EAC: Equivalent annual cost. The net present value (NPV) of cost divided by ...

Each way: On both purchase and disposal, as of a broker's commission.

EAFE: The Europe, Australia and Far East Index (EAFE) is an unmanaged market ...

Early exercise: The exercise or assignment of an option prior to expiry.

Early withdrawal penalty: A penalty on money withdrawn prematurely from a fixed-term investment, ...

Earned income: The compensation from participation in a business, including normal re ...

Earnest money deposit: A deposit made by the potential home buyer to show that he or she is s ...

Earnings per share: The latest reported net earnings, divided by the number of outstanding ...

Ease Off: A minor and/or slow decline in the price of a market.

EBIT: Earnings before interest and taxes (or just simply net operating incom ...

EBITDA: Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) plus depreciation and amorti ...

EBITDAR: Earnings before interest and tax, depreciation, amortization and restr ...

Economic cycle: The economic cycle are predictable long-term pattern changes in nation ...

Economic indicators: Statistical indexes, rates, and other measurements of national financi ...

Economic rent: A surplus paid to any factor of production over its supply price. Econ ...

ECS: Sucre from Ecuador (no longer in use).

ECU: An index of foreign exchange consisting of about 10 European currencie ...

EDDLT: Expected Demand During Lead Time

EDGAR: A web site for US corporate filings, similar to SEDAR in Canada. ...

EEK: Kroon from Estonia.



Effective gross income: Normal annual income including overtime that is regular or guaranteed. ...

Efficient market: A theory about the stock market stating that the current prices of sto ...

Efficient Market: A market in which new information is immediately available to all inve ...

Efficient portfolio: A portfolio that provides the superior expected return for a given lev ...

Egalitarianism: A social ideology placing primarily focusing on the value of human equ ...

EGP: Egyptian Pound from Egypt.

EIS: Enterprise Investment Scheme

EITC: Earned income Tax Credit (EITC) is a federal income tax credit for low ...

Elasticity: The percentage change in one variable given a 1% ceteris paribus ...

Elephant hunt: Enticing a major corporation to move into a community, stimulating eco ...

Elliot Wave: (a) A theory named after Ralph Elliot, who contended that the stock ma ...

Embargo: An embargo is a temporary action, generally by one country, to halt sh ...

Embedded value: A methodology that reflects future shareholder profits in the life ins ...

EMS: European Monetary System

EMU: European Monetary Union

Encumbrance: Anything that affects or limits the fee simple title to a property, su ...

EPP: Executive Pension Plan

Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA): A federal law that requires lenders and other creditors to make credit ...

Equilibrium market price of risk: The slope of the capital market line (CML). Since the CML represents t ...

Equilibrium price: The price when the supply of goods matches demand.



Equitize a Margin Call: An event whereby a previously unsatisfied margin call is eliminated by ...

Equity investments: Investments that involve ownership of shares or units, through purchas ...

Equity-Linked Note (ELN): An equity-linked note combines the characteristics of a zero or low co ...

ERISA-type ESOP: ESOP other than tax credits ESOPs. ERISA-types includes leveraged, lev ...

ERM: Exchange rate mechanism

ERN: Eritrean Nakfa from Eritrea.

ESA: Spanish Peseta, Account A previously used in Andorra and Spain

ESB: Spanish Peseta, Account B previously used in Andorra and Spain.

ESC: Extra Statutory Concession

Escrow: An item of value, money, or documents deposited with a third party to ...

ESOP: Employee stock ownership plan. Defined contribution pension plan (stoc ...

ESP: Spanish Peseta (no longer in use) formerly used in Andorra, Spain and ...

ETB: Ethiopian Birr from Eritrea and Ethiopia.

EUR: Euro (replacement name for the ECU) now used in Austria, Belgium, Finl ...

Eurobond: An international bond sold primarily in countries other than the count ...

Eurocurrency: Certificates of Deposit (CDS), eurobonds, deposits, or any capital mar ...

Eurodollar demand deposit: Eurodollar demand deposit accounts are not often used or available, as ...

European Central Bank (ECB): The Central Bank for the new European Monetary Union.

European Economic Area (EEA): The European Economic Area (EEA) came into being on 1 January 1, 1994 ...

European Economic Community (EEC): Now incorporated in the European Union (EU).



European Union (EU): The European Union (EU) is a union of twenty-five independent states b ...

EVA: Economic value added. Can be calculated as NOPAT x (Capital x r) ...

EVP: Executive Vice President

ex: When appended to the share price, means “excluding”. Thus a share pric ...

Ex dividend: Phrase used to indicate that a stock is selling without a recently dec ...

Exchange rate overshooting: A phenomenon whereby the exchange rate changes by more in the short ru ...

Exchange-rate risk on bonds: A non-domestic-currency nominated bond has unknown domestic currency c ...

Exchangeable bond: An issue giving the bondholder the right to exchange the issue for a s ...

Executor: A person named in a will to administer an estate. The court will appoi ...

Exercise limit: The maximum number of option contracts that can be exercised within a ...

Exercise price: Price at which the holder of an option can buy (call option) or sell ( ...

Exit strategy: Refers to the way in which investors and founders can "exit", i.e. lea ...

Exotic option: A non-standardized option

Expatriate: A person working or what is known as domiciled (living in) in a countr ...

Expiration date: The date on which an option expires, after which the option cannot be ...

Expiry date: Maturity or expiration date of an option.

Exposure: The maximum loss suffered from a default by a counterparty.

Extinguish: Retire or pay off debt.

Extra Dividend: A payment declared or paid by a corporation in addition to its ordinar ...

Extraordinary items: Unusual transactions showing up on a company's financial statement tha ...

Extrapolative statistical models: Statistical models that apply a formula to historical data and project ...

Extrinsic Value: The time value component of an option premium.

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