Profit
The positive gain from an investment or business operation after subtracting for all Expense. opposite of loss.
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Accrued expense,
Allowance for depreciation,
Asset/equity ratio,
Accrual of discount,
After-tax basis,
Amortization of premium,
At par,
All or any part,
At best,
At call,
All-risks coverage,
At risk,
Add-on service,
Abstract of title,
Attorney in fact,
After acquired clause,
After-acquired collateral,
Assignment of mortgage,
A shares,
Automatic investment plan,
Average price per share,
At the money,
After-tax contributions,
Across the board,
Additional paid-in capital,
After-tax,
After-hours trading,
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,
Books of final entry,
Books of original entry,
Book value per share,
Banking Act of 1933,
Bid-to-cover ratio,
Bureau of Public Debt,
Brought over the wall,
Buying on margin,
Buy on close,
Buy on opening,
Buy the book,
Basic earnings per share,
Balance of payments,
Board of Governors,
Business cycle,
Breaking the syndicate,
Bill of exchange,
Bill of sale,
Breach of trust,
By the book,
Business credit,
Business finance companies,
B shares,
Balanced investment strategy,
Breadth-of-market theory,
Beat the gun,
Capital investment,
Capital loss,
Cash asset ratio,
Cash ratio,
Collection ratio,
Cost Of Goods Sold,
Cost of sales,
Certificate of Participation,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures,
Conversion ratio,
Code of procedure,
Capitalization of income,
Cost of Living Adjustment,
Cost-of-living index,
Council of Economic Advisers,
Chasing the market,
Chicago Board of Trade,
Commodities Exchange Act,
Casualty loss,
Cost-of-living rider,
Certificate of stock,
Cost of carry,
Certificate of title,
Contract for deed,
Cancellation of debt,
Certificate of Claim,
Cost of debt capital,
Cost of funds,
Closed-end investment company,
C shares,
Call ratio backspread,
Class of options,
Close to the money,
Certificate of Occupancy,
Cloud on title,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement,
Class A Shares,
Class B Shares,
Crash of 1929,
Crash of 1987,
Capital loss carryover,
Coefficient of determination,
Certificate of delivery,
Close a position,
Cornering the market,
Curbs in,
Discretionary expense,
Deposit in transit,
Date of issue,
Date of payment,
Division of Enforcement,
Division of Investment Management,
Division of Market Regulation,
Date of record,
Dividend in arrears,
Dividend payout ratio,
Desk (the),
Division of labor,
Doing business as,
Durable Power of Attorney,
Date of maturity,
Debtor in possession,
Debtor-in-possession financing,
Deed of Release,
Deed of Trust,
Discharge of bankruptcy,
Discharge of lien,
Due-on-sale clause,
Deep in the money,
Deep out of the money,
Deed of Surrender,
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Defensive investment strategy,
Dogs of the Dow,
Depth of market,
Efficiency ratio,
Expense,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit,
Ex-legal,
Either-or order,
Edge Act,
E-mini,
Exchange for futures,
Exchange for physical,
Exchange of spot,
Ex-pit transaction,
Ex-all,
Exchange ratio,
Exercise ratio,
Ex-warrants,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
Exclusion ratio,
Ex-rights,
Ex-rights date,
First In First Out,
Fixed-charge coverage ratio,
Flow of funds,
Fill or kill,
Front-ending an order,
Forward P/E,
Fully diluted earnings per share,
Factors of production,
Favorable balance of trade,
Foreign direct investment,
Fee-for-service,
Form S-1,
Fair Credit Reporting Act,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
Family of funds,
Fund of funds,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act,
Fixed investment trust,
Free right of exchange,
Guaranteed Investment Contract,
Glass-Steagall Act,
G-7,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
G-8,
Gather in the stops,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976,
Hit the bid,
House of issue,
Hedge ratio,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,
Holder in due course,
High-ratio mortgage,
Home equity line of credit,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act,
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,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984,
Interest expense,
Internal Rate of Return,
Indication of interest,
In intestacy,
In play,
In-process research and development,
Investment company,
Investment fund,
Investment objective,
Investment policy,
Investment trust,
I/O strip,
Investment property,
Income replacement ratio,
In-service withdrawal,
Investment philosophy,
Imbalance of orders,
In and out,
In sympathy,
In the tank,
Jumping the gun,
Last In First Out,
Liquidity ratio,
Lender of last resort,
Law of one price,
Lending at a rate,
Limit-on-close order,
Law of demand,
Law of supply,
Letter of comment,
Line of credit,
Loan-value ratio,
Lock-in,
Leading the market,
Locked in,
Long-term gain or loss,
Loss carryover,
Level I quotes,
Municipal investment trust,
Make a market,
Market on close order,
Medium of exchange,
Money at call,
Net investment,
Non-cash expense,
Negotiable certificate of deposit,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal,
Notice of Sale,
National Association of Securities Dealers,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system,
Net capital ratio,
Notice of Default,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Non-investment property,
Off the books,
Overhead ratio,
Office of Thrift Supervision,
Out-of-favor,
Over-the-Counter,
On-floor order,
On margin,
Or better,
Open market operation,
Opinion of title,
On account,
On-the-spot loan,
Out of the money,
Ordinary loss,
On-balance volume,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio,
On close,
On open,
On the opening,
Pooling of interests,
Profit and loss statement,
Payment-in-kind security,
Positive yield curve,
Price Value of a Basis Point,
Payment for order flow,
Payout ratio,
P&L,
Primary earnings per share,
Provision for income taxes,
PPO,
Per stirpes,
Power of Attorney,
Positive carry,
Prioritization of debt,
Passive loss,
Prudent Expert Act,
Paid-in capital,
Paid-in surplus,
Private Investment in Public Equity,
Preservation of capital,
Put ratio backspread,
Profit ratio,
Painting the tape,
Paper loss,
Positive Volume Index,
Put/call ratio,
Return of capital,
Return on Capital,
Return on Invested Capital,
Return on Total Assets,
Reserve ratio,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit,
Reading the tape,
Regulation G,
Regulation T,
Regulation U,
Round of funding,
Rules of Fair Practice,
Rate of exchange,
Reciprocal of European terms,
Regulated investment company,
Ratio,
Regulation A,
Right of first refusal,
Right of rescission,
Revolving line of credit,
Right of recourse,
Rule of 78,
Ratio calendar combination,
Ratio calendar spread,
Ratio spread,
Ratio write,
Right of redemption,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984,
Ratio analysis,
Return on Capital Employed,
Rate of return,
Real rate of return,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses,
SG&A,
Sight letter of credit,
S&L,
Segregation of securities,
Sell the book,
Stop-loss,
Standard of living,
Short interest ratio,
Statute of Limitations,
Statutory investment,
Satisfaction of debt,
Staggered board of directors,
Systematic investment plan,
Selling the spread,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees,
Selling short against the box,
Shorting against the box,
S Corporation,
Short-term gain or loss,
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,
S&P phenomenon,
T-Bill,
Take a position,
Trailing P/E,
Tenancy by the entirety,
Truth in Lending,
Tenancy at will,
The Street,
Timing the market,
Tax loss carryback,
Tax loss carryforward,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,
Tax Reform Act of 1986,
Tax Reform Act of 1993,
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,
Uniform Securities Act,
Unit Investment Trust,
Unit of trade,
Unit of trading,
Unrealized loss,
Variable ratio write,
Variable ratio plan,
Williams Act,
Waiver of premium,
X or XD,
Zero-investment portfolio