After-Hours Trading – AHT
Barrel Of Oil Equivalent – BOE
Brazil, Russia, India And China – BRIC
Cash Return On Gross Investment – CROGI
Certificate of Participation – COP
Certified Investment Management Consultant – CIMC
Certified Investment Management Specialist – CIMS
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
Chartered Business Valuator – CBV
Chartered Investment Counselor – CIC
Chief Financial Officer – CFO
China Securities Regulatory Commission – CSRC
Chinese Depositary Receipt – CDR
China Yuan Renminbi) – CNY
Collateralized Debt Obligation – CDO
Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance – CPPI
Cost Per Click – CPC
Cost Per Thousand – CPM
Cost, Insurance and Freight – CIF
Cumulative Volume Index – CVI
Delivered Ex Ship – DES
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation – DTCC
Direct Participation Program – DPP
Dividend Enhanced Convertible Stock – DECS
Do It Right The First Time – DRIFT
Earnings Before Interest & Tax – EBIT
Earnings Before Interest After Taxes – EBIAT
Earnings Before Interest, Tax and Depreciation – EBITD
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Restructuring or Rent Costs – EBITDAR
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Exploration Expenses – EBITDAX
Earnings Before Tax – EBT
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval – EDGAR
Employee Stock Option – ESO
Employee Stock Ownership Plan – ESOP
Employment Cost Index – ECI
European Economic and Monetary Union – EMU
Ex Works – EXW
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards – GAAS
Global Industry Classification Standard – GICS
Group of Five – G-5
Group Of Seven – G-7
HyperText Markup Language – HTML
Implied Volatility – IV
Incentive Stock Option – ISO
Institutional Brokers’ Estimate System – IBES
Internal Rate Of Return – IRR
International Banking Facility – IBF
International Securities Identification Number – ISIN
Internet Service Provider – ISP
Irrevocable Letter Of Credit – ILOC
Just In Case – JIC
Leveraged Buyout – LBO
Licensed International Financial Analyst – LIFA
Limited Partnership – LP
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities – LEAPS
Master Of Business Administration – MBA
Multiple Linear Regression – MLR
National Association of Investors Corporation – NAIC
Net Current Asset Value Per Share – NCAVPS
North American Industry Classification System – NAICS
Optimized Portfolio As Listed Securities – OPALS
Preference Equity Redemption Cumulative Stock – PERCS
Qualified Special Representative Agreement – QSR
Quality Spread Differential – QSD
Quarterly Income Debt Securities – QUIDS
Quarterly Income Preferred Securities – QUIPS
Receive Versus Payment – RVP
Renewable Energy Certificate – REC
Revenue Agent’s Report – RAR
Revenue Per User – RPU
Reverse Convertible Note – RCN
Single Euro Payment Area – SEPA
Stock Keeping Unit – SKU
Sub-Sovereign Obligation – SSO
Variable Interest Entity – VIE
