| Earning Per Share (EPS) |
Profit made by the company divided by the number of outstanding shares of the common stock and is an indicator for company’s profitability. |
| Earning Surprise Strategies |
Measures by how much a company’s reported earnings differ from expectations, relatives to the stock’s price |
| Earnings |
Net income of a company for a specific period. |
| EBIT |
Earnings before interest and taxes and also referred as operating profit. |
| EBITDA |
Earnings before interest and taxes, depreciation and amortization and a measure of company’s overall financial performance. |
| Economic growth |
Usually refers to GDP growth. |
| Emerging Markets |
Countries whose stock markets are considered less developed or developing. |
| Equity |
Company’s total assets minus total liabilities and refers to the amount of money to be returned to the shareholders. |
| Equity Fund |
A mutual fund that invests primarily in common or preferred stock. |
| Equity Market |
A market where the shares are issued and traded, either public stocks or private stocks and through exchanges or over-the-counter markets. |
| Exchange |
A platform for trading of securities, derivatives, commodities and other financial instruments. |
| Exchange Rate Risk |
Bond whose payments are not in the domestic currency of portfolio manager has unknown cash flows with the individual domestic currency. |
| Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) |
Investment funds that are listed on the Exchange and can be traded just like ordinary shares. |
| Ex-Dividend |
Interval between a stock’s announcement and payment of the next dividend. |
| Ex-Dividend Date |
The date when a stock goes ex-dividend and is usually about 3 weeks before the dividend is paid out. |
| Expense Ratio |
Total percentage of fund assets used for administrative, management, advertising, and all other expenses. |
| Exponential Moving Average |
A moving average that places a greater weight and significance on the most recent data points. |
