A type of mutual fund in which the fund manager actively attempts to outperform the market by making decisions to buy or sell individual securities to manage the overall fund portfolio. For comparison, see Index Fund.

Stock mutual funds that seek high growth through aggressive investment strategies. These funds generally buy stocks of emerging companies that offer the potential for rapid growth.

Directs the broker to attempt to fill the entire amount of the order or none of it during the time limit you specify. This differs from "Fill or Kill" orders because "All or None" orders do not require immediate execution. Only applicable to Limit Orders.

Receipt for shares of foreign-based companies that entitle the shareholder to all dividends and capital gains. ADRs allow Americans to buy shares of foreign-based corporations' securities at American Exchanges instead of having to go to overseas exchanges.

Profiting from the differences in price when the same security, currency or commodity is traded on two or more markets.

The lowest price at which someone is willing to sell a security.

The strategy of spreading your investment funds across categories of assets such as Stocks, Bonds and Cash Equivalents to help offset risks and rewards, based on your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance.

A mutual fund that typically includes a mix of stocks, bonds and cash equivalents to meet its objective. This type of fund allows you to diversify among classes with one investment. Over time, fund managers reallocate the fund's assets based on changing market conditions with the objective to keep the asset allocation percentages steady despit [..]

A broad categorization of an investment. The main asset classes are Stocks, Bonds and Cash Equivalents.

Any item of monetary value owned by an individual or corporation. Companies have two basic types of assets: tangible and intangible. Tangible assets include equipment, inventory, and real property. Intangible assets include goodwill (the value of the company's name in the market), patents and other intellectual property that are owned by a com [..]