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From Reuters Financial Glossary

The Financial Glossary is a resource of financial terms that is collaboratively written and edited. It is free to use and cite. Anyone can join the growing number of contributors to the glossary -- all we require is an email address.

How This Works

The Financial Glossary site is a wiki, which is a web site that any one can help write or edit. The content of the is easily editable, under some simple guidelines and licensing terms.

We encourage contributors from all users -- any one, including you, can edit and improve upon the work of others to make sure that the Glossary remains accurate and helpful. Just create an account, login, and click the "edit" link at the top of any page to contribute.

About

More people than ever before are exposed to business, economics, and finance -- and to its very own vocabulary. The Reuters Financial Glossary aims to make that exposure as painless and useful as possible.

Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency and a leading provider of text, video, graphics, and news picturse to the world's media, financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. We make it our business to understand, and then explain, the terminology used in finance and markets around the world.

Our Glossary has a simple alphabetical format and is fully cross-referenced.

The Reuters Financial Glossary covers foreign exchange, treasury, money and capital markets, mortgage-based assets, equities, commodities, sovereign and corporate debt, technical analysis, and macro-economic terms. Also included are a number of IT related references that will help the transition into the new digital business world.

Whether you are trading the markets for a living, or are just an interested bystander, you will find the Reuters Financial Glossary an accessible and indispensible companion.

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