Operating costs
The day-to-day expenses incurred in running a business, such as Sales and administration, as opposed to production. also called operating Expense.
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30-day wash rule,
Accrued expense,
Asset/equity ratio,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
All-risks coverage,
At risk,
Add-on service,
Action to quiet title,
As is,
Assignment to creditors,
Attorney in fact,
A shares,
Average price per share,
At the money,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
Ad valorem,
Against the box,
At the bell,
At the close,
At the figure,
At the full,
At the market,
At the opening order,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System,
Away from the market,
Below the line,
Book value per share,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Brought over the wall,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Buy the book,
Basic earnings per share,
Business cycle,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of sale,
By the book,
Business credit,
Business finance companies,
Bulk sales escrow,
B shares,
Buy and write,
Benefits administration,
Beat the gun,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Cost of sales,
Call,
Call date,
Called away,
Called bond,
Call price,
Call protection,
Call risk,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion ratio,
Current production rate,
Call money rate,
Cash and carry trade,
Chasing the market,
Cheapest to deliver,
Commodity-product spread,
Contract sale,
Contingent deferred sales charge,
C shares,
Call option,
Call ratio backspread,
Call swaption,
Close to the money,
Covered call,
Cloud on title,
Cash sale,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Child and dependent care credit,
Cup and handle,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Days Sales Outstanding,
Discretionary expense,
Deposit in transit,
Day loan,
Day order,
Dividend in arrears,
Dividend payout ratio,
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,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Dogs of the Dow,
Day trade,
Day trader,
Efficiency ratio,
Expense,
Escrowed to maturity,
Ex-legal,
E-mini,
Ex-pit transaction,
Experience rating,
Ex-all,
Exchange ratio,
Exercise ratio,
Ex-warrants,
Exclusion ratio,
Ex-rights,
Ex-rights date,
First In First Out,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
Federal Savings and Loan Association,
First call date,
Flight to quality,
Federal Call,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Fully diluted earnings per share,
Factors of production,
First notice day,
Form S-1,
Friends and family offering,
Federal Housing Administration,
Forward sale,
Full faith and credit,
Free and clear,
Gross sales,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
Gross National Product,
G-8,
Group sale,
Growth and income fund,
Gather in the stops,
Hit the bid,
House call,
Hedge ratio,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Holder in due course,
High-ratio mortgage,
Head and shoulders,
Hammering the market,
Held at the opening,
Holding the market,
Home run,
In escrow,
In-house,
In line,
Industrial production,
Interest expense,
Inc.,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
I/O strip,
Installment sales contract,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jointly and severally,
Jumping the gun,
Joint and several liability,
Joint and survivor annuity,
Last In First Out,
Liquidity ratio,
Law day,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Last trading day,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange,
Loan-to-cost,
Loan-to-value,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Last sale,
Level I quotes,
Maintenance call,
Make a market,
Margin call,
Market on close order,
Mark-to-market,
May Day,
Marginal propensity to consume,
Money at call,
Morningstar Rating System,
Net Operating Income,
Net operating margin,
Net sales,
Non-cash expense,
National Credit Union Administration,
Notice of Sale,
Net capital ratio,
Null and void,
Naked call,
Next Day Settlement,
Off the books,
Operating cash flows,
Operating costs,
Operating cycle,
Operating leverage,
Operating margin,
Overhead ratio,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Operating profit margin,
Operating rate,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
Operating lease,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Profit and loss statement,
Pro forma,
Payment-in-kind security,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Provisional call feature,
Payout ratio,
P&L,
Primary earnings per share,
PPO,
Per stirpes,
Preforeclosure sale,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Put ratio backspread,
Point-and-figure chart,
Profit ratio,
Painting the tape,
Put/call ratio,
Reports and Records,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Run rate,
Reserve ratio,
Rating,
Rating service,
Reading the tape,
Regulation D,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Retail sales index,
Ratio,
Red herring,
Regulation A,
Right to Know,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Ratio analysis,
Return on Capital Employed,
Sales,
Sales ledger,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Sales charge,
Sales fee,
Savings and Loan,
S&L,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Split rating,
Sell the book,
Same-store sales,
Second-to-die insurance,
Short interest ratio,
Sale and leaseback,
Selling the spread,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
Short sale rule,
Sales tax,
S Corporation,
Sin tax,
Subchapter M,
Subchapter S Corporation,
Same Day Funds Settlement,
Schedule C,
Seek a market,
S&P phenomenon,
Stop and reverse,
T-Bill,
Term to maturity,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Tax sale,
Take a bath,
Triple witching day,
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,
Uncovered call,
Variable ratio write,
Variable ratio plan,
Widow-and-orphan stock,
Wash sale rule,
When, as, and if issued,
X or XD,
Year-To-Date,
Yield to call,
Yield to maturity,
Yield to worst,
Y shares