Business / Finance Glossary

Angels: Individuals providing venture capital.

Ankle Biter: Stock issued with a market capitalization of less than $500 million.

Announcement Date: Date on which particular news concerning a given company is announced to the public. Used in event studies, which researchers use to evaluate the economic impact of events of interest.

Annual Basis: The technique in statistics of taking a figure covering a period of less than one year and extrapolating it to cover a full one year period. The process is known as annualizing.

Annual Exclusion: A tax rule allowing the deduction of certain income from taxation.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses: For investment companies, the management fee and 'other expenses,' including the expenses for maintaining shareholder records, providing shareholders with financial statements, and providing . . . View Full Definition

Annual Meeting: Meeting of stockholder held once a year at which the managers of a company report to the stockholders on the year's results.

Annual Percentage Rate (APR): The periodic rate times the number of periods in a year. For example, a 5% quarterly return has an A.P.R. of 20%.

Annual Percentage Yield (APY): The effective, or true, annual rate of return. The APY is the rate actually earned or paid in one year, taking into account the effect of compounding. The APY is calculated by taking one plu . . . View Full Definition

Annual Price Range : The Annual Price Range is a measure of a stock's average annual price movement to a high and low from a mean price for each year. For example, a stock's Annual Price Range of ±12% indicates . . . View Full Definition

Annual Rate Of Return: There are many ways of calculating the annual rate of return. If the rate of return is calculated on a monthly basis, we sometimes multiply this by 12 to express an annual rate of return. Th . . . View Full Definition

Annual Report: Yearly record of a publicly held company's financial condition. It includes a description of the firm's operations, as well as balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement inform . . . View Full Definition

Annualized Gain: If stock X appreciates 1.5% in one month, the annualized gain for that stock over a twelve month period is 121.5% = 18%. Compounded over the 12 month period, the gain is (1.015)^12 -1 = 19.6%.

Annualized Holding-Period Return: The annual rate of return that when compounded t times generates the same t-period holding return as actually occurred from period 1 to period t.

Annuitant: An individual who receives benefits from an annuity.

Annuitize: To commence a series of payments from the capital that has accumulated in an annuity. The payments may be a fixed amount, for a fixed period of time, or for a lifetime.

Annuity: A regular periodic payment made by an insurance company to a policyholder for a specified period of time.

Annuity Certain: An annuity that pays a specific amount on a monthly basis for a set amount of time.

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