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Searching for 'G'...Found 151 matches; displaying matches 1 to 20
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1. G-7
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The Group of Seven, or the seven largest industrialized countries: U.S., Japan, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Canada. Each has a Finance Minister who attends G-7 meetings to discuss economic policy issues.
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G-8
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2. G-8
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The countries in the G-7 plus Russia.
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3. GAAP
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. A widely accepted set of rules, conventions, standards, and procedures for reporting financial information, as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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audited financial statements, comfort letter, Financial Accounting Standards Board, write up
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4. gaijin
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A Japanese term used to describe non-Japanese investors investing in Japanese securities.
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5. gain
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An increase in value, as of an asset. opposite of loss. The amount of an investor's proceeds that is considered capital gains for taxation purposes. This is the proceeds from the sale of the security minus the cost of the security, including most charges.
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capital gain
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6. gamble
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To engage in any activity in which money is put at risk for the purpose of making a profit, and which is characterized by some or most of the following (in approximately descending order of importance): little or no research has been conducted; the odds are unfavorable; the behavior is risk-seeking; an unsystematic approach is being taken; emotions such as greed and fear play a role; the activity is a discrete event or series of discrete events not done as part of a long-term plan; the activity is significantly motivated by entertainment or compulsion; ownership of something tangible is not involved; no net economic effect results.
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invest
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7. gamma
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A measurement of how fast delta changes, given a unit change in the underlying futures price.
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8. GAO
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General Accounting Office. The arm of Congress that investigates the performance of the federal government. GAO evaluates the use of public funds and the performance of federal programs, while also providing analytical, investigative and legal services in order to support to Congress in its policy formulation and decision making processes. Most GAO reports are initiated at the request of Congress, while some are initiated by the agency itself or are required by law.
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9. gap
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A significant price movement of a security or commodity between two trading sessions, such that there is no overlap in the trading ranges for the two days; or sometimes, such that the second day's opening price is outside the first day's trading range. also called price gap.
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maturity gap, duration gap, Net Domestic Product, Pacific Rim
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10. garage
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The floor on the north side of the NYSE's main trading floor.
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11. garbatrage
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A term used to describe rising prices and volume throughout a sector due to the psychological impact of a major takeover within the sector. The term is primarily used to refer only to companies very indirectly related to the takeover, as opposed to direct competitors of the merging companies.
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rumortrage
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12. garnishing
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Situation in which an employer is instructed by a court to withhold some or all of an employee's wages to pay off the settlement of a lawsuit which that employee lost.
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13. gather in the stops
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A trading strategy in which investors sell stocks in order to drive prices below a level at which stop orders are known to have been set by others. This triggers more selling, which in turn sets off more stop orders, accelerating the decline. In order to mitigate the effects of such a feedback loop, exchange officials sometimes suspend stop orders.
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curbs in
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14. GATT
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Treaty organization affiliated with the United Nations whose purpose is to facilitate international trade. GATT was superseded by the WTO.
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15. GDP
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Gross Domestic Product. The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year, equal to total consumer, investment and government spending, plus the value of exports, minus the value of imports. The GDP report is released at 8:30 am EST on the last day of each quarter and reflects the previous quarter. Growth in GDP is what matters, and the U.S. GDP growth has historically averaged about 2.5-3% per year but with substantial deviations. Each initial GDP report will be revised twice before the final figure is settled upon: the "advance" report is followed by the "preliminary" report about a month later and a final report a month after that. Significant revisions to the advance number can cause additional ripples through the markets. The GDP numbers are reported in two forms: current dollar and constant dollar. Current dollar GDP is calculated using today's dollars and makes comparisons between time periods difficult because of the effects of inflation. Constant dollar GDP solves this problem by converting the current information into some standard era dollar, such as 1997 dollars. This process factors out the effects of inflation and allows easy comparisons between periods. It is important to differentiate Gross Domestic Product from Gross National Product (GNP). GDP includes only goods and services produced within the geographic boundaries of the U.S., regardless of the producer's nationality. GNP doesn't include goods and services produced by foreign producers, but does include goods and services produced by U.S. firms operating in foreign countries.
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16. GDP implicit price deflator
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Current dollar GDP divided by constant dollar GDP. This ratio is used to account for the effects of inflation, by reflecting the change in the prices of the bundle of goods that make up the GDP as well as the changes to the bundle itself.
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17. GDR
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Global Depositary Receipt. A negotiable certificate held in the bank of one country representing a specific number of shares of a stock traded on an exchange of another country. American Depositary Receipts make it easier for individuals to invest in foreign companies, due to the widespread availability of price information, lower transaction costs, and timely dividend distributions. also called European Depositary Receipt.
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18. gearing
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The ratio of a company's long-term funds with fixed interest to its total capital. A high gearing is generally considered very speculative.
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leverage
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19. general account
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A margin account provided to a customer by a brokerage, in Federal Reserve Board terminology. Regulation T requires that all transactions involving credit given to the customer must be made in a general account.
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20. General Accounting Office
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GAO. The arm of Congress that investigates the performance of the federal government. GAO evaluates the use of public funds and the performance of federal programs, while also providing analytical, investigative and legal services in order to support to Congress in its policy formulation and decision making processes. Most GAO reports are initiated at the request of Congress, while some are initiated by the agency itself or are required by law.
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