Letter U Dictionary

U.S. Government Agency Security: A security issued by a US governement-sponsored agency to provide financial...
U.S. Savings Bond: A U.S. government savings bond that offers a fixed rate of interest over a...
U.S. Treasury: The federal department broadly responsible for the revenue of US Government....
U.S. Treasury Bill: One of three types of Treasuries. Treasury Bills have a maturity of one year...
U.S. Treasury Bond: A fixed-interest U.S. government debt security with a maturity of more than 10...
U.S. Treasury Note: A U.S. government debt security with a fixed interest rate and a maturity time...
U.S. Treasury Securities: U.S. Government debt obligations that are not subject to state and local taxes....
UAE Dirham: The AED, the currency of The United Arab Emirates (UAE)</. Learn...
UAH: The ISO currency code for the Ukrainian Hryvnia. Learn more about Ukraine and the Ukraine Hryvnia at GoCurrency.com
UBS Consumption Indicator - Switzerland: Index for consumer spending in Switzerland. The Consumption Indicator moves...
UBTI: Acronym for Unrelated Business Taxable Income. This refers to the income earned...
UCC: Acronym for Uniform Commercial Code, a set of standardized laws about financial...
UDI: The ISO currency code for the Mexican Unidades De Inversion Udi. Learn more about currencies at GoCurrency.com
Ugandan Shilling: The currency of Uganda. Learn more about Uganda and the Ugandan Shilling at GoCurrency.com
UGMA: Acronym for Uniform Gift to Minors Act. The act allows minors to buy and own...
UGX: The ISO currency code for the Ugandan Shilling. Learn more about Uganda and the Ugandan Shilling at GoCurrency.com
UIT: Unit Investment Trust. A SEC-registered investment company that purchases a...
Ukrainian Hryvnia: The official currency of Ukraine. Learn more about Ukraine and the Ukraine Hryvnia at GoCurrency.com
Ultimate Oscillator: Invented by Larry Williams the Ultimate Oscillator was his attempt to rectify...
ultimatum: A final proposal or statement of conditions.
ultimo: The month preceding the current month.
ultra vires activities: Activities undertaken by a corporation that are not explicitly set out in the...
umbrella liability insurance: Additional liability insurance for firms or individuals covering claims greater...
unappropriated profit: Earnings that are reinvested in a firm's own growth rather than paid out to shareholders as dividends.
unaudited opinion: An opinion expressed by a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who has not audited...
unbalanced growth: A condition when the pace of economic growth differs across sectors of the economy....
uncertainty: The portion of risk that cannot be measured or quantified. FX SignificanceWhen...
uncertificated shares: Mutual fund shares for which stock certificates have not been issued.
uncollected funds: A bank deposit where the availability of the funds has not yet been acknowledged...
unconditional: Not limited by conditions
uncovered call: A position to sell (short) a call option where the seller (writer) does not...
uncovered option: A sold (written) call option or a bought put option whereby the trader does...
uncovered put: A short put option in which the writer does not have the corresponding short...
underbanked: When the underwriter in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) is having difficulty...
underbooked: The situation in which a new securities issue in the pre-offering registration period is failing to attract sufficient interest.
undercapitalization: The state in which a firm lacks sufficient capital in order to perform its normal business activities.
underemployment: A type of employment in which the worker is employed, but not in the desired...
underfunded pension plan: A type of pension plan, where liabilities exceed assets.
underinsured: The state of having insufficient insurance coverage.
underinsured motorist coverage: An option in an automobile insurance policy that covers damage done by another...
underlier: A security or commodity that is subject to delivery upon the exercise of an option contract or convertible security.
underlying: In the context of an option contract, underlying refers to the security or commodity...
underlying debt: The debt liability of a government entity that is a part of a larger public...
underlying security: See ‘underlier’
undermargined account: An account that lacks sufficient funds to meet margin requirements, resulting in a margin call.
underperform: See ‘underperformer’
underperformer: An investment whose rate of return falls below that of other similar investments.
underpricing: The pricing of an IPO at a value less than its market value. Underpricing can...
undervalued: When the price of a financial instument is lower than its perceived value....
underwater: 1. The condition in which a call option’s strike price is higher than the market...
underweighted: In the context of a portfolio, refers to the underexposure of a certain firm, sector, or nation. Opposite of overweighted.
underwithholding: When an insufficient amount of income tax is witheld from one's salary throughout...
underwrite: To assume risk when offering a policy or bringing a firm’s new securities issue to the public
underwriter: The intermediary between an issuer of a security and the investors, usually an investment bank.
underwriter's warrants: The part of an underwriter's compensation that is comprised of shares in the stock in question.
underwriting: The procedure by which an underwriter offers a new security issue to the investing...
underwriting agreement: An agreement between a firm issuing new securities and the lead underwriter...
underwriting group: A temporary association of investment bankers brought together by the original...
underwriting spread: The fee charged by a syndicate, which is equal to the difference between the...
undiversifiable risk: A type of risk associated with the fluctuations of the entire economic market....
unearned income: The portion of a person's income that does not come from wages, such as interest...
unearned interest: The interest collected in advance by a money lender.
unearned revenue: An individual's income derived from sources outside of employment, such as interest...
unemployed: Those people that are able and willing to work but are unable to find employement....
Unemployment: US Unemployment - The Unemployment Rate refers to the percentage of people...
unemployment rate: The unemployment figure is typically calculated by dividing the number of out...
Unemployment Rate - Australia: The percent of unemployed persons in the labor force. The Unemployment Rate...
Unemployment Rate - Canada: The percentage of people in the total - labor force without jobs but willing...
Unemployment Rate - Euro-zone: Reports the cumulative percentage of unemployed individuals in the Euro-zone...
Unemployment Rate - France - Euro-zone: The percentage of individuals in the labor force who are without jobs but are...
Unemployment Rate - German - Euro-zone: The percentage of individuals in the labor force who are without a job but actively...
Unemployment Rate - Switzerland: The percent of unemployed persons in the labor force. The labor force is the...
Unemployment Rate - UK: The percentage of persons willing to work and actively seeking employment but...
Unemployment Rate - United States: The US Unemployment Rate reflects the percentage of people considered unemployed...
unencumbered property: Property that is free of mortgages, liens or debts.
unequivocal: Without any doubt; unconditional.
uneven lot: The holding of less than 100 shares of a stock; or less than 10 shares of a...
unfunded pension plan: A type of pension plan in which the employer’s current income is funded out...
Unified Tax Credit: A federal tax credit that may be used in certain cases to offset the gift tax,...
Uniform Commercial Code: UCC. A set of laws regulating commercial transactions, particularly ones involving the sale of goods and secured transactions.
Uniform Gift to Minors Act: UGMA. Laws adopted by most states permitting an adult to contribute to a custodial...
Uniform Securities Act: An act that was approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform...
uniform submission agreement: An agreement signed by both parties during a dispute, indicating their submission...
Uniform Transfer to Minors Act: UTMA. A law extending the Uniform Gift to Minors Act's definition of a gift...
uninsured motorist coverage: An automobile policy option that covers a motorist for property damage and bodily...
union: An organization of workers who unite to protect their common interests and improve their working conditions.
unissued stock: A stock authorized by a corporation's charter, but has yet to be issued.
unit: A specific quantity accepted as a standard for exchange.
unit cost: The cost per item.
Unit Investment Trust: A SEC-registered investment company that purchases a fixed, unmanaged portfolio...
unit of trade: The term denoted to each single, indivisible amount in a transaction. The unit...
unit of trading: The term denoted to each single, indivisible amount in a transaction. The unit...
Unit Trust: A SEC-registered investment company that purchases a fixed, unmanaged portfolio...
unit value: The value of an asset, expressed in terms of a universal, standardized measure
Unit Wage Costs - UK: The labor cost of consistent unit of production. A good way to think about this...
United States Dollar: The United States dollar, denoted by USD or the symbol $, is the official...
United States Dollar: The United States dollar, denoted by USD or the symbol $, is the official...
universal life: Life insurance that combines the low-cost protection of term insurance with...
University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index - United States: Assesses consumer confidence regarding personal finances, business conditions...
unleveraged: Functioning without the use of borrowed money. Being unleveraged reduces a firm's...
unlimited liability: A kind of investment in which the investor is permitted to lose an unlimited amount of money. Opposite of limited liability.
unlimited risk: An investment whose loss is potentially unlimited. Examples include short selling...
unlimited tax bond: A municipal bond backed by a credit commitment to tax at a given rate, for a given duration in order to fulfill the obligation.
unlisted: A security that is not traded on an exchange, usually due to an inability to...
unlisted trading: The trading of unlisted securities, offered as a convenience to member firms.
unload: To sell, generally at a loss
unpaid dividend: A dividend that has been declared but not yet paid.
unqualified audit: A full audit.
unqualified opinion: The auditor's opinion of a financial statement, given without any reservations. Opposite of qualified opinion.
unrealized: The state in which a profit/loss has occurred but has yet to be reflected in a transaction. Opposite of realized.
unrealized loss: A loss that has occurred but yet to be reflected in a transaction.
unrealized profit: A profit that has occurred but yet to be reflected in a transaction. Unrealized profit is generally not taxable.
unrelated business taxable income: UBTI. Income earned by a tax-exempt entity that does not result from tax-exempt activities.
unseasoned issue: An issue that is being traded in the open markets for the first time.
unsecured: The state of being backed by the integrity of the borrower, and not by collateral. Opposite of secured.
unsecured loan: A loan that is not backed by collateral. Also called signature loan.
unsponsored ADR: An ADR that is issued by a broker/dealer or depositary bank without the involvement...
unsystematic risk: The risk of price change due to the unique circumstances of a specific security,...
unwind: Unwinding a trade refers to action of cancelling out an earlier position with...
up volume: When a stock closes in the positive territory for the day, the volume in that...
upgrade: A positive change in ratings for a security. Two common examples are an analyst's...
upside: The potential for profit.
Upside/Downside: Measures of Upside/Downside separate the volumes for rising markets from those...
upswing: A rebound following a decrease in price. Also called rebound.
uptick: A stock market transaction at a price higher than the preceding one for the...
uptime: The time during which something is functioning or operational.
uptrend: The upward price movement of a security or the overall market. Opposite of downtrend.
urban: Of or relating to a metropolis.
Uruguay Peso: The official currency of Uruguay.
USD: The United States dollar, denoted by USD or the symbol $, is the official...
useful life: The length of time that a depreciable asset is expected to be useable.
Userguide to Econ Terms: Event - Country Definition: Description of the event/report plus explanation...
Using the Ichimoku Cloud: The Ichimoku Kinko Hyo Chart, A multi-faceted indicator designed to give support/resistance...
usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan.
utility: A basic service such as electricity, gas, or water, or the company that provides...
UYU: The ISO currency code for the Uruguayan Peso. Learn more about Uganda and the Uruguyan Peso at GoCurrency.com
Uzbekistan Sum: The currency of Uzbekistan.
UZS: The currency of Uzbekistan. Learn more about Uzbekistan and the Uzbekistan Som at GoCurrency.com