Talk: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 - of Living Adjustments
 * SSI - Supplemental Security Income