- Escrow shares are shares held in an escrow account.
- Event research or event history analysis examines the impact of an event on the financial performance of a security, such as a company’s stock.
- The ex-dividend date or ex-date marks the cut-off point for shareholders to be credited in anticipation of a stock dividend.
- Ex-dividends - this is when the distribution of the company’s dividends has been determined.
- Interest-free dividends are mutual fund payments that are not subject to federal income tax.
- An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) refers to any meeting of shareholders called by a company other than the scheduled annual meeting.
- FAANG is an acronym for the five most popular and best-performing US technology stocks.
- The term “FANG” refers to the shares of four popular American technology companies: Meta, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet.
- Floating shares refer to the number of shares a company can trade on the open market.
- Flotation, also known as “going public”, is the process of taking a private company public by issuing shares available for purchase by the public.