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Accumulation
Definition 1
Buying over a period of time. For example, this might be done by an Institutional investor to avoid making a Single substantial Purchase that might drive up the Market price, or by a Retail investor who wants to reduce Risk by dollar cost Averaging .
Definition 2
Retaining profits within a company, as opposed to paying them out as dividends.
Definition 3
More generally, any buying.
Related Terms: 16
Averaging , Buy , Dollar cost averaging , FIN , Institutional investor , ITS , Market , OID , Profit , Purchase , PPO , Risk , Rally , Retail investor , Single , Void
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10-K ,
12b-1 funds ,
Accelerated Cost Recovery System ,
Accounts receivable aging ,
Acquisition cost ,
Aging schedule ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Average collection period ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued market discount ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Accrued dividend ,
Accumulated dividend ,
Adjusted futures price ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Average up ,
Averaging ,
Active market ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Auction market ,
Away from the market ,
Accredited investor ,
Angel investor ,
Back pay ,
Below the line ,
Book profit ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Bank holding company ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bond market ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Buy ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy limit order ,
Buy minus ,
Buy minus order ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy order ,
Buy stop order ,
Buy the book ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Base period ,
Bear market ,
Board of Governors ,
Buying power ,
Buying basis ,
Buying hedge ,
Bulldog market ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bailing out ,
Bust-up takeover ,
Back-end load ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Blackout period ,
Buy-side ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Bull market ,
Buying outright ,
Capitalized cost ,
Cost Accounting ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Call price ,
Call risk ,
Capital market ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
Credit risk ,
Current market value ,
Closed out ,
Code of procedure ,
Cash dividend ,
Cumulative dividend ,
Capitalization of income ,
Constant dollar GDP ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash market ,
Cash price ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Contract market ,
Cost basis ,
Country risk ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash-out refinancing ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Closed-end credit ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Crowding out ,
Cure period ,
Controlled company ,
Closed-end fund ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Choice market ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Constant dollar plan ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cash buying ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Close market ,
Close out ,
Closing price ,
Closing purchase ,
Continuous market ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Curbs out ,
Depreciated cost ,
Direct profit ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Dealer market ,
Debt market ,
Dollar bond ,
Dollar price ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Do Not Reduce ,
Dollar terms ,
Date of record ,
Distribution period ,
Dividend clawback ,
Dividend clientele ,
Dividend discount model ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Dividend payout ratio ,
Dividend rate ,
Dividend Reinvestment Plan ,
Dividend requirement ,
Dividend rollover plan ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Dollar shortage ,
Delivery price ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Default risk ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Dollar cost averaging ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Double up ,
Dow dividend theory ,
Deep market ,
Depth of market ,
Dollar volume ,
Double auction market ,
Downside risk ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
Ex-legal ,
External market ,
Either-or order ,
Employer Cost Index ,
Employment Cost Index ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Emerging market ,
Excluded risk ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Ex-all ,
Expiration time ,
Ex-warrants ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Excess profits tax ,
Even up ,
First In First Out ,
Fixed cost ,
Financial institution ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Free market ,
Free market price ,
Forward price ,
Futures price ,
Fee-for-service ,
Front-end load ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Finance company ,
Financial risk ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
FIN ,
Fourth market ,
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ,
Gross profit ,
Gross profit margin ,
General Obligation Bond ,
General account ,
General Securities Representative Examination ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Accounting Office ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Grace period ,
General lien ,
General mortgage ,
Gather in the stops ,
Graveyard market ,
Historical cost ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House of issue ,
Holding company ,
Holder in due course ,
Hang out loan ,
Home equity line of credit ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Housing Market Index ,
Holding period ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
In escrow ,
Interest rate risk ,
In-house ,
Institutional brokerage ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Indicated dividend ,
In line ,
Inefficient market ,
Inverted market ,
Internal market ,
Inside market ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Investor relations ,
Indication of interest ,
Institutional pot ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
Institutional fund ,
Institutional shares ,
Investment company ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Imbalance of orders ,
Imperfect market ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
Institutional investor ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
ITS ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Knock-out option ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Limited risk ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit price ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Limit up ,
Limited company ,
Letter of comment ,
Lockup period ,
Legal risk ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Lease-purchase agreement ,
Leading the market ,
Limited Liability Company ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Liquid market ,
Locked market ,
Mutual company ,
Market basket ,
Market capitalization ,
Market conversion price ,
Make a market ,
Margin buying ,
Market if touched order ,
Market letter ,
Market maker ,
Market maker spread ,
Market on close order ,
Market order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Market economy ,
Making delivery ,
Market rate ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage risk ,
Management buyin ,
Management company ,
Market cap ,
Market neutral ,
Market portfolio ,
Market timer ,
Market timing ,
Market analysis ,
Market ,
Market inefficiency ,
Market opening ,
Market return ,
Market-share weighted index ,
Market surveillance ,
Market-value weighted index ,
Market Volatility Index ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Mixed market ,
Net profit ,
Net profit margin ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
National Market System ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
Normal market ,
Notice period ,
Null and void ,
Notice of Default ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
Narrow market ,
National Market Advisory Board ,
Negotiated market ,
Nonaccredited investor ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Original cost ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Offering price ,
OID ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Omitted dividend ,
Optional dividend ,
Operating profit margin ,
Open market operation ,
Offshore company ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Option price ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
On-balance volume ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open market ,
Operationally efficient market ,
Outside market ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-depreciation profit ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Profit margin ,
Pro forma ,
Paying agent ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Purchase ,
Payment for order flow ,
Participating dividend ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Profit warning ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Peace dividend ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Parity price ,
Physical market ,
Price limit ,
PPO ,
Primary market ,
Public company ,
Public offering price ,
Per stirpes ,
Pour-over will ,
Power of Attorney ,
Paid up ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Purchase-money mortgage ,
Private Market Value ,
Price spread ,
Protective put buying ,
Purchase agreement ,
Profit-sharing ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Passive investor ,
Payback period ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Private company ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Patronage dividend ,
Profit ratio ,
Painting the tape ,
Paper profit ,
Priced out ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Profit-taking ,
Qualified institutional investor ,
Quiet period ,
Replacement cost ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Retail banking ,
Redemption price ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Real-time trade reporting ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Retail brokerage ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Regulated investment company ,
Retail Price Index ,
Retail sales index ,
Reduced paid-up insurance ,
Replacement cost insurance ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Red herring ,
Registered Company ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Retail lending ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Roll over ,
Rule of 78 ,
Roll up ,
Redemption period ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rally ,
Rate of return ,
Realized profit ,
Real rate of return ,
Real-time ,
Retail investor ,
Risk capital ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Single-entry bookkeeping ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
Secondary market ,
Step-up bond ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Stop price ,
Strong dollar ,
Special dividend ,
Stock dividend ,
Standard of living ,
Systemic risk ,
Series 3 ,
Settlement price ,
Single stock futures ,
Spot market ,
Spot price ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Single-premium life insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Stock market ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Secondary mortgage market ,
Single-payment loan ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Single option ,
Step-up warrant ,
Step-up lease ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Single-employer plan ,
Single-life annuity ,
Single-Premium Deferred Annuity ,
Santa Claus rally ,
Share price ,
Split-adjusted price ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short purchase ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Single ,
Sin tax ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Short swing profits ,
Small investor ,
Sophisticated investor ,
Specialist market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stopped out ,
Total cost ,
Time deposit ,
Time draft ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Time order ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Trust company ,
Time note ,
Truth in Lending ,
Time spread ,
Tenancy at will ,
Time-sharing ,
Title company ,
Top hat plan ,
The Street ,
Time stop ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Trading profit ,
Top out ,
Take a bath ,
Take profits ,
Target price ,
Thin market ,
Third market ,
Tight market ,
Transparent market ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Unlimited risk ,
Unpaid dividend ,
Unappropriated profit ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Up volume ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Unrealized profit ,
Void ,
Vesting period ,
Value averaging ,
With interest ,
Weak dollar ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
Weak market ,
When, as, and if issued ,
Wide market ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares