Financial Acronyms
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