Letter Q Dictionary
- QAR
- The ISO currency code of Qatar. Learn more about Qatar and the Qatari Riyal at GoCurrency.com
- Qatari Riyal
- The official currency of Qatar. Learn more about Qatar and the Qatari Riyal at GoCurrency.com
- QQQ
- The former ticker symbol of the Nasdaq 100 Trust.Also known as "cubes" or the...
- qualification period
- Initial period on an insurance policy during which an insurance company will...
- qualified
- Fitting specified criteria.Although this is a general definition it may be applied...
- qualified institutional investor
- Entity investing at a high volume that is permitted to trade private placement...
- qualified joint and survivor annuity
- An annuity that pays at one level for the duration of the lifetime of the participant...
- qualified lead
- A prospective customer who demonstrates interest and meets customer criteria.This...
- qualified opinion
- A statement on the front page of a financial statement of an accountant or auditor's...
- qualified retirement plan
- A plan that meets certain requirements that make it eligible for certain tax...
- qualified trust
- An employee benefit or retirement plan that is eligible for favorable tax treatment...
- qualifying annuity
- A tax-deferred system of payments from an insurance company to a client that...
- qualifying ratios
- Figure by which a mortgage lender determines the maximum mortgage amount a particular...
- qualifying share
- A unit of common stock that must be owned by a person to make them eligible...
- qualitative analysis
- Securities evaluation using subjective, non-quantifiable information.This type...
- qualitative research
- Information obtained for the purpose of analysis that is not used for the purpose...
- quality
- A degree or grade of excellence.This may refer more specifically to a measure...
- quality assurance
- The activity of collecting evidence to satisfy all concerned parties that the...
- quality control
- A method of quality assurance, usually involving random inspections.This term...
- quality cost
- Loss of profit due to the inefficiency of flawed systems, procedures, products,...
- quality spread
- The difference between yields on Treasury securities and non-Treasury securities...
- quant
- An expert in the application of mathematics and related subjects in quantitative...
- quantise
- To denominate an asset or liability in a currency that it not the one in which...
- quantitative analysis
- The use of numerical or measurable information in evaluating a security, company,...
- quanto option
- A derivative denominated in one currency that settles in another.Quanto is short...
- quarter
- One three-month period of four into which the year is divided on the financial...
- quarterly
- Interval of every three months on which certain financial events occur.This...
- quarterly report
- A document recording significant events, changes, and financial results that...
- quasi-public corporation
- A privately owned company with a public mandate.This mandate includes specific...
- quick assets
- An item that can easily be converted into cash in a short period of time. These...
- quick ratio
- Measure of a company's short-term liquidity.This is also known as a quick asset...
- quick turn
- The purchase and sale of a security over a very brief period of time.An example...
- quid
- Slang term for the British pound.This implies one unit of the currency. It...
- quid pro quo
- An equivalent substitution by mutual agreement.Literally, this means 'something...
- quiet period
- Time span during which an issuer cannot comment publicly on an initial public...
- quiet title
- An equitable action to determine the true claims to a property over which the...
- quitclaim deed
- A deed that transfers whatever interest or title a grantor may have, without warranty.
- quorum
- Minimum number of people who must be present (physically or by proxy) in order for a decision to be binding.
- quota
- An allotment or limited amount.
- quotation
- The highest bid or lowest ask price available on a security at any given time. Also known as quote.
- quote
- The highest bid or lowest ask price available on a security at any given time.
- quote size
- The number of shares that are being offered for purchase at the bid price, often...
- quote ticker
- A scrolling display of current security prices and/or volumes.
