Letter E Vocabulary Flashcards
The removal of funds from a fixed-term investment before the maturity date, often incurring penalties.
Early Withdrawal
A company’s profit divided by the number of common outstanding shares.
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
A quarterly or annual report of a company’s financial results.
Earnings Report
A statistic or data point used to gauge the overall health or growth trends of an economy.
Economic Indicator
Collective statistics that signal the direction of an economy.
Economic Indicators
The set of optimal portfolios offering the highest expected return for a given risk level, or the lowest risk for a given level of expected return.
Efficient Frontier
A theory suggesting that asset prices fully reflect all available information, making it impossible to consistently outperform the market.
Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)
An automated system that matches buy and sell orders for securities in the financial markets.
Electronic Communication Network (ECN)
A country that has some characteristics of a developed market but is not yet fully developed.
Emerging Market
The act of signing one’s name on the back of a check or other document, often authorizing its transfer to another party.
Endorsement
The ownership interest in a company, typically represented by shares of stock.
Equity
Raising capital through the sale of shares or stock in a company.
Equity Financing
A mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks.
Equity Fund
A measure that tracks the performance of a group of stocks, often representing a specific market or sector.
Equity Index
A Real Estate Investment Trust that invests in and owns income-producing real estate properties.
Equity REIT
The analysis of companies and their financial health to provide investment recommendations.
Equity Research
A fund that tracks an index, sector, commodity, or other assets, but trades like a stock on an exchange.
ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)
U.S. dollars deposited in banks outside the United States, especially in Europe.
Eurodollar
The risk that an unforeseen event will negatively affect the value of an investment.
Event Risk
A marketplace where securities, commodities, or other financial instruments are traded.
Exchange
The date after which a stock is traded without its previously declared dividend.
Ex-Dividend Date
The price at which an option holder can buy (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) the underlying security.
Exercise Price
The annual fee expressed as a percentage of average assets under management that investors pay for mutual fund or ETF operations.
Expense Ratio
The date on which a derivative contract becomes void, and the holder can no longer exercise its rights.
Expiration Date
