A reward paid to an employee at the end of the year. Many year-end bonuses are tied to performance metrics and the amount can vary depending whether certain…

A company that was once making a takeover attempt but ends up discussing a merger with the target company. The implication is that the company attempting…

The income return on an investment. This refers to the interest or dividends received from a security and is usually expressed annually as a percentage…

The interest rate on a taxable security that would render a return equivalent to that of a tax-exempt security, and vice versa, calculated as follows…

Slang for a very volatile market. Basically, a yo-yo market moves up and down like its toy namesake.

A Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that it is a miscellaneous situation such as a depositary receipt, stub, additional warrant, or unit. Nasdaq-listed…

A term used in Islamic finance to refer to the obligation that an individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes…

A method of budgeting in which all expenses must be justified for each new period. Zero-based budgeting starts from a "zero base" and every function within…

The constant spread that will make the price of a security equal to the present value of its cash flows when added to the yield at each point on the spot…

A trend following indicator that is used to predict when a given security's momentum is reversing. The indicator is used by traders to eliminate random…

Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent or near bankruptcy. Zombies often become casualties to the high costs associated with…

A company owned by Barry Minkow in the 1980s. Through such means as forgery and theft, Minkow appeared to be building a multimillion dollar corporation…