This complete and up-to-date guide to investment terms and phrases, compiled by one of America's foremost lexicographers incorporates traditional terms used by the securities exchange systems and the commodity and futures exchange system and the recent development in the financial markets. The book features more than 8,000 entries and reaches across all departments within investment organizations both public and private to acknowledge the greatest number of uses of a particular word or phrase. In most cases, general as well as specialized entries are included for both the experienced user and the newcomer.