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JARGON BUSTER: Beta

This is a measure of the volatility of a stock, also known as systematic risk, in comparison to either its benchmark or the overall market. The calculation of beta assesses how a stock responds to...

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JARGON BUSTER: Alpha

This is a measure of a stock’s expected return based on the company’s inherent intrinsic value and not as a function of a market. In the calculation of a company’s Alpha, it is assumed that the market...

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JARGON BUSTER: Unissued stock

As the term suggests, this is stock that a company is authorised to issue but that has never been sold to investors. Unissued stock is usually not a concern for stockholders, except that it presents...

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JARGON BUSTER: Like-for-like sales

This term is used to describe a comparison of the current year’s sales to last year’s sales in a company, taking into account only the activities that were in effect during both time periods....

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JARGON BUSTER: Inward investments

An inward investment involves an external or foreign entity either investing in or purchasing the goods of a local economy. A common example is a foreign direct investment (FDI), which occurs when one...

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JARGON BUSTER: Xenocurrency

This refers to a currency that trades in markets outside of its domestic borders. For example, a xenocurrency would be the euro traded in the United States, or the rand traded in Europe. The term is...

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JARGON BUSTER: Sandbagging

This is a term used to describe a nifty tactic employed to conceal or limit expectations of a company’s (or individual’s) position, in order to produce better than anticipated results. As a business...

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JARGON BUSTER: Junk Bond

This term is frequently bandied about in financial circles and is the colloquial term for a high-yield or non-investment grade bond. More specifically, it is a fixed-income instrument that carries a...

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JARGON BUSTER: Farmout

A farmout is when a company assigns part of an oil, natural gas or mineral interest to a third party to hedge against risk or when the company can't afford undertaking the operation.

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JARGON BUSTER: Contracts for difference

Contracts for difference, or CFDs, are derivative contracts in which one party agrees to pay out the difference between the current value of an asset and the value of the asset at the time the contract...

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