Financial Slang
The financial world has a vocabulary of its own. Mixed into the financial lexicon are hundreds of acronyms and abbreviations. While knowing financial slang might not make you a money expert, the terms on this page will at least help you understand financial news and market information.
Slang Term | Meaning | Votes |
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Paper hands | To sell a stock at the first sign of trouble | 582 |
Meme stock | A stock hyped on social media | 586 |
APR | Annual percentage rate | 589 |
Crypto | Cryptocurrency | 589 |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service | 591 |
Bagholder | A person who fails to sell a stock before it crashes | 592 |
Bullish | Positive outlook | 593 |
NFT | Non-fungible token | 593 |
BTD | Buy the dip | 593 |
DYOR | Do your own research | 593 |
AHT | After-hours trading | 594 |
DD | Due diligence | 594 |
Diamond hands | To hold a stock through losses | 594 |
Crypto Mom | SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce | 594 |
USD | United States dollars | 595 |
CAD | Canadian dollar | 595 |
EUR | Euro | 595 |
ROI | Return on investment | 595 |
Forex | Foreign exchange market | 595 |
GNP | Gross National Product | 595 |
Bearish | Negative outlook | 595 |
FAANG | Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google | 595 |
Buy the dip | Buy an asset at a low price | 595 |
YTD | Year-to-date | 596 |
HFT | High-frequency trader | 596 |
AUD | Australian dollar | 596 |
ISO | Incentive stock option | 596 |
EBT | Earnings before taxes | 596 |
H1 | First half | 596 |
B2B | Business-to-business | 596 |
CPA | Certified Public Accountant | 596 |
NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | 596 |
W4 | Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate | 596 |
CD | Certificate of deposit | 596 |
EFT | Electronic funds transfer | 596 |
APY | Annual percentage yield | 596 |
EMV | Europay, MasterCard, and Visa | 596 |
WATCH | Walmart, Amazon, Target, Costco, Home Depot | 596 |
tendies | Chicken tenders | 596 |
J-Pow | Jerome Powell | 596 |
NGMI | Not gonna make it | 596 |
1Q | First quarter | 596 |
AML | Anti money laundering | 596 |
ICP | Ideal Customer Profile | 596 |
PAYE | Pay as you earn | 597 |
CEO | Chief executive officer | 597 |
JPY | Japanese yen | 597 |
Q1 | First quarter | 597 |
Q4 | Fourth quarter | 597 |
EPS | Earnings per share | 597 |
AGI | Adjusted gross income | 597 |
W2 | Wage and Tax Statement | 597 |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | 597 |
Two-bagger | Investment that doubled | 597 |
Grexit | Greek exit | 597 |
SWOT | Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats | 597 |
Quant | Quantitative analyst | 597 |
Nocoiner | A person who owns no cryptocurrency | 597 |
Cold storage | A cryptocurrency wallet not connected to the Internet | 597 |
ICO | Initial coin offering | 597 |
DeFi | Decentralized finance | 597 |
CU | Credit union | 597 |
Shrinkflation | Charging the same price for less product | 597 |
BAYC | Bored Ape Yacht Club | 597 |
ARR | Annual recurring revenue | 597 |
PLG | Product-led growth | 597 |
LATAM | Latin America | 597 |
IPO | Initial public offering | 598 |
CE | Chief executive | 598 |
GBP | British pound | 598 |
Q3 | Third quarter | 598 |
H2 | Second half | 598 |
P/E | Price-to-Earnings Ratio | 598 |
AP | Accounts payable | 598 |
AR | Accounts receivable | 598 |
B2C | Business-to-consumer | 598 |
COO | Chief operating officer | 598 |
hq | Headquarters | 598 |
PBT | Profit before tax | 598 |
LOI | Letter of intent | 598 |
ROIC | Return on invested capital | 598 |
ROA | Return on assets | 598 |
ROE | Return on equity | 598 |
HELOC | Home equity line of credit | 598 |
Retail investor | Individual, non-professional investor | 598 |
HODL | Hold on for dear life | 598 |
Brainwallet | A memorized Bitcoin seed phrase | 598 |
Pink tax | Increased prices on women's products | 598 |
Hot wallet | A cryptocurrency wallet connected to the Internet | 598 |
Airdrop | A cryptocurrency marketing event | 598 |
Dust | Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency | 598 |
Rug pull | A cryptocurrency scam | 598 |
BTFD | Buy the freaking dip | 598 |
WAGMI | We're all gonna make it | 598 |
HCOL | High cost of living | 598 |
Buttcoin | A community of cryptocurrency haters | 598 |
3Q | Third quarter | 598 |
KPI | Key performance indicator | 598 |
ESG | Environment, Social, and Governance | 598 |
MRR | Monthly recurring revenue | 598 |
APAC | Asian Pacific | 598 |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer | 599 |
MD | Managing Director | 599 |
CPC | Cost per click | 599 |
CHF | Swiss franc | 599 |
NSO | Non-qualified stock option | 599 |
NQSO | Non-qualified stock option | 599 |
Q2 | Second quarter | 599 |
IRA | Individual Retirement Account | 599 |
YE | Year-ending | 599 |
AIR | Assumed interest rate | 599 |
PAT | Profit after taxes | 599 |
Big Board | New York Stock Exchange | 599 |
FICA | Federal Insurance Contributions Act | 599 |
SUTA | State Unemployed Tax Act | 599 |
SUI | State Unemployment Insurance | 599 |
ee | Employee | 599 |
er | Employer | 599 |
SSN | Social Security number | 599 |
ARM | Adjustable rate mortgage | 599 |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | 599 |
ETF | Exchange traded fund | 599 |
FX | Foreign exchange market | 599 |
FRB | Federal Reserve Board | 599 |
TSR | Total shareholder return | 599 |
RONW | Return on net worth | 599 |
Three-bagger | Investment that tripled | 599 |
Four-bagger | Investment that quadrupled | 599 |
ATS | Automatic transfer service | 599 |
FICO | Fair Isaac Corporation | 599 |
NSF | Non-sufficient funds | 599 |
Bitcoin Pizza Day | May 22, 2010 | 599 |
Rugged | Scammed | 599 |
SBF | Sam Bankman-Fried | 599 |
NFA | Not financial advice | 599 |
2Q | Second quarter | 599 |
4Q | Fourth quarter | 599 |
Blue-collar boomerang | Workers returning to their blue-collar jobs | 599 |
CFT | Combating the Financing of Terrorism | 599 |
Soft saving | Saving less money for the future to live more in the present | 599 |
FIRE | Financial independence, retire early | 599 |
OTD | One-time draft | 599 |
Bougie broke | Luxurious lifestyle on a budget | 599 |
CSRD | Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive | 599 |
BNPL | Buy now pay later | 599 |
MENA | The Middle East and North Africa | 599 |
Magnificent Seven | Seven high-value tech companies | 599 |
TAM | Total addressable market | 599 |
Fren | A fellow crypto community member | 599 |
CFO | Chief financial officer | 600 |
NQO | Non-qualified option | 600 |
FPL | Federal poverty level | 600 |
ECP | Electronic check presentment | 600 |
EMEA | Europe, the Middle East, and Africa | 600 |
CSM | Customer Success Manager | 600 |
Greedflation | Rising prices due to greediness | 600 |
FUTA | Federal Unemployment Tax Act | 602 |