H: Fifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that the issue is the ...
Hacker: Computer expert breaking into networks and operating systems.
Haircut: (a) In determining whether assets meet capital requirements, a percent ...
Half-life: The point in the life of a mortgage-backed security guaranteed or issu ...
Hands-off investor: An investor who has a large stake in a company, but does not wish to p ...
Hands-on investor: An investor who has a large stake in a corporation and takes an active ...
Hang Seng: The major stock index in Hong Kong.
Hard call protection: Hard call protection usually refers to callable bonds. The protection ...
Hardball: A person dealing in a tough manner
Hardening: (a) Describes a price which is gradually stabilizing; (b) a term indic ...
Harrod-Domar growth model: An economic model which maintains that the growth rate of GDP depends ...
Hatchet man: Junior executive who is given the task of firing employees.
Hawk: To be hawkish. One who supports aggressive policies. Opposite of dove. ...
Heavy Crude Oil: Petroleum with a high specific gravity and a low API gravity. It has a ...
Heavy:: A market in which prices are demonstrating either an inability to adva ...
Hedge ratio: The percentage of the position in an asset that is hedged with derivat ...
Hedgie: Slang for hedge fund.
Herfindahl index: The Herfindahl index (HI) is a measure of industry concentration equal ...
HIBOR: Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate, the annualized offer rate banks pay to ...
Hierarchy: The levels of management within a business organisation, from the lowe ...
High Net Worth (HNW) Person: An individual with more than $1,000,000 in liquid assets to manage.
High-tech stock: Stocks of corporations and companies operating in the high-technology ...
Highjacking: The japanese term for a takeover.
Hire Purchase: The right to buy an asset by the user of the asset according to a pre- ...
Hired guns: Lawyers, accountants and other business strategy consultants
HKD: Hong Kong Dollar from Hong Kong.
HLT: Highly leveraged Transaction
HNL: Lempira from Honduras.
Ho-Lee Option Model: An arbitrage free model which uses an estimated spot curve to evaluate ...
Home run: Sharp increase in the stock price over a short period of time.
HOMERS™: The acronym for a class of securities initially known as Home Owner Ma ...
Horizontal merger: Involves two firms that operate and compete in the same kind of busine ...
Horizontal merger wave (1895-1904): The first merger wave began right after the 1883 depression in a perio ...
Horizontal spread: The simultaneous purchase and sale of two options that differ only in ...
Hostile takeover: A tender offer which is made to the shareholders without the approval ...
Household income: The total level of income earned by all the households in the economy. ...
How are you making sex?: What is your market in a particular stock?
How does that play in Peoria?: What is reaction of average person at grass roots?
HRD: Croatian Dinar from Croatia. (Local name: Hrvatska)
HRK: Croatian Kuna from Croatia. (Local name: Hrvatska)
HTG: Gourde from Haiti.
Hubris: Though not a financial or business term per se, it's included here bec ...
HUF: Forint from Hungary.
Humped: A yield curve or term structure of a price curve over time that exhibi ...
Hurdle Rate: The minimum rate of investment that is acceptable to an investor. It i ...
Hush money: Bribe; payment to keep someone quiet
Hybridization: The act or process of creating a new instrument which has two or more ...
Hyperinflation: This refers to very rapid, out-of-control inflation. There is no exact ...
Hypothecation: This is the act of pledging a mortgage or lien as collateral against a ...
Hysteresis: Used to characterize a lagging effect. Firms may fail to enter markets ...
Hacker: Computer expert breaking into networks and operating systems.
Haircut: (a) In determining whether assets meet capital requirements, a percent ...
Half-life: The point in the life of a mortgage-backed security guaranteed or issu ...
Hands-off investor: An investor who has a large stake in a company, but does not wish to p ...
Hands-on investor: An investor who has a large stake in a corporation and takes an active ...
Hang Seng: The major stock index in Hong Kong.
Hard call protection: Hard call protection usually refers to callable bonds. The protection ...
Hardball: A person dealing in a tough manner
Hardening: (a) Describes a price which is gradually stabilizing; (b) a term indic ...
Harrod-Domar growth model: An economic model which maintains that the growth rate of GDP depends ...
Hatchet man: Junior executive who is given the task of firing employees.
Hawk: To be hawkish. One who supports aggressive policies. Opposite of dove. ...
Heavy Crude Oil: Petroleum with a high specific gravity and a low API gravity. It has a ...
Heavy:: A market in which prices are demonstrating either an inability to adva ...
Hedge ratio: The percentage of the position in an asset that is hedged with derivat ...
Hedgie: Slang for hedge fund.
Herfindahl index: The Herfindahl index (HI) is a measure of industry concentration equal ...
HIBOR: Hong Kong Interbank Offer Rate, the annualized offer rate banks pay to ...
Hierarchy: The levels of management within a business organisation, from the lowe ...
High Net Worth (HNW) Person: An individual with more than $1,000,000 in liquid assets to manage.
High-tech stock: Stocks of corporations and companies operating in the high-technology ...
Highjacking: The japanese term for a takeover.
Hire Purchase: The right to buy an asset by the user of the asset according to a pre- ...
Hired guns: Lawyers, accountants and other business strategy consultants
HKD: Hong Kong Dollar from Hong Kong.
HLT: Highly leveraged Transaction
HNL: Lempira from Honduras.
Ho-Lee Option Model: An arbitrage free model which uses an estimated spot curve to evaluate ...
Home run: Sharp increase in the stock price over a short period of time.
HOMERS™: The acronym for a class of securities initially known as Home Owner Ma ...
Horizontal merger: Involves two firms that operate and compete in the same kind of busine ...
Horizontal merger wave (1895-1904): The first merger wave began right after the 1883 depression in a perio ...
Horizontal spread: The simultaneous purchase and sale of two options that differ only in ...
Hostile takeover: A tender offer which is made to the shareholders without the approval ...
Household income: The total level of income earned by all the households in the economy. ...
How are you making sex?: What is your market in a particular stock?
How does that play in Peoria?: What is reaction of average person at grass roots?
HRD: Croatian Dinar from Croatia. (Local name: Hrvatska)
HRK: Croatian Kuna from Croatia. (Local name: Hrvatska)
HTG: Gourde from Haiti.
Hubris: Though not a financial or business term per se, it's included here bec ...
HUF: Forint from Hungary.
Humped: A yield curve or term structure of a price curve over time that exhibi ...
Hurdle Rate: The minimum rate of investment that is acceptable to an investor. It i ...
Hush money: Bribe; payment to keep someone quiet
Hybridization: The act or process of creating a new instrument which has two or more ...
Hyperinflation: This refers to very rapid, out-of-control inflation. There is no exact ...
Hypothecation: This is the act of pledging a mortgage or lien as collateral against a ...
Hysteresis: Used to characterize a lagging effect. Firms may fail to enter markets ...
