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What Is an Angel Investor?
An angel investor is a high-net-worth individual who provides capital to early-stage businesses in exchange for equity, often supporting startups during their earliest phases of development.
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What Is an Alternative Trading System (ATS)?
An Alternative Trading System (ATS) is an electronic trading venue that matches buyers and sellers of securities outside traditional stock exchanges.
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What Is the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)?
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is a parallel U.S. tax system that requires certain taxpayers to calculate taxes under alternative rules and pay the higher amount to ensure a minimum level of taxation.
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What Is Alpha?
Alpha is a measure of an investment’s return relative to a benchmark, representing the portion of performance not explained by overall market movements.
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Advance-Decline Ratio (ADR)
The advance-decline ratio (ADR) is a market breadth indicator that compares the number of securities that closed higher to those that closed lower over a given period.
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What Is an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM)?
An adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is a home loan with an interest rate that changes periodically based on a reference index, causing payments to rise or fall over time after an initial fixed period.
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Acquisition
An acquisition occurs when one company purchases a majority or all of another company’s shares to gain control of its business and assets, allowing the acquiring company to make decisions without approval from other shareholders.
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What Is an Account Balance?
An account balance is the net amount of money in a financial account at a specific time, reflecting all credits and debits. It can represent funds available, amounts owed, or net debt if negative.