| General
Mortgage Bond |
A
bond that is secured by a blanket mortgage on the company's property
but may be outranked by one or more other mortgages. |
| Gilt-Edged |
High-grade
bond issued by a company that has demonstrated its ability to earn
a comfortable profit over a period of years and pay its bondholders
their interest without interruption. |
| Gold
Fix |
The
setting of the price of gold by dealers (especially in a twice-daily
London meeting at the central bank); the fix is the fundamental worldwide
price for setting price of gold boullion and gold-related contracts
and products. |
| Gold
- GOX |
The
CBOE Gold Index - (GOX) is an equal-dollar-weighted index composed
of 10 companies involved primarily in gold mining and production.
The index is re-balanced after the close of business on expiration
Friday on the March quarterly cycle. |
| Good
Delivery |
Certain
basic qualifications must be met before a security sold on an Exchange
may be delivered. The security must be in proper form to comply with
the contract of sale and to transfer title to the purchaser. |
| Good
'Til Canceled (GTC) Order |
An
order to buy or sell at a specific price until the investor cancels
the order. |
| Government
Bond |
A
bond issued by the federal government. |
| Growth
Rate Measures for EPS |
- Current
year/last year % growth shows the percent change between the
current year's Forecasted mean EPS estimate and the last reported
actual EPS
- Next
year/current year % growth shows the percent change between next
year's forecasted mean EPS estimate and the current year's forecasted
mean estimate
- Historical
EPS growth % (historical 5 year growth)shows the average annual
EPS growth for the company over the past five years
- 5
year growth median is the median annual growth forecast over
the next five years
- 12
Month Forward % Growth is the projected growth in the company's
EPS over the next 12 months (PEG Ratio)
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| Growth
Stock |
Stock
of a company with a record of earnings growth at a relatively high
rate. |
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| Head & Shoulders |
In
technical analysis, a chart formation in which a stock price reaches
a peak and declines, rises above its former peak and again declines
and rises again but not to the second peak and then again declines.
The first and third peaks are shoulders, while the second peak is
the formation's head. Technical analysts generally consider a head
and shoulders formation to be a very bearish indication. |
| Hedging |
The
purchase or sale of a derivative security (such as options or futures)
in order to reduce or neutralize all or some portion of the risk
of holding another security. |
| Holding
Company |
A
corporation that owns the securities of another, in most cases with
voting control. |
| Hypothecation |
The
pledging of securities as collateral - for example, to secure the
debit balance in a margin account. |
