Talk:Forum Abbreviations and Acronyms
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- AUM - Assets under management
- CMA - Cash managed account
- DI - Debt Instrument
- EBITA - Earnings before interest, taxes and amoritisation
- EMH - Efficient Market Hypothesis
- ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- FF3FM - Fama/French 3-factor model
- GARP - Growth at a reasonable price
- HmL - High minus Low (High B/P return - Low B/P return) Value Premium
- IPS - Investment Policy Statement
- MVO - Mean Variance Optization
- RTM - Reversion to the Mean
- SD - Standard Deviation
- S&D - Slice and Dice
- SmB - Small minus Big (Small stock return - Large stock return) Size premium
- 401(k) Plan - 401(K) Plan
- 403(b) Plan - 403(b) Plan
- 457 Plan - 457 Plan
- AFFO - Adjusted Funds From Operations
- AMT - Alternative Minimum Tax
- Annuity - Annuity
- APY - Annual Percentage Yield
- APR - Annual Percentage Rate
- AAGR - Annual Growth Rate
- CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate
- CAPM - Capital Asset Pricing Model
- CD - Certificate of Deposit
- CFP - Certified Financial Planner
- Correlation - Correlation
- CPI - Consumer Price Index
- CRSP - Center for Research in Security Prices
- DCA - Dollar Cost Averaging
- DDM - Dividend Discount Model
- DFA - Dimensional Fund Advisors
- EAFE - Europe, Australia and Far East
- Efficient Frontier - Efficient Frontier
- EPS - Earnings Per Share
- ER - Expense Ratio
- ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund
- FIFO - First-In, First-Out
- FFO - Funds From Operations
- FTC - Federal Trade Commissions
- FTC - Foreign Tax Credit
- GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product[/color[/url]
- GNMA - Goverment National Mortgage Association
- Inflation - Inflation
- IRA - Individual Retirement Account
- IRS - Internal Revenue Service
- Intl EM - International Emerging Markets
- Intl Pac - International Pacific Market
- Intl Eur - International European Market
- MPT - Modern Portfolio Theory
- MSCI - Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc
- NAREIT- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
- NASD - National Association of Securities Dealers
- NAV - Net Asset Value
- Portfolio - Portfolio
- P/B Ratio - Price-to-Book Ratio
- P/E Ratio - Price-Earnings Ratio
- QDI - Qualified Dividend Income
- Roth IRA - Roth IRA
- Roth IRA Conversion - Roth IRA Conversion
- REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
- RMD - Required Minimum Distributions
- SIMPLE IRA - Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- SEP - Simplified Employee Plan
- S&P - Standard and Poors
- SWR - Safe Withdrawal Rate
- T-Bill - Treasury Bills
- T-Bond - Treasury Bond
- TIAA-CREF - Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund
- TIPS - Treasury Inflation-Protected Security
- TLH - Tax Loss Harvesting
- Traditional IRA - Traditional IRA
- VA - Variable Annuityl
- YTD - Year to Date
- Backwardation - Backwardation
- CCF - Collaterized Commodity Futures
- Commodity - Commodity
- Commodity Market - Commodity Market
- Contango - Contango
- Futures - Futures
- Futures Market - Futures Market
Retirement Plans
- 401K Plan - 401K Plan
- 403(b) Plan - 403(b) Plan
- 457 Plan - 457 Plan
IRA Based Retirement Plans
- Roth IRA - Roth IRA
- Trad IRA - Traditional
- SEP - Simplified Employee Plan
- SIMPLE IRA - Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers
Profit Sharing Plans
- Cash Balance Pension Plan - Cash Balance Pension Plan
- DPSP - Deferred Profit Sharing Plan
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
- Keogh plan - Keogh plan
- 412(i) Plan - 412(i) Plan
- Defined Benefit Plan - Defined Benefit Plan
- Defined Contribution Plan - Defined Contribution Plan
Money Purchase Plans
- Money Purchase Plan - Money Purchase Pension Plan
Annuity
- Deferred Annuity - Deferred Annuity
- Immediate Annuity - Immediate Pay Annuity
- Life Annuity - Life Annuity
- VA - Variable Annuity
- Catch-Up Contribution - Catch Up Contribution
- COLA - Cost of Living Adjustments
- SSI - Supplemental Security Income
