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| Net Earnings | profit after all expenses, wages, utilities, insurance etc... and taxes are deducted. |
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| Net Income | to arrive at a company's net income you take the revenue of the company, for a given period of time, and subtract expenses such as taxes, insurance etc. The net income figure can be used to derive many useful financial measurements such as the price to earnings ratio. |
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| Net Loss | in the context of a corporations it is when revenues are less than expenses. When a company posts a net loss they are known as being in the red. |
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| Net Realisable Value | is the value created for a business from its inventory. It is a simple equation: inventory sales value - cost of sales = net realisable value. |
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| New issue | This can be an ipo for a company, or an existing publicly traded company may decide to offer additional stocks and bonds to the public. *see IPO for an explanation. |
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| No-load fund | Is a mutual fund that does not yield a sales commission for the investment professional selling you the fund. |
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| Open Interest |
The number of outstanding option contracts in the options market. |
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| Open Order | is alternatively referred to as a good till cancelled order, and remains open until a broker places the order or the client cancels it.
An investor places an order like this to ensure that before the order is filled that the investment is at a certain price. The client can decide to cancel the order or change the price target if the order has not yet been filled.
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| Open-End Fund | A mutual fund that has no maximum amount of shares that it will issue. When demand is high enough the fund will issure shares no many how many investors there are. Open-ended funds also buy back shares when investors want to sell. |
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| Operating Margin | Is used to compare the company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Operating margin is equal to the company's operating income divided by its net sales. It is used to view the company's revenue that is left over after paying for variable costs such as wages. A good operating margin is imperative for a company to be able to pay for its fixed costs eg. interest on debts. |
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