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1%/10 Net 30 10-K 10-Q SEC Form 10-Year Treasury Note 1040 IRS Form 1040A Form 1040EZ Form IA-1092 SEC Release 11th District Cost of Funds Index (COFI) 12B-1 Fee 183-Day Rule 30-Year Treasury 51% Attack 401(a) Plan 401(k) Plan 403(b) Plan 457 Plan 5/1 Hybrid Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (5/1 Hybrid ARM) 501(c)(3) Organizations 52-Week High/Low 529 Plan 8-K (Form 8K) 80-20 Rule 83(b) Election
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a

Absolute Advantage Accounting Equation Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) Acid-Test Ratio Acquisition Adverse Selection After-Hours Trading Alpha: What It Means in Investing, With Examples Amalgamation American Depositary Receipt (ADR) American Dream Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Angel Investor Definition and How It Works Annual Percentage Rate (APR) Annuity Applicable Federal Rate (AFR) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Asset Asset Management Asset Turnover Ratio Definition Assets Under Management (AUM) Automated Clearing House (ACH) Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Average True Range (ATR)
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b

Balanced Scorecard Balance Sheet Bank Identification Numbers Bankruptcy Baye's Theorem Bear Market Berkshire Hathaway Bernie Madoff Beta Bill of Lading Bitcoin Mining Blockchain Bollinger Band Bond Break-Even Analysis Brexit Budget Budget Deficit Bull Market Business Cycle Business Ethics Business Model Business-to-Consumer Business Valuation
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c

Capital Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Capital Expenditure Capitalism Central Limit Theorem (CLT) Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Code of Ethics Coefficient of Variation (CV) Collateral Command Economy Comparative Advantage Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Compound Interest Conflict Theory Consumer Price Index (CPI) Contribution Margin Correlation Correlation Coefficient Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) Creative Destruction Credit Default Swap (CDS) Current Ratio Customer Service
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d

Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) Debenture Debt Ratio Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) Debt-to-Equity Ratio (D/E) Deferred Compensation Delivered-at-Place (DAP) Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) Delivered Duty Unpaid (DDU) Demand Demand Elasticity Demonetization Derivative Dilution Disbursement Discount Rate Diversification Dividend Dividend Payout Ratio Dividend Yield Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Due Diligence DuPont Analysis
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e

Earnest Money Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) Earnings Per Share (EPS) EBITA Economic Growth Economic Moat Economics Economies of Scale Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Endowment Fund Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Enterprise Value (EV) Entrepreneur Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Criteria Equity Equivalent Annual Cost (EAC) Escrow European Union (EU) Ex-Dividend Exchange Rate Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Externality
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f

FAANG Stocks Factors of Production FANG Stocks Feasibility Study Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Funds Rate Federal Housing Administration Loan (FHA) Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Fiat Money Fiduciary Finance Financial Institution (FI) Financial Statements Financial Technology (Fintech) Fiscal Policy Fixed Income Fixed-Income Security Four Ps Free Carrier (FCA) Free Market Free on Board (FOB) Free Trade Fringe Benefits Futures
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g

Game Theory Gamma General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) General Ledger Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Generation X (Gen X) Geometric Mean Giffen Good Gini Index Globalization Goods and Services Tax (GST) Goodwill Gordon Growth Model Government Bond Government Shutdown Great Depression Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross Income Gross Margin Gross National Product (GNP) Gross Profit Gross Profit Margin Guarantor
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h

Hard Skills Harmonic Mean Head And Shoulders Pattern Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) Health Savings Account (HSA) Hedge Hedge Fund Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) Heteroskedasticity High-Low Method High-Net-Worth Individual (HNWI) Hold Harmless Clause Holding Company Home Equity Loan Homeowners Association (HOA) Homeowners Association Fee (HOA Fee) Homestead Exemption Horizontal Integration Hostile Takeover Housing Bubble Human Capital Hurdle Rate Hyperinflation Hypothesis Testing
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i

Income Income Statement Indemnity Indemnity Insurance Index Fund Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Industrial Revolution Inferior Good Inflation Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) Insider Trading Insurance Insurance Premium Interest Coverage Ratio Interest Rate Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Interpersonal Skills Inventory Turnover Inverted Yield Curve Invisible Hand Irrevocable Trust
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j

J-Curve January Effect Japanese Government Bond (JGB) Jensen's Measure Job Market John Maynard Keynes Joint and Several Liability Joint Probability Joint-Stock Company Joint Tenancy Joint Venture (JV) Jones Act Joseph Schumpeter Journal Joint Tenants With Right of Survivorship (JTWROS) JPY (Japanese Yen) Jumbo CD Jumbo Loan Junk Bond Juris Doctor (JD) Jurisdiction Risk Just In Case (JIC) Just In Time (JIT)
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k

Kaizen Karl Marx Keltner Channel Keogh Plan Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Key Person Insurance Key Rate Duration Keynesian Economics Kickback Kiddie Tax Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings (KIPPERS) Kiosk Kiting Klinger Oscillator Knock-In Option Knock-Out Option Know Sure Thing (KST) Know Your Client (KYC) Knowledge Economy Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) Korean Composite Stock Price Indexes (KOSPI) Kurtosis Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD) The Kyoto Protocol
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l

Laissez-Faire Law of Demand Law of Supply Law of Supply and Demand Leadership Letter of Intent (LOI) Letters of Credit Leverage Leverage Ratio Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Liability Liability Insurance Limit Order What Is a Limited Government, and How Does It Work? Limited Liability Company (LLC) Limited Partnership (LP) Line of Credit (LOC) Liquidation Liquidity Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) Liquidity Ratio Loan-To-Value Ratio (LTV) London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Ltd. (Limited)
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m

Macroeconomics Magna Cum Laude Management by Objectives (MBO) Margin Margin Call Market Share Marketing Marketing Strategy Master Limited Partnership (MLP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Mercantilism Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Milton Friedman Mixed Economic System Monetary Policy Money Laundering Money Market Account Monopolistic Competition Monte Carlo Simulation Moore's Law Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) Multilevel Marketing Mutual Fund Mutually Exclusive
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n

Nasdaq Nash Equilibrium Negative Correlation Neoliberalism Net Asset Value (NAV) Net Income (NI) Net Operating Income (NOI) Net Present Value (NPV) Net Profit Margin Net Worth Netting Network Marketing Networking New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Next of Kin NINJA Loan Nominal Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Normal Distribution North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Not for Profit Notional Value Novation Null Hypothesis
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o

Offset Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Oligopoly Onerous Contract Online Banking Open Market Operations Operating Income Operating Leverage Operating Margin Operations Management Opportunity Cost Option Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Organizational Behavior (OB) Organizational Structure Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Original Issue Discount (OID) Out Of The Money (OTM) Outsourcing Over-The-Counter (OTC) Over-The-Counter Market Overdraft Overhead Overnight Index Swap
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p

P-Value Partnership Penny Stocks Trade Per Capita GDP Perfect Competition What Is Personal Finance, and Why Is It Important? Phillips Curve Ponzi Schemes: Definition, Examples, and Origins Porter's 5 Forces Positive Correlation Pre-Market Preference Shares Preferred Stock Present Value Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) Ratio Pro Rata Producer Price Index (PPI) Profit Profit and Loss Statement (P&L) Promissory Note Prospectus Public Limited Company (PLC) Put Option
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q

Q Ratio (Tobin's Q) Quadruple Witching Qualified Dividend Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract (QLAC) Qualified Opinion Qualified Retirement Plan Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust Qualitative Analysis Quality Control Quality of Earnings Quality Management Quantitative Analysis (QA) Quantitative Easing Quantitative Trading Quantity Demanded Quarter (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) Quarter on Quarter (QOQ) Quasi Contract Quick Assets Quick Ratio Quintiles Quota
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r

R-Squared Racketeering Rate of Return Rational Choice Theory Real Estate Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Receivables Turnover Ratio Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) Regression Relative Strength Index (RSI) Renewable Resource Repurchase Agreement (Repo) Requests for Proposal (RFP) Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Retained Earnings Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Return on Investment (ROI) Roth 401(k) Roth IRA Rule of 72 Russell 2000 Index
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s

S&P 500 Index (Standard & Poor's 500 Index) Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Security Series 63 Series 7 Sharpe Ratio Short Selling Social Media Social Responsibility Solvency Ratio Spread Standard Deviation Stochastic Oscillator Stock Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) Stock Market Stop-Limit Order Straddle Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) Analysis Subsidiary Supply Chain Sustainability Systematic Sampling
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t

T-Test Tariff Technical Analysis Tenancy in Common (TIC) Term Life Insurance Terminal Value (TV) Third World Total-Debt-to-Total-Assets Total Expense Ratio (TER) Total Quality Management (TQM) Total Shareholder Return (TSR) Trade Deficit Trailing 12 Months (TTM) Tranches Transaction Treasury Bills (T-Bills) Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS) Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Trust Trust Fund Trustee TSA PreCheck Turnover
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u

Underlying Asset Underwriter Underwriting Unearned Income Unemployment Unemployment Rate Unicorn Unified Managed Account (UMA) Uniform Distribution Uniform Gifts to Minors Ac (UGMA) Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) Unilateral Contract Unit Investment Trust (UIT) United Nations (UN) Universal Life Insurance Unlevered Beta Unlevered Free Cash Flow (UFCF) Unlimited Liability Unsecured Loan Upside U.S. Dollar Index (USDX) U.S. Savings Bonds Utilities Sector Utility
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Valuation Value Added Value Chain Value Investing Value Proposition Value at Risk (VaR) Value-Added Tax (VAT) Variability Variable Annuity Variable Cost Variance Vega Velocity of Money Venture Capital Venture Capitalist (VC) Vertical Analysis Vertical Integration Vesting Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) Volatility Volcker Rule Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Plan (VEBA)
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w

W-2 Form W-4 Form W-8 Form Waiver of Subrogation Wall Street War Bond Warrant Wash Sale Wash-Sale Rule Wealth Management Wearable Technology Weighted Average Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) White-Collar Crime White Paper Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Wire Fraud Wire Transfers Withholding Allowance Withholding Tax Working Capital (NWC) Works-in-Progress (WIP) World Trade Organization (WTO) WorldCom
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x

X-Efficiency X-Mark Signature XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) XCD (Eastern Caribbean Dollar) XD Xenocurrency Xetra XML (Extensible Markup Language) XRT
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y

Yacht Insurance Yale School of Management Yankee Bond Yankee Market Year-End Bonus Year-Over-Year (YOY) Year to Date (YTD) Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings (YMPE) Yearly Rate Of Return Method Yearly Renewable Term (YRT) Yield Yield Basis Yield Curve Yield Curve Risk Yield Maintenance Yield on Cost (YOC) Yield on Earning Assets Yield Spread Yield to Call Yield to Maturity (YTM) Yield to Worst (YTW) Yield Variance York Antwerp Rules Yuppie
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z

Z-Score Z-Test Zacks Investment Research ZCash Zero Balance Account (ZBA) Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) Zero-Beta Portfolio Zero-Bound Zero Coupon Inflation Swap Zero Coupon Swap Zero Cost Collar Zero-Coupon Bond Zero-Lot-Line House Zero-One Integer Programming Zero-Rated Goods Zero-Sum Game Zero-Volatility Spread (Z-spread) Zeta Model Zig Zag Indicator zk-SNARK Zombies Zoning Zoning Ordinance ZZZZ Best
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