Dictionary
- American option, European option
- An American option can be exercised at any time up to the maturity date, unlike the European option, which can only be exercised at maturity.
- Annual Earnings Change (%)
- The historical earnings change between the most recently reported fiscal year earnings and the preceding.
- Annual Net Profit Margin (%)
- The percentage that the company earned from gross sales for the most recently reported fiscal year.
- Appraisal Ratio
- A signal/noise ratio in the forecasts. A ratio between the Alpha and "Residual Standard Deviation".
- Arbitrage
- The simultaneous purchase and sale of two different, but closely related, securities to take advantage of a disparity in their prices.