Greater fool theory
Belief held by one who makes a questionable investment, with the Assumption that he/she will be able to Sell it later to a bigger fool.
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10-Q,
10-K,
At par,
At best,
At call,
At risk,
Add-on service,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
Assumption,
A shares,
Automatic investment plan,
At the money,
Actuarial assumption,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Away from the market,
Below the line,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Brought over the wall,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Buy the book,
Breaking the syndicate,
By the book,
B shares,
Big Board,
Balanced investment strategy,
Beat the gun,
Capital investment,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Closely held,
Closed-end investment company,
Close to the money,
Cloud on title,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Deposit in transit,
Division of Investment Management,
Dividend in arrears,
Desk (the),
Doing business as,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Due-on-sale clause,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Defensive investment strategy,
Dogs of the Dow,
Escrowed to maturity,
E-mini,
First In First Out,
Form 10-Q,
Flight to quality,
Forward P/E,
Foreign direct investment,
Form 8-K,
Form S-1,
Fixed investment trust,
Guaranteed Investment Contract,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Gather in the stops,
Greater fool theory,
Hit the bid,
Holder in due course,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Investment flows,
In escrow,
Investment bill,
Investment-grade bond,
Investment letter,
Investment security,
Investment value,
In-house,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940,
Investment bank,
Investment banker,
Investment Bankers Association,
Investment banking,
Investment banking group,
Investment Company Act of 1940,
In line,
Investment multiplier,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Investment company,
Investment fund,
Investment objective,
Investment policy,
Investment trust,
I/O strip,
Investment property,
In-service withdrawal,
Investment philosophy,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Joint will,
Last In First Out,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Lump sum distribution,
Living will,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Lock-in,
Lump sum,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Level I quotes,
Municipal investment trust,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Make whole provision,
Money at call,
Net investment,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Non-investment property,
Off the books,
One time charge,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
One-share one-vote rule,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
One man picture,
On open,
On the opening,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
P&L,
Pour-over will,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Percent held by institutions,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Publicly held,
Painting the tape,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Regulation Q,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Regulated investment company,
Regulation A,
Right to Know,
Return on Capital Employed,
SG&A,
S&L,
Sell,
Sell limit order,
Sell order,
Sell plus,
Sell-side analyst,
Sell the book,
Second-to-die insurance,
Statutory investment,
Systematic investment plan,
Selling the spread,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
S Corporation,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
Top hat plan,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Take a bath,
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,
Unit Investment Trust,
With interest,
W-2 Form,
W formation,
When, as, and if issued,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares,
Zero-investment portfolio