Finance Dictionary Links

Best Finance dictionary or dictionaries

Finance dictionaries are a useful way of learning what various financial terms mean. There are many important terms in finance that can appear in reports, commentaries and analyses that need to be properly understood. Below are links to some of the best finance dictionaries on the internet.


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Campbell Harvey

This is one of the largest financial dictionaries on the web with over 8000 entries. It is compiled by Harvey Campbell one of the leading academics in the world of finance.


Investopedia.com

Great site to learn the basics of finance. They have a huge dictionary of over 16,000 financial terms


Investorwords.com

A nice site where you can input a phrase an it will give you a nice definition. covers business, economics, accountancy and finance terms.


InvestorDictionary.com

A very well designed dictionary whereby you can look up by letter or subject such as bonds, banking or IPOs.


Finance-Glossary.com

A useful dictionary of financial terms you input the term you are looking for and it comes up with a variety of possible matches along with a detailed definition.


Morgan Stanley Dictionary

Morgan Stanley provide a useful dictionary of terms for their customers. It is especially useful for personal finance related terms.


Alphadictionary.com

The above directory provides and some excellent links to a load of finance dictionaries on the web.


London Stock Exchange Dictionary

The London Stock Exchange provides a useful definition of many equity related terms. The dictionary has a UK emphasis.


NASDAQ Glossary

The NASDAQ provides a fairly comprehensive dictionary of stock and investment related terms.


Moneyterms.co.uk

A useful dictionary of money and finance related terms. It is searchable by  alphabetical order and also certain categories.


LSE Finance Glossary

The London South East provides an extensive glossary of financial terms searchable by alphabetical order.


RiskGlossary.com

This website provides very brief but useful dictionary of financial terms you can do searches by alphabetical letter easily.


InvestingAnswers.com

The above links to their financial dictionary which can be searched alphabetically or by category. They also have a useful most viewed terms.


rwe.com/stock-market-dictionary

The above provides a very good dictionary of stock market related terms.
It is searchable by alphabetical listing.


Wallstreetoasis.com/finance-dictionary

Provides a useful dictionary of key financial terms. There are some 400 plus definitions and many are based on issues raised in their forums.


lexicon.ft.com

This dictionary covers a lot of commonly used abbreviations. Definitions are rather brief in places but some 10,000 terms are in the lexicon.


glossary.reuters.com

The reuters financial glossary gives short and concise definitions of financial and economics terms. you can search by alphabet and there are hypertext links to other definitions in the glossary.


FTacademy.com/glossary

Futures Trading academy has a nice glossary of financial terms in relation to the futures market. Key concepts are defined and are informative.


Lightbulblabs.com/Financedictionary

The lightbulb financial dictionary offers very clear and in depth coverage of some 1,200 finance terms.


Moneyweek.com/glossary

Moneyweek has a limited but useful dictionary of key financial terms often with simple examples to clarify the meaning.


Cefconnect.com/Glossary

The closed end fund dictionary has quite useful terms and some dealing with important tax issues related to various investments.


Bizterms.net

This is an excellent business / economics/ finance dictionary. As well a providing a large quantity of definitions, there is a similar terms section of related terminology which will assist understanding of the word you are looking up.


Mortgageloan.com/finance-glossary

The mortgage loan finance dictionary is particularly strong for personal finance terminology covering things like annual percentage rate, adjustable mortgage rate. In all some 2,200 words are covered.


Atlanticfinancial.com/dictionary

The Atlantic financial dictionary contains nice selection of economic, finance, investment and money related terms. The definitions are short and to the point.


Financetalking.com/glossary

Finance talking have a detailed finance dictionary searchable by alphabet. The glossary includes relevant business, accounting and finance terms.


Howthemarketworks.com/glossary

The How the market works finance dictionary is full of useful definitions although the range of terms covered is somewhat limited.


Onelook.com

The one look website is a great place to find various dictionaries from across the web. The above links to their finance directory.


AllBusiness.com/Dictionaries

The All Business website has a number of excellent dictionaries covering, business, accounting, banking, insurance, finance and investment, marketing and real estate. So you will likely find what you want there.


Invest.YourDictionary.com

The Your Dictionary.com Investment and Finance dictionary has many commonly used market and finance terms. Some you won't find in many other dictionaries. Also includes descriptions of major organizations like World Bank, IMF, OECD and so on.


MoneyWeek.com/glossary

The Money Week investment glossary has a nice selection of key investment terms.


Tradingacademy.com/glossary

Trading Academy have a dictionary of finance and trading terms. The definitions are particularly useful for traders, for example, covering bid-ask spread and limit order. Definitions are brief but to the point.


Lipperweb.com/Glossary

The Lipper dictionary contains many important terms in relation to investment, mutual funds and stocks. It also includes relevant terms for regulators of the fund management industry.


Schaeffersresearch.com/glossary

If you are interested in terms associated with option's and option trading then this is one of the best glossaries available.


fincad.com/derivativesglossary

The Fincad website has an excellent specialized derivatives glossary covering nearly all the key terms you are likely to encounter. Some of the key terms have a much fuller explanation than other terms.


afme.eu/Glossary-of-financial-terms

The association for Financial Markets Europe has a very detailed glossary of finance terms. It has many useful practitioner terms that are used in the Financial Markets.


projfinportal/glossary

The project finance portal has a glossary of over 600 project finance terms. There is also a list of over 275 related acronyms. There are also links to project finance software.


moneychimp.com/glossary

Moneychimp has a small but useful glossary of terms relevant to personal finance and tax issues.


barbicanconsulting.co.uk/glossary

The Barbican Consulting finance glossary has a good collection of key financial terms. The glossary is prepared by a former market practitioner and benefits from this practical perspective.


abinomics.com

A very detailed and well designed dictionary of financial terms. There are also some useful GMAT numerical tests.


schaeffersresearch.com/glossary

The Schaeffer Research glossary is full of useful financial terms and it covers the full range of financial instruments such as equities, bonds and derivatives.


stockcharts.com/glossary

The stockcharts glossary is a good finance dictionary with also some technical analysis terms included.


dailystocks.com/glossary

The dailystocks website has an extensive glossary of finance terms including many technical analysis terms. The coverage is quite in depth and a very large range of terms are covered which can be searched by letter.


Dowtheory.com/glossary

The Dow theory website has a very nice glossary of commonly used financial terms including many concerning accounting ratios that are often used to value stocks.


RiskEncyclopedia.com

This site has a very useful summary of some risk terms and their meaning. The encyclopedia is arranged in alphabetical order. The concepts are well explained.


incomeintelligence.co.uk/glossary

The income intelligence site offers an excellent financial dictionary/glossary with key terms relevant to financial advisers. Easy to search by letter.


business.gov.au/glossaryfinancia
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The above links to a specialized dictionary of accounting finance terms that is useful for firms dealing with accountants.


mt5.com/forexglossary

The .MT5 glossary provides a dictionary of forex related terms. There are also more general finance tems or economics terms related to the forex market.


mystockoptions.com/glossary

This site has a good dictionary but it is focussed only on issues in relation to options and option pricing. As such it very detailed specialist dictionary searchable by letter.


Federatedinvestors.com/BenchmarkGlossary
The Federated investors website has an excellent Glossay covering the composition of various benchmark indices covered by various index produicers suchs as BAnk of Americal Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Standard and Poor's. JP Morgan and Dow Jones.



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