Forum Abbreviations and Acronyms
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A-C
- AA - Asset Allocation
- AAGR - Annual Growth Rate
- AFFO - Adjusted Funds From Operations
- AGI - Adjusted Gross Income
- AMT - Alternative Minimum Tax
- APY - Annual Percentage Yield
- APR - Annual Percentage Rate
- AUM - Assets Under Management
- CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate
- CAPM - Capital Asset Pricing Model
- CCF - Collaterized Commodity Futures
- CD - Certificate of Deposit
- CEF - Closed End Fund
- CFP - Certified Financial Planner
- CG - Capital Gains
- CGT - Capital Gains Tax
- CMA - Cash Managed Account
- COLA - Cost of Living Adjustments
- CPI - Consumer Price Index
- CRSP - Center for Research in Security Prices
D-F
- DCA - Dollar Cost Averaging
- DDM - Dividend Discount Model
- DFA - Dimensional Fund Advisors
- DI - Debt Instrument
- DPSP - Deferred Profit Sharing Plan
- DTC - Depository Trust Company
- EAFE - Europe, Australia and Far East
- EBITA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes and Amoritization
- EM - Emerging Market
- EMH - Efficient Market Hypothesis
- EMT - Efficient Market Theory (same as EMH)
- EPS - Earnings Per Share
- ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- ERP - Equity Risk Premium
- ER - Expense Ratio
- ESA - Education Savings Account
- ETF - Exchange Traded Fund
- FF3FM - Fama/French 3-factor model
- FFO - Funds From Operations
- FIFO - First-In, First-Out
- FTC - Foreign Tax Credit
G-K
- GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- GARP - Growth at a reasonable price
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GIC - Guaranteed Investment Contract
- GNMA- Goverment National Mortgage Association
- GO - General Obligation (municipal bond)
- HIFO - Highest In, First Out
- HmL - High minus Low (High B/P return - Low B/P return) Value Premium
- HSA - Health Savings Account
- IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
- ILB - International Large Blend
- ILG - International Large Growth
- ILV - International Large Value
- IPS - Investment Policy Statement
- IRA - Individual Retirement Accoun
- iREIT - International REIT
- IRS - Internal Revenue Service
- ISB - International Small Blend
- ISG - International Small Growth
- ISV - International Small Value
- KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid
L-Q
- LB - Large Blend
- LG - Large Growth
- LT - Long Term
- LV - Large Value
- MMF - Money Market Fund
- MPT - Modern Portfolio Theory
- MSCI - Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc
- MVO - Mean Variance Optimization
- NAREIT- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
- NASD - National Association of Securities Dealers
- NAV - Net Asset Value
- OP - Original Poster
- OT - Off Topic
- P/B - Price Book Ratio
- P/E - Price Earnings Ratio
- PM - Precious Metals or Private Message
- QDI - Qualifying Dividend Income
- QJSA - Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity (pension plans)
R-T
- RE - Real Estate
- RMD - Required Minimum Distributions
- RTM - Reversion to the Mean
- SARSEP - Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension Plan
- SCV - Small Cap Value
- SD - Standard Deviation
- SDBA - Self Directed Brokerage Account
- S&D - Slice and Dice
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- SEP - Simplified Employee Plan
- SmB - Small minus Big (Small stock return - Large stock return) Size premium
- S&P - Standard and Poors
- SPIA - Single Premium Immediate Annuity
- SRI - Socially Responsibility Investing
- SS - Social Security
- SSI - Supplemental Security Income
- ST - Short Term
- STRIPS - Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
- SWF - Sovereign Wealth Fund
- SWR - Safe Withdrawal Rate
- TDF - Target Date Fund
- TIAA-CREF - Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund
- TIPS - Treasury Inflation Protected Securities
- TLH - Tax Loss Harvesting
- TR - Target Retirement or Total Return
- TSM - Total Stock Market
- TSP - Thrift Savings Plan
- TT
U-Z
- USD - US Dollar
- VA - Variable Annuity
- VBMFX, VFSVX, VFWIX, VTSMX, etc. - Tickers for Vanguard mutual funds
- VEU, VNQ, VSS, VTI, VWO, etc. - Tickers for Vanguard ETFs
- WSJ - Wall Street Journal
- YTD - Year to Date
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