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R&D: Acronym for Research And Development. Discovering new knowledge about products,...
r-squared: Statistical measure of correlation between a portfolio's performance and the...
raid: A trader's attempt to force down the price of a particular security, generally by heavy selling. Also known as bear raid.
raider: An individual or entity attempting to acquire enough equity in a target firm...
raincheck: A seller's commitment to sell an out-of-stock item at the advertised price as soon as it becomes available.
rainmaker: An employee who creates a significant amount of new business to a firm. This...
raise: An increase in salary.A raise is given to an employee by an employer. It may...
rally: A substantial rise in the price of a currency, stock, commodity, bonds, or overall...
ramp up: To increase, as with activity or production.
random walk theory: An investment theory which claims that market prices follow a random path up...
range: Range refers to the area between high and low prices a currency pair tends to...
Range Expansion Index (REI): The Range-Expansion Index (REI) is a technical indicator derived from historical...
range trading: A strategy that involves buying as price moves to lower support levels, and...
ranking: Comparison of an investment's performance to others over a given time period.
rate: Rate - A value describing one quantity in terms of another quantity. 1 Most...
rate card: A price list for advertising time or space.
rate covenant: A covenant in a municipal revenue bond that specifies how it will be determined...
rate lock: A commitment by a lender guaranteeing a specified interest rate for a specified period of time. Also known as lock-in.
Rate of Change: ROC is a momentum indicator that measures velocity and also leads the price...
rate of exchange: The rate at which one currency may be converted into another. Generally, one...
rate of return: The annual rate of return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the total amount invested. Also known as return.
rate-improvement: A fixed-rate mortgage provision which gives the borrower a one-time option to...
ratify: To approve or confirm.
rating: See bond rating, credit rating, stock rating.
rating service: A firm that publishes ratings for securities such as preferred stock and debt...
ratio: The value of one item relative to another.Commonly taking the form of a fraction...
ratio analysis: The study and interpretation of the relationships between various financial variables, by investors or lenders.
ratio calendar combination: An options strategy in which a trader has a ratio calendar spread using calls and a ratio calendar spread using puts, simultaneously.
ratio calendar spread: An options strategy using either puts or calls, in which one buys long-term...
ratio spread: An options strategy using either puts or calls, in which one buys some options and then sells a different amount of options.
ratio write: An options strategy in which a trader writes multiple option contracts per 100 shares of stock owned or shorted.
raw land: Undeveloped, unused land.
raw materials: Unfinished goods consumed by a manufacturer in providing finished goods. Classified...
Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) - Canada: Measures the prices paid by Canadian manufacturers for key raw materials, including...
RBA Governor Speaks - Australia: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has a target inflation of 2 to 3 percent....
RBA Rate Decision - Australia: Meeting eleven times a year, the Reserve Bank of Australia stands as the central...
RBNZ Rate Decision - New Zealand: The decision to change or maintain New Zealand 's Official Cash Rate. The RBNZ...
reach: The fraction of a specific market category, demographic group or niche that...
reaction: A reversal of the prevailing trend in price movement for a security. The term...
reading the tape: Attempting to predict short-term price changes by examining price and volume information as it comes across the ticker tape.
Reaganomics: Economic program utilized during the Reagan administration, which emphasized...
real: Adjusted for inflation.
real asset: An asset that is intrinsically valuable because of its utility, such as real...
real capital: Capital, such as equipment and machinery, which is used to produce goods. Real...
real economic growth rate: The economic growth rate adjusted for inflation.
real estate: Piece of land and any structures that are (more or less) permanently attached...
real estate agent: A licensed salesperson working for a real estate broker. If the agent sells...
real estate broker: An individual licensed to arrange the buying and selling of real estate for a fee.
Real Estate Investment Trust: Abbreviated as REIT, refers to a corporation or trust that uses the pooled capital...
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit: Abbreviated as REMIC, refers to an investment-grade mortgage bond that separates...
real estate owned: Abbreviated as REO. Property which is in the possession of a lender as a result of foreclosure or forfeiture.
real GDP: Real GDP reflects Gross Domestic Product that has been controlled for the effects...
real income: Income of an individual, organization, or country, after taking into consideration...
real interest rate: The current interest rate minus the current inflation rate.
real rate of return: Rate of return after adjusting for inflation.
real wages: Income of an individual, organization, or country, after taking into consideration...
real-time: Current, as with quotes or news. Opposite of delayed.
real-time trade reporting: A requirement that market makers report each trade in a Nasdaq security to Nasdaq within 90 seconds of execution.
realize: To make something real from a transaction, such as to get the profit from an investment that has appreciated by selling it.
realized: Having been reflected in a transaction, such as a conversion of goods into cash,...
realized profit: A capital gain or loss that is realized, for example a capital gain or loss...
reallowance: In securities underwriting, the amount paid to a broker/dealer who is not part...
realtor: A real estate agent who is a member of the National Association of Realtors.
realty: A piece of land, including the air above it and the ground below it, and any...
rebalancing: Making adjustments to counteract the fact that different assets have performed...
rebate: Partial return of a payment.This may also refer to a deduction from an amount...
rebound: A rally following a decrease in price.
recalculation method: A distribution calculation method for retirement accounts in which each year's distributions are based on current life expectancy.
recall: The return of a product to its manufacturer for repair or replacement, generally due to defects or safety concerns.
recapitalization: Restructuring of a company's debt and equity combination.This is essentially...
recapture: A contract stipulation that permits the seller of an asset to at least partially...
recast earnings: A recalculation of earnings based on the assumption that certain expenses could...
receipt: A written acknowledgement which grants legal validation to a repayment of all or part of a debt.
receivables: Receivables refers to money, goods or services owed from one entity to another....
receivables turnover: The average duration of an account receivable, equal to total credit sales divided...
receive against payment: Provision of some institutional sell orders stipulating that only cash will...
receive versus payment: Provision of some institutional sell orders stipulating that only cash will...
receivership: A form of bankruptcy in which a firm can avoid liquidation by reorganizing with the help of a court-appointed trustee.
recession: A period of general economic decline, spread across the whole economy for longer...
recharacterization: An action consisting of reversing the conversion of an IRA from one type to...
reciprocal of European terms: Quoting exchange rates in terms of how many units of the foreign currency equal...
reckoning: Settling an account.
recognize: The recording of a revenue or expense item in given accounting period.
recommendation: An opinion given by an analyst to his/her clients about whether a given stock...
recompense: To repaying
reconciliation: Adjusting one's checkbook balance to match a bank statement.
reconstitution: An adjustment or series of adjustments resulting in additions to and/or deletions...
reconveyance: The transferring of a title back to its previous owner.
record: To register, file or write down information about a transaction or event.
record date: Date, set by the issuing in order to be eligible to receive a declared dividend...
recoup: To recover all or part of a loss.
recourse loan: A loan for which an undersigner is liable for payment if the borrower defaults.
recovery: A period in a business cycle following a recession, during which the GDP rises.
red flag: A sign of a problem.
red herring: same as preliminary prospectus. Its name comes from the warning, printed in...
red ink: Deficit, loss.
redeem: See redemption.
redeemable: Able to be redeemed prior to maturity. The term generally applies to bonds and...
redeemable bond: A bond which the issuer has the right to redeem prior to its maturity date,...
redeemable shares: Shares that may be redeemed at the option of the issuer and/or the shareholder.
redemption: The return of an investor's principal in a security, such as a bond, preferred...
redemption date: The date on which a bond matures or is redeemed, On the redemption date, the...
redemption fee: A sales charge or commission paid when an individual sells an investment, such...
redemption period: The period during which a borrower may reclaim the title and possession of property by paying the debt it secured.
redemption price: The price, specified at issuance, at which a bond or preferred stock can be redeemed by the issuer. Also known as call price.
redlining: Illegal practice of discriminating based on geographic location when providing loans or insurance coverage.
reduced paid-up insurance: A form of insurance available as a non-forfeiture option, providing for continuation...
REFCORP: Resolution Funding Corporation. The organization created by Congress in 1989...
refinancing: Paying off an existing loan with the proceeds from a new loan, generally of...
reflation: The intentional reversal of deflation through a monetary action by a government
refund: The return of retail goods by a customer for his/her money back.
refunding: Issuing a bond to retire an existing bond.
refurbish: Renovate, clean up.
region: A part or section of a country or the world.
regional bank: A bank that operates in one region of a country, as opposed to a money center bank, which operates nationally and globally.
regional exchange: An SEC-registered stock exchange which focuses on listing stocks of corporations...
regional fund: Mutual fund which invests in one specific region of a country or the world.
register: To formally record a transaction or event.
registered: Having formally submitted a document to, and received approval for a specific...
registered bond: A bond issued with the name of the owner printed on the face of the certificate....
Registered Company: A corporation that has filed a registration statement with the SEC prior to releasing a new stock issue.
registered coupon bond: A bond whose principal, but not interest, is registered. Because of this, the...
Registered Investment Adviser: Abbreviated as RIA, which refers to an investment advisor registered with the SEC. No certification is required.
registered options principal: An employee of a brokerage firm who observes and regulates options exposure...
Registered Representative: An individual who is licensed to sell securities and has the legal power of...
Registered Retirement Savings Plan: Abbreviated as RRSP, refers to the tax-advantaged retirement planning instrument...
registered security: Security that cannot be transferred or delivered to another party. Opposite of negotiable security.
registrar: The organization, generally a bank or a trust firm, that maintains a registry...
registration: The filing process a firm performs, in accordance with SEC regulations, prior...
Registration Statement: A carefully prepared set of documents, including a prospectus, which is filed with the SEC prior to an initial public offering.
regression: A technique used to discover a mathematical relationship between two variables using a set of individual data points.
regression analysis: A statistical technique used to find relationships between variables for the purpose of predicting future values.
regression equation: A statistical technique used to explain or predict the behavior of a dependent...
regressive tax: A tax that takes a larger percentage of the income of low-income people than of high-income people.
regular-way delivery: Delivery of securities in a transaction on the third business day after the...
regulated investment company: "Investment firm eligible under IRS Regulation M to pass capital gains, dividends...
regulation: A rule designed to control the conduct of those to whom it applies. Regulations are official rules, and have to be followed.
Regulation A: "An SEC regulation that governs offerings of $1,500,000 or less, which qualify for simplified registration.",,
Regulation D: An SEC regulation that governs private placement exemption.,,
Regulation FD: "SEC regulation adopted in 2000 that eliminated the practice of selective disclosure....
Regulation G: A Federal Reserve Board regulation that governs the extension of credit for...
Regulation Q: A Federal Reserve Board regulation that limits the interest rate that banks can pay on savings deposits. ,,
Regulation T: A Federal Reserve Board regulation that governs customer cash accounts and the...
Regulation U: A Federal Reserve Board regulation that limits the amount of credit a bank can extend to customers for buying on margin.,,
Regulation Z: "A federal law requiring lenders to fully disclose in writing the terms and...
regulatory agency: A government organization that monitors firms operating in a regulated industry.,,
regulatory requirements: "The restrictions, licenses, and laws applicable to a product or business, imposed by the government. ",,
regulatory risk: The risk associated with the potential for laws related to a given industry,...
rehypothecation: The pledging of securities in customer margin accounts as collateral for a brokerage's bank loan.,,
reimbursement: "Paying back for out-of-pocket expenses, such as by an employer or an insurance firm.",,
reinstate: Restore a past-due loan to a current status.,,
reinsurance: "The sharing of insurance policies among multiple insurers, to reduce the risk for each.",,
reinvestment: "Using the dividends, interest, or profits from an investment to buy more of...
reinvestment date: "The first day of the ex-dividend period. The reinvestment date was created...
reinvestment privilege: The privilege some mutual funds give to their shareholders to use income and/or...
reinvestment risk: The risk resulting from the fact that interest or dividends earned from an investment...
REIT: "Acronym for Real Estate Investment Trust. A corporation or trust that uses...
rejection: The denial of insurance coverage or credit.,,
relative strength: "A stock's price change over a period of time relative to that of a market index,...
Relative Strength Index: RSI is basically a more advanced version of the basic momentum indicator....
relative volatility: The standard deviation of an investment's or portfolio's return divided by the...
release clause: Provision in a mortgage allowing for the freeing of part of a property from...
release letter: "Letter sent by the lead underwriter in an offering to the other syndicate members, describing the final terms of the offering.",,
release of liability: An agreement in which a lender terminates a borrower's obligation for the payment of a debt.,,
reload option: An employee stock option granted upon the exercise of an option using shares...
relocate: Move. ,,
remainder: The amount left in an estate or trust after expenses and prior beneficiaries have been paid.,,
remaining maturity: The amount of time left until a bond becomes due.,,
remaining principal balance: "The amount of principal which, as of a given date, has not yet been paid on a mortgage.",,
remargining: Payment of additional cash or securities to meet minimum maintenance requirements in a margin account.,,
REMIC: Acronym for Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit. An investment-grade mortgage...
remise: "To give up, release, or quitclaim interest in real estate.",,
remit: To make a payment by any non-credit means. Examples of remittance include cash, check and electronic transfer.
remittance: See remit.
remuneration: Compensation.
renegotiable rate: An adjustable rate involving a renewable short-term balloon loan, in which the...
renewable: A natural resource that can replenish itself over time. Opposite of nonrenewable.
rent: Payment, generally monthly, for use of space or property.
rent control: Any form of government restriction, applicable to rental units in certain areas,...
renter's insurance: A type of home insurance that protects the holder against accidents, damages,...
rentier: Individual living off of income from fixed investments.
REO: Acronym for Real Estate Owned. Property which is in the possession of a lender as a result of foreclosure or forfeiture.
reorganization: The action that may allow a firm to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Reorganization...
repatriation: Capital flow from a foreign country to the country of origin. This generally...
replacement cost: The amount it would cost to replace an asset at current prices. If the cost...
replacement cost accounting: An accounting method which allows for additional depreciation on some part of...
replacement cost insurance: Insurance which replaces lost, stolen or destroyed property by paying current market prices, rather than depreciated value.
replacement value: The value of an asset as determined by the estimated cost of replacing it.
replevin: A court action to recover possession of collateral.
repo: A contract in which the seller of securities, such as Treasury Bills, agrees...
Reports and Records: Financial information, such as monthly balance sheets, income statements, and...
repossession: The taking back of property by a lender or seller from the borrower or buyer, generally due to default.
representative: One who is authorized to act on behalf of another, such as an executor or a trustee.
repudiate: Deny or reject.
repurchase agreement: A contract in which the seller of securities, such as Treasury Bills, agrees...
Request For Proposal: Abbreviated as RFP, refers to an invitation for providers of a product or service...
Required Minimum Distribution: Abbreviated as RMD, refers to the minimum annual required distribution amount...
required rate of return: The required rate of return in a discounted cash flow analysis, above which...
required reserves: The amounts that banks are required to keep on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank, as determined by reserve ratios.
requisition: A written request to buy something.
rescheduled loan: A bank loan which was restructured, generally by lengthening the maturity, in order to avoid default.
rescind: To cancel a contractual agreement.
rescission: The cancellation or annulment of a transaction or contract by mutual consent or by law.
research: The process of gathering information for the purpose of initiating, modifying...
research and development: Abbreviated as R&D. Discovering new knowledge about products, processes, and...
research department: Department in a full-service brokerage in which analysts study markets and securities and issue recommendations.
reseller: One who buys goods from a manufacturer and resells them to customers unchanged.
reservation: An advanced order, generally without full payment.
reserve: The amount in assets kept in case of urgent need for liquidity. For central...
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin Board: A bulletin board that lists all statistical data published by the Reserve Bank...
reserve ratio: Banks accepts deposits, lending out a portion of those funds to borrowers...
reserve requirement: As the name suggest, this is the amount banks are required to hold in receive....
reset frequency: The frequency with which a adjustable rate changes.
residential mortgage: A type of mortgage of a residential property; up to $1 million is federal and...
residential property: Property which is zoned for single-family homes, multi-family apartments, townhouses, condominiums, and/or co-ops.
residential rental property: Real property for which 80% or more of the gross income is from dwelling units.
residual: Having the characteristic of remaining
residual security: Security that could potentially dilute earnings per common share, such as preferred...
residual value: The amount a firm expects to be able to sell a fixed asset for at the end of its useful life.
resistance: The price level in which a currency pair has difficulty trading above. At resistance,...
resolution: An official document representing an action on the part of the board of directors of a corporation.
Resolution Funding Corporation: Abbreviated as REFCORP, refers to the organization created by Congress in 1989...
resource: An individual, asset, material, or capital which can be used to accomplish a goal.
resource allocation: The process of allocating resources among the various projects or business units.
restitution: Compensation for loss or injury.
restraint of trade: Illegally interfering with free marketplace participation. Regulated by the Federal Trade Commission.
restricted account: A margin account which has less equity than is required by Regulation T. Purchases...
restricted fee patent: Restricted fee patent refers to the legal relationship between two parties,...
restricted security: Any kind of securities that have limited transferability, generally issued in a private placement.
restricted stock: A type of stock which is acquired though an employee stock option plan or other...
restricted surplus: A portion of a firm's retained earnings not legally available for dividend payment.
restrictive covenant: A portion of a firm's retained earnings not legally available for dividend payment.
restructure: To reorganize a firm's operations.
restructuring: See restructure.
resume: A brief written summary of an individual's education, work experience, and accomplishments,...
resyndication limited partnership: Limited partnership in which existing properties are sold to new partners, for tax benefits of existing partners.
retail: The selling directly to consumers.
retail banking: Retail banking refers to the offering of basic banking products to the general...
retail brokerage: A brokerage most of whose customers are retail investors rather than institutional investors.
retail investor: An individual who purchases small amounts of securities for him/herself, as...
retail lending: Lending to private individuals, as opposed to institutions.
retail price: Price charged to store customers.
Retail Price Index: A measure of inflation used primarily in the UK for wage bargaining and other...
Retail Prices Index (RPI) - UK: Retail Price Index measures changes in the prices of goods and services bought...
Retail Sales - Canada: Gauges sales at Canadian retail outlets. The report serves as a direct gauge...
Retail Sales - German - Euro-zone: Measures changes in sales of the German retail sector. Given that consumption...
Retail Sales - UK: Measures the change in the volume of sales by retailers in the United Kingdom...
retail sales index: A monthly measurement of all goods sold by retailers based on a sampling of...
Retail Trade - Australia: Measure of the total sales of goods and services by retail stores in Australia....
Retail Trade - Euro-zone: The total value of goods and services sold each month at retail outlets. The...
Retail Trade - New Zealand: Tracks changes in New Zealand retail sales. As consumption contributes heavily...
Retail Trade Monthly - Japan: The total value of goods and services sold each month at retail outlets. The...
retained earnings: Earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business...
retainer: A partial fee paid in advance for professional services.
retender: The right of a holder of certain futures contracts, who has received a notice...
retention rate: Retained earnings divided by total after-tax earnings, expressed as a percentage.
retire: To pay off a debt.
retirement: The period of an individual's life during which he/she is no longer working, or the commencement of that period.
Retirement Equity Act of 1984: An amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 providing...
retracement: A reversal movement, in price action, that counters a previous advance or decline...
retreat: Drop in price level following a rise. Opposite of rally.
retroactive: Effective as of an earlier date than the date enacted.
return: The annual return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the total amount invested. Also known as rate of return.
return of capital: A distribution of cash resulting from depreciation tax savings, the sale of...
Return on Assets: Abbreviated as ROA, refers to a measure of a firm's profitability, equal to...
Return on Capital: Abbreviated as ROC, refers to a measure of how effectively a firm uses the money...
Return on Capital Employed: Abbreviated as ROCE. A measure of the returns that a firm is realizing from...
Return on Equity: Abbreviated as ROE, refers to a measure of how well a firm used reinvested earnings...
Return on Invested Capital: ROIC is a calculation used to assess the profitability of a firm by determining...
Return on Investment: Abbreviated as ROI, refers to a measure of a corporation's profitability, equal...
Return on Sales: Abbreviated as ROS, refers to a measure of a firm's profitability, equal to...
Return on Total Assets: Abbreviated as ROTA, refers to a measure of how effectively a firm uses its...
Reunion Franc: The currency of Reunion.See GoCurrency World Currencies Page & Currency Converter
revaluation: A change, generally an increase, in a country's fixed exchange rate.
revenue: A measure of the total amount of money a firm receives within a given amount...
revenue anticipation note: Security issued in anticipation of future revenue which will be used for repayment.
revenue bond: Bond issued by a municipality to finance a specific public works project and...
Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993: Law designed to reduce the federal budget deficit by raising taxes and reducing...
revenue ruling: An IRS tax decision resulting from an interpretation of an unclear regulation.
revenue sharing: The splitting of operating profits and losses between the general partner and...
reversal: Change in the general direction of a market, such as a rally. Also known as trend reversal.
reversal arbitrage: A riskless transaction consisting of the short sale of a security, the purchase...
reverse acquisition: One way for a firm to become publicly traded, by acquiring a public firm and...
reverse conversion: The method by which a brokerage earns interest on its customers' stock holdings...
reverse leverage: Negative cash flow.
reverse merger: The acquisition of a public firm by a private firm, allowing the private firm...
reverse mortgage: An arrangement in which a homeowner borrows against the equity in his/her home...
reverse repo: A purchase of securities with an agreement to resell them at a higher price...
reverse repurchase agreement: A purchase of securities with an agreement to resell them at a higher price...
reverse split: A stock split which reduces the number of outstanding shares and increases the...
Reverse Take-Over: Abbreviated as RTO, refers to when a firm buys out a larger firm, but could...
reverse-annuity mortgage: An arrangement in which a homeowner borrows against the equity in his/her home...
revert: To return to a previous condition.
revisionary trust: Irrevocable trust that becomes a revocable trust after a specified period of...
revocable trust: A trust that may be altered or terminated during the grantor's lifetime. Since...
revocation: The act of recalling or terminating a previously granted power of attorney....
revoke: To cancel or annul.
revolving collateral: revolving collateral
revolving line of credit: An agreement by a bank to lend a specific amount to a borrower, and to allow...
RFP: Acronym for Request For Proposal. An invitation for providers of a product or...
rho: The dollar change in a given option's price that results from a 1% change in interest rates.
RIA: Acronym for Registered Investment Adviser. Investment advisor registered with the SEC. No certification is required.
rich: Well to do, earning a high level of income or retaining a high level of wealth compared to others.
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Survey - United States: Assesses regional manufacturing conditions for the Richmond Fed District. Based...
RICS House Price Balance - UK: Gauge for costs of homes in the United Kingdom. The figure is based on surveyors'...
rider: An amendment to a contract or policy.
right: A privilege allowing existing shareholders to purchase shares of an issue of...
right of first refusal: The right of a party to match the terms of a proposed contract with another party.
right of recourse: The right to recover a bad debt.
right of redemption: The right of a property owner to redeem his/her real estate from foreclosure...
right of rescission: The right of a consumer to nullify a contract within three business days of signing it without paying a penalty or down payment.
right of survivorship: Ownership of property by two or more people in which the survivors automatically...
Right to Know: Laws that make government or corporate data and records available to the public...
rights issue: See right.
rights offering: Offering of common stock to investors who currently hold shares which entitle...
ring: A demarcated area on the exchange floor where traders and brokers execute trades.
rising bottoms: A technical analysis term for a chart pattern in which each successive low price is higher than the previous one.
risk: The possibility of loss in absolute terms, or relative to expectations. Examples...
risk adjusted return: A measure of how much an investment returned in relation to the amount of risk it took on.
risk arbitrage: The use of an arbitrage, usually associated with risk.
risk capital: The funds made available for startup firms and small businesses with exceptional...
risk disclosure document: A document outlining the risks involved in futures trading (i.e. one may lose...
risk management: The process of analyzing exposure to risk and determining how to best handle such exposure.
risk neutral: Someone who is indifferent to risk, meaning someone who is completely indifferent...
risk premium: The reward for holding a risky investment rather than a risk-free one.
risk rate: The rate of return required to attract capital to an investment.
risk seeking: Someone who is attracted to risk, meaning an investment with a lower expected...
risk tolerance: An investor's ability to handle declines in the value of his/her portfolio.
risk transfer: The shifting risk from one party to another; examples include purchasing insurance coverage or issuing debt.
risk-averse: The act of investing conservatively.
risk-free asset: An asset whose future return is known with certainty, barring complete changes in the market.
risk-free return: A theoretical interest rate that would be returned on an investment, if it were...
risk/return trade-off: The relationship between risk and return, in which one must be willing to accept...
riskless arbitrage: A risk-free transaction consisting of purchasing an asset at one price and simultaneously...
riskless asset: An asset whose future return is known with certainty, barring complete changes in the market. Also known as risk-free asset.
riskless rate of return: A theoretical interest rate that would be returned on an investment which was...
riskless transaction: A transaction that guarantees a profit to whoever initiates it (i.e. riskless arbitrage).
RMD: Acronym for Required Minimum Distribution, which refers to the required distribution...
ROA: Return on Assets. A measure of a firm's profitability, equal to a fiscal year's...
road show: A series of meetings with potential investors and brokers, conducted by a firm...
ROC: Acronym for Return on Capital, which refers to a measure of how effectively...
ROCE: Acronym for Return on Capital Employed, which refers to a measure of the returns that a firm is realizing from its capital.
ROE: Acronym for Return on Equity, which refers to a measure of how well a firm used...
ROI: Acronym for Return on Investment, which refers to a measure of a corporation's...
ROIC: ROIC is a calculation used to assess the profitability of a firm by determining...
ROL: The ISO currency code for the Romanian Leu.
roll down: The act of closing out one option position and open another one of the same class but a lower strike price.
roll forward: The act of closing out one option position and open another one of the same class but a later expiration date.
roll over: Rollover refers to the interest traders may earn or be charged daily, for positions...
roll up: The act of closing out one option position and open another one of the same class but a higher strike price.
rollout: The process of introducing a new product or service into the marketplace. Also known as launch.
rollover: A tax-free reinvestment of a distribution from a qualified retirement plan into...
rollover mortgage: A Mortgage for which the unpaid balance is refinanced every few years at then-current...
Romanian Leu: The official currency of Romania. Learn more about Romania and the Romanian Leu at GoCurrency.com
RON: The ISO code for the Romanian Leu. Learn more about Romania and the Romanian Leu at GoCurrency.com
Ron Insana: Anchor of CNBC's "Street Signs," Ron Insana is an accredited financial journalist....
ROS: Acronym for Return on Sales, which refers to a measure of a firm's profitability,...
ROTA: Acronym for Return on Total Assets, which refers to a measure of how effectively...
rotation: The movement of money by one investor or the overall market from one or more...
Roth IRA: Roth IRA refers a type of individual retirement plan that offers a number of...
round lot: The normal unit of trading of a security; 100 shares of stock or 5 bonds. Also...
round of funding: The stage of financing a start-up firm is in. The usual progression is from startup to first round to mezzanine to pre-IPO.
round turn: A complete futures transaction, including both entry and exit. Also known as round trip.
royalty: A payment made for the use of property, especially a patent, copyrighted work,...
RPI: Acronym for Retail Price Index, which refers to an inflationary indicator that...
RRSP: Acronym for Registered Retirement Savings Plan, which refers to. A tax-advantaged...
RSI: Acronym for Relative Strength Index, which refers to a technical analysis indicator...
RTO: Acronym for Reverse Take-Over. When a firm buys out a larger firm, but could...
RUB: The ISO code for the Russian Ruble. Learn more about Russia and the Russian Ruble at GoCurrency.com
rubber check: A check which a bank returns because it is not payable due to insufficient funds. Also known as bounced check.
Rule 10b-6: A regulation formally known as the Employment of Manipulative and Deceptive Practices...
Rule 12b-1 fee: An extra fee charged by some mutual funds to cover promotion, distributions,...
Rule 13d: An SEC rule requiring disclosure by anyone acquiring a beneficial ownership...
Rule 144: Securities and Exchange Commission rule that sets the conditions under which restricted
Rule 15c3-1: Securities and Exchange Commission rule that sets the conditions under which restricted
Rule 19c3: An SEC rule that permits member firms to make off board trades in securities...
Rule 405: A guideline stated or implied by various securities regulatory bodies which...
Rule 415: An SEC rule allowing for shelf registrations of securities which will be issued...
Rule of 72: The estimation of doubling time on an investment, for which the compounded annual...
Rule of 78: A formula used to determine rebates on interest for installment loans; since...
Rules of Fair Practice: Any set of rules established by NASD to protect the best interests of the securities investor.
rumortrage: A trading based on a rumor of a takeover.
run: A situation in which many customers try to withdrawal their bank deposits simultaneously...
run rate: The result of extrapolating financial data, collected from a period of time less than one year to a full year.
run up: A sudden, unexpected increase in price.
running ahead: A broker's trading for his own account before filling his/her customers' orders,...
Russell 2000: The most commonly used of a series of market-value weighted indices published...
Russian Ruble: The official currency of Russia. Learn more about Russia and the Russian Ruble at GoCurrency.com
rust belt: The area in the Midwest part of the U.S. where manufacturing is largely unmodernized.
Rwanda Franc: The official currency of Rwanda. Learn more about Rwanda and the Rwandan Franc at GoCurrency.com
RWF: The ISO code for the Rwandan Franc. Learn more about Rwanda and the Rwandan Franc at GoCurrency.com

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