Stock Market Glossary - Letter A

Accrued interest

Interest accumulated since the last coupon date and included in a bond trade.

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Accumulating

Fund/ETF variant that automatically reinvests distributions.

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Accumulation

Phase in which large market participants build up positions inconspicuously.

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Ad hoc announcement

Prompt publication of price-sensitive information by a listed issuer.

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Additional-margin obligation

Obligation to provide extra capital or collateral for certain financial transactions.

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ADR

Depositary receipt that can make foreign shares tradable on another market.

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Advance flat rate

Tax mechanism for accumulating funds in Germany.

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Advance-Decline line

Cumulative difference between rising and falling stocks in a market.

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All-weather portfolio

Strategic portfolio that is intended to survive in any economic environment.

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Allocation

Distribution of capital across individual positions or asset classes.

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Alpha

Excess return of an investment compared to its benchmark index.

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Anchor effect

Behavioral bias in which a reference value disproportionately influences decisions.

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Arbitrage

Low-risk profit from price differences of the same asset in different markets.

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Ask

Lowest price at which a seller is willing to sell an asset.

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Asset Allocation

Distribution of assets across different asset classes such as stocks, bonds or commodities.

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Assets under management

Total value of assets managed by a fund or ETF.

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ATR

Average True Range – indicator for measuring average volatility.

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Average bond-market yield

Average yield of a defined set of bonds trading in the market.

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