Stock Market & Investment Dictionary, Word Definitions and Glossary

This is an ever growing stock market dictionary (investment dictionary) for information on the terms of investing and the stock and bond market and many other Wall Street definitions. We are always being asked, what is a preferred stock and why is it different from a common stock? What are pink sheet stocks and why do they call them pink sheets? Are there yellow sheets, blue sheets, or any other color? Concise definitions are provided through the following links, everything from accrued interest to zero coupon bonds. We continue to add to the list on a regular basis, as the list of investment words continue to grow.

12b1 Fee ABS Accredited Investors Accrued Interest Agency Bond Annual Report Annual Reports Arbitration Asset Backed Securities At the Market Bank Deposits Bankruptcy Basis Point Bear Bearer Bonds Bid Price Block Trade Blue Sheets Blue Sky Laws Bond Bonds Bond Funds Book Entry Bowie Bond Bowie Bonds Broker Broker Dealer Broker Dealers Callable Bonds CD Certificate of Deposit Church Bonds Closed End Fund CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligations Commodities and Futures Common Stock Convertible Securities (Bonds, Preferred Stocks) Corporate Debt Daytrading Derivatives DRIP Dividend Reinvestment Plan DSP Direct Stock Plan ETF Equity Indexed Annuity Exchange Traded Fund Ex Dividend Financial Planner Futures and Commodities Hedge Funds History of American Money Index Fund Indices (Index) Futures and Commodities Interval Fund Investment Advisor Investment Club Investment Company IPO Microcap Money Market Funds Municipal Bond Municipal Bond Issues Mutual Fund No Load Funds Options Pink Sheets Ponzi Scheme Preferred Stock Promissory Notes Prudent Investments Pyramid Scheme Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit REMIC Sales Load Short Sale Spiders Stock Stocks Stockbroker Structured Notes TPS Trust Preferred Securities UIT Unit Investment Trust Variable Annuities Warrant Yellow Sheets Zero Coupon Bond