Daily price limit: The level within many commodity, futures, and options markets are allo ...

Daisy chain: Manipulation of the market by traders to create the illusion of active ...

Dating: Credit extension beyond normal terms of a credit supplier.

Dawn raid: A term of British origin used to describe the purchase of all availabl ...

Day around order: A day order that supersedes (cancels and replaces) the previous order ...

Day Order: A buy or sell order that will expire automatically at the end of the t ...

Day Trade: A trade that is entered into and closed out on the same day.

Daytrading: Refers to trading in securities were positions are opened and closed o ...

DDM: The Mark from the former East Germany. First replaced by the Deusche M ...

De facto: Existing in actual fact although not by official recognition

De novo entry: Entry into an industry by forming a new company as opposed to combinin ...

Dead cross: In technical analysis, what happens when the short moving average pric ...

Dead wood: People who are part of an organization but no longer contribute to the ...

Dealer options: Over-the-counter options, such as those offered by government and mort ...

Dear money: UK term for tight money.

Death Spiral Convertible: Used by companies that are in such bad shape, that there is no other w ...

Death Valley Curve: In venture capital, refers to the period before a new company starts g ...

Debenture: A corporate bond without any collateral; its value is based on the rep ...

Debit: An expense, or money paid out from an account. A debit transaction is ...

Debit card: A card that resembles a credit card but which debits a transaction acc ...



Debt bomb: A default on debt and obligations by a major financial_institution tha ...

Debt outstanding subject to limitation: Obligations incurred by the Treasury subject to the statutory limit se ...

Debtors: Amounts owing to the company, including the value of sales made under ...

Decile rank: Performance over time, rated on a scale from 1 to 10. 1 indicates that ...

Decimalization: The quotation and trading of stock or bond prices in decimals, as oppo ...

Deed-in-lieu: A deed given by a mortgagor to the mortgagee to satisfy a debt and avo ...

Deep in the money: A call option with an exercise price substantially below the underlyin ...

Deep out of the money: A call option with an exercise pricesubstantially above the market pri ...

Default risk on bonds: Issuers that potentially run into cash flow problems, simultaneously a ...

Defensive securities: Low-risk stocks or bonds that will provide a predictable and safe retu ...

Deferred assets: Payments that will be assigned as expenses in a later period, but that ...

Deferred charge: An expenditure treated as an asset that carries forward until it becom ...

Deferred credits: Deferred income listed in the liability section of the balance sheet.

Deferred-coupon bonds: Bonds that let the issuer avoid using cash to make interest payments f ...

Deflator: A statistical factor used to convert current dollar purchasing power i ...

Delphi technique: An information gathering technique in which questionnaires are sent to ...

Delta: The expected change in an option's price given a one-unit change in th ...

DEM: Deutsche Mark from West Germany. Now replaced with the euro (EUR).

Demand curve: The deman curve is a graphic illustration depicting the relationship b ...

Demand, law of: Ceteris paribus, the lower the price of a good (or service), the great ...



Deposit Notes: A term deposit in a bank. Deposit notes, like medium-term notes, may s ...

Depreciation: An annual deduction for a portion of the value or property, plant, and ...

Dept investments: Investments that involve making capital available to others in exchang ...

Dept/equity ratio: A ratio showing the percentage of total shareholders' equity represent ...

Derivatives: Derivatives are financial instruments, which include forwards, futures ...

Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA): An analytical technique used by a design responsible engineer/team as ...

Devil's advocate (let me play): Ponder or predict criticism of a project as a means to improve the qua ...

Dialing for dollars: A term used to describe the practice of cold calling, but which has ne ...

Diff: Short version of Euro rate differential, which is a Chicago Mercantile ...

Dilbert Principle: A modern update of the Peter Principle in which ineffective workers ar ...

Diluted earnings per share: A calculation of earnings per share. Add conversion value or preferred ...

Dilution: Loss in existing shareholder’s value. There are several kinds of dilut ...

Direct costs: Costs related directly to sales.

Direct placement: An issuer's bypassing the dealer and selling the security directly to ...

Discount: A value lower than par value; the decreased market value of a bond res ...

Discount broker: A brokerage house featuring relatively low commission rates in compari ...

Discount rate: The loan intrest rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to its membe ...

Discretionary Account: An arrangement by which the holder of an account gives written power o ...

Discretionary trust: Discretionary trusts are one of the most flexible trust funds. Once th ...

Discretionary Trust: A grantor trust in which the trustee has complete discretion as to who ...



DISCs: DISCs (Discount bonds) are exchanged at a discount to the par value of ...

Diversification: The holding of assets whose returns are not perfectly correlated

Dividend: Payment made by a firm to its owners, either in cash or in stock. Also ...

Dividend payout ratio: A ratio showing the percentage of net profits paid out in dividends on ...

Dividend yield: A stock's daily percentage summary of yield, calculated by dividing an ...

DJF: Djubouti Franc from Djibouti.

DKK: Danish Krone from Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland.

DMO: Debt Management Office (DMO) of the United Kingdom has the duty to arr ...

Dog-and-pony show: Simple, planned presentation, too often dog-and-pony shows insult the ...

Dollar cost averaging: A system of investing in which an unchanging dollar amount is invested ...

Dominant Future: That future having the largest number of open contracts.

Don't know (DK, DKed): "Don't know the trade." A Wall Street expression used whenever one par ...

Donor: A transferor. One who transfers title to an asset by gifting.

DOP: Dominican Republic Peso from the Dominican Republic.

Double Hedging: Implies a situation where a trader holds a long position in the future ...

Dove: To be dovish. One who supports less aggressive policies.

Dow: The Dow (of the Dow Jones) Industrial Index is a stock index named aft ...

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is based on a portfolio consis ...

Dow theory: A theory contending that a primary market trend - one that will last f ...

Downgrade Trigger: A clause in a contract that states that the contract will be terminate ...

Drawdown: The state in which the borrower obtains some of the project financing, ...

Drift rate: The average increase per unit of time in a stochastic process.

Drip feed: The continual investment of capital in a small and growing company as ...

Driver: Refers to the factors or agents that move something forward: "What are ...

DSS: Department of Social Security

DTI: Department of Trade and Industry

Dual track process: A process where the seller of a company postpones the decision of doin ...

Dual-class stock: Two (or more) classes of common stock with equal rights to cash flows ...

Duration: A measure of a bond's price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.

Dutch auction: Auction in which the lowest price necessary to sell the entire offerin ...

Dynamic scoring: Political/economic forecasting technique that assumes budget reduction ...

DZD: Algerian Dinar from Algeria.

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