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A
APR - Annual Percentage Rate
B
BPS - Basis Points
C
CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate
CAPM - Capital Asset Pricing Model
CDO - Collateralized Debt Obligation
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
CFO - Chief Financial Officer
CPI - Consumer Price Index
CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility
D
DCF - Discounted Cash Flow
DJIA - Dow Jones Industrial Average
E
EBITDA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
EPS - Earnings Per Share
ESG - Environmental, Social, and Governance
ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund
F
FOMC - Federal Open Market Committee
FSB- Financial Stability Board
G
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
H
HFT - High-Frequency Trading
I
IPO - Initial Public Offering
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
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L
LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate
LTCM - Long-Term Capital Management
M
MBS - Mortgage-Backed Securities
NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
N
NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement
O
P
P/E - Price-to-Earnings Ratio
PIIGS - Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain (economies)
PPI - Producer Price Index
Q
QE - Quantitative Easing
R
ROA - Return on Assets
ROE - Return on Equity
S
S&P 500 - Standard & Poor's 500 Index
SEC - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SME - Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
SWOT - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
T
TARP - Troubled Asset Relief Program
TBTF - Too Big To Fail
TIPS - Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
U
V
VAR - Value at Risk
VIX - Volatility Index
W
WACC - Weighted Average Cost of Capital
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Y
YTD - Year-to-Date
YTM - Yield to Maturity
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