P/E ratio
English synonym for P/E ratio.
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Stock Market Glossary - Letter P
27 terms beginning with "P"
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P Terms beginning with P
P/E ratio
Price-to-earnings ratio – how many annual earnings the current share price costs.
Learn more →P2P lending
Direct lending between private individuals via online platforms.
Learn more →Partial exit
Closing part of the position while allowing the rest to continue.
Learn more →Partial tax exemption
Partial tax relief for certain investment-fund income under German tax law.
Learn more →Passbook
Classic German savings account with a low interest rate.
Learn more →Payoff ratio
Ratio of average profit to average loss.
Learn more →Payout ratio
Share of profit or cash flow that a company distributes as dividends.
Learn more →PEG ratio
P/E ratio relative to expected earnings growth.
Learn more →Performance
Performance of an investment over time.
Learn more →Performance fee
Variable fund-manager fee linked to a defined investment performance.
Learn more →Pip
Smallest usual price movement of a currency pair in Forex trading.
Learn more →Pivot
Turning point in price trends, often at significant highs or lows.
Learn more →Pivot point
Calculated reference point from the previous day's prices, often used as an intraday orientation.
Learn more →Policy rate
Central-bank rate that influences important financing conditions in a currency area.
Learn more →Portfolio
The totality of all of an investor’s assets.
Learn more →position
Exposure to an asset, either long or short.
Learn more →Power of Compounding
English term for the exponential effect of compound interest.
Learn more →Preferred stock
Stock with a dividend preference, but usually without voting rights.
Learn more →Premarket trading
Trading before the official opening of the main exchange.
Learn more →Premium
Surcharge, such as the price of an option or closed-end fund over the NAV.
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Amount by which a market or issue price exceeds a reference value.
Learn more →PRIIPs
EU regulation on standardized key information sheets for investment products.
Learn more →Principal repayment
Repayment of borrowed money or part of it.
Learn more →Protective put
Hedging strategy in which a stock position is protected with a put option.
Learn more →Put
Put option that certifies the right to sell at a specified price.
Learn more →Pyramidize
Targeted addition to an already profitable position.
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