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| Dividend Discount Model | is a valuation method that determines what a stocks price should be trading at based on the discounted value of probable future dividend payments. This is a way some investors search for stocks that are trading below value. |
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| Dividend Payout Ratio | is known as the amount of money a company pays to shareholders in dividends from its earnings, expressed as a percentage. An example would be if a company earning 10 dollars per share paid its shareholders 2 dollars per share annually in dividends then the payout ratio would be 20 percent. |
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| Dividend Yield | The amount of money per share, expressed as a percentage, paid annually to shareholders. This can be calculated by dividing the dividend per share by the current share price. |
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| Dollar cost averaging | Is a stock purchasing plan where the investor purchases a stock with a set amount of money for a set period of time. For example an investor will purchase 100 dollars worth of stock everymonth regardless of the stock price. If the stock is worth 10 dollars he will buy ten shares if the stock is worth 20 dollars he will buy 5 shares. This is done to lessen the volatility of the stock. |
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| Dual trading | When a broker acts as a purchaser and seller for an investor while also purchasing and selling for his/her own account. This method of trading is illegal unless certain criteria are met. |
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| Durable Goods | durable goods are items purchased and used by businesses and consumers that have a long useful life. This is vague description however a durable good might best be explained with an example for instance a stove for a kitchen, a conveyor belt for a factory and a new cargo van can all be labelled as being durable goods. Paper towels, flashlight batteries and ink jet paper are all examples of items that would not be classified as durable goods. |
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| Early withdrawal penalty | Is a penalty paid for taking money out of a fixed term investment early. Ex. taking money out of a 1 year GIC at 6 months. |
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| Earnings per share: EPS | The sum of a company's earnings divided by the amount of outstanding shares over a specified period of time. |
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| Economic cycle | Normally charecterized by long-term pattern changes in national income. It is commonly thought that business cycles are four stages long growth, prosperity, contraction and finally recession |
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| Economic indicator | Data revealing broad trends within the economy. Leading indicators predict the markets future, coincident indicators become available during the current market while lagging indictaors become apparent after the market activity. GDP, the consumer price index and market prices are all economic indicators. |
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