/p>\n

2)Annuity – An investment in which future payments are made for a specified time period.<\/p>\n

3)Blue Chip -The stock of companies which are large,have a good financial history and are financially strong.<\/p>\n

4)Bulldog market-This is the nickname of the market for bond in the United Kingdom in which securities are bought and sold of issuers not living in UK.<\/p>\n

5)Capitalization – It\u2019s the market worth of a company (no. of shares*value of each share)<\/p>\n

6)Cockroach theory: This theory states that when a company gives some bad news to the public,there is more bad news behind it which may come out later.<\/p>\n

7)Double Bottom Line -Business people have 2 motives-profit and fulfilling social responsibility<\/p>\n

8)Dummy shareholder- A company which holds shares on behalf of some firm or individual who is the real owner of these shares in a public company.<\/p>\n

9)Eat your own dog food- It is believed that this term originated in 1980s with Microsoft.Its basically a description of companies using their own products,services e.t.c. for their internal works.<\/p>\n

10)Futures – A contract in which the securities are delivered in future at a pre-decided price and time.<\/p>\n

11)Garbatrage- When there are high profile takeover in an industry,then its price and trading volume surges.<\/p>\n

12)Holding Company – A company not only owning but also controlling another company.<\/p>\n

13)Individual Retirement Account (IRA) – It\u2019s a tax-deferred investment plan in which a wage earner can protect income from current taxation and save it for retirement.<\/p>\n

14)Junior equity- It is an equity that ranks lower than other equity like the common stock in a company as compared to preferred stock because dividends are first paid on preferred stock and thereafter on common stock.<\/p>\n

15)Leveraging – If you invest with borrowed funds with the intention of magnifying the rates of return,then this is known as leveraging.<\/p>\n

16)Losing your shirt-A bad investment in which an investor loses all or even more that he has invested.<\/p>\n

17)Mutual Fund – It\u2019s a fund in which there is pooling of individual\u2019s investments and that pool is used by some professional wealth manager to invest in stocks.<\/p>\n

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18)Net Asset Value – (Total assets-total liabilities)\/no.of outstanding shares<\/p>\n

19)Options – Rights to buy (call) or sell (put) a fixed amount of stock at a specified price within a particular period of time.<\/p>\n

20)Poop-It\u2019s a financial slang used to indicate inside information which is generally non public or people with insider information which they may use for their own benefit.<\/p>\n

21)Quote- It basically relates to the last price at which the security was traded.<\/p>\n

22)Revolver – A contract in which a bank lends some amount to a borrower and lends that same amount again once it has been repaid.<\/p>\n

23)Sleeping beauty-A profitable company with good assets but bad management<\/p>\n

24)Trading a \u2018book’- Net position of an individual in the market.<\/p>\n

25)Underwriting- An investment bank\u2019s function to help companies issue securities to investors for a slightly high price on payment of a fee.<\/p>\n

26)Volatility – The degree to which the price of security goes up or down over a given time period.<\/p>\n

27)Whistleblower- A person(maybe an employee, client e.t.c.) who reports\u00a0 illegal activities occurring in an organization.<\/p>\n

28)Yield-The return on an investment<\/p>\n

29)Zero Coupon Bonds Bonds sold at a discount from their face value and repaid o holders only on maturity.<\/p>\n

30)Zombies-Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent or near bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

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