annual report required by the SEC.

quarterly report required by the SEC.

Annual marketing fee charged by some mutual funds. Named after SEC regulation allowing such fees.

money owed by customers for received goods or services. Customers must have been billed for items to be included in receivables. 

expenses shown on the income statement but not yet paid. 

stock trading when the major stock exchanges are closed. 

public trading of a company’s shares after its IPO.

a statistical concoction that’s supposed to measure the excess performance of a mutual fund compared to the performance expected for its Beta. Higher is better. Alpha is also used by momentum investin [..]

A certificate trading on a U.S. stock exchange that represents shares of a foreign corporation. 

when a company makes an acquisition, the excess paid over the acquired firm's book value is termed goodwill. Until recently, the acquiring company was required to amortize the goodwill over a spe [..]