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Depository
An institution that holds securities in electronic form and enables their transfer between accounts.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDepository Receipt
A negotiable instrument issued in one country that represents shares of a company listed in another.
Financial Statements & AccountingDepreciation
The systematic allocation of a tangible asset's cost over its useful life as an expense in each period.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsDerivative
A contract whose value is determined by the price of another asset, called the underlying.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsDescending Triangle
A formation with a flat lower boundary and a falling upper boundary, so the range narrows downward toward a point.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDiluted Earnings per Share
Earnings per share recalculated as if every instrument convertible into equity had already been converted.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDilution
The reduction in existing shareholders' proportional ownership and per-share claims caused by issuing new shares.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureDirect Market Access
An arrangement in which a client's orders reach the exchange through a broker's infrastructure without manual intervention by the broker.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingDirect Plan
A version of a mutual fund scheme bought without a distributor, carrying no commission and therefore a lower expense ratio.
Indicators & OscillatorsDirectional Movement Index
A pair of lines measuring upward and downward directional movement separately, from which the ADX is derived.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeDirty Price
The total amount a buyer pays for a bond, including accrued interest since the last coupon.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureDisclosed Quantity
The portion of an order's total size that is made visible in the public order book.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeDiscount Bond
A bond trading below its face value, because its coupon is lower than the yield the market currently requires.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDiscounted Cash Flow
A valuation method that estimates a business's worth as the present value of the cash it is expected to generate.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesDisinflation
A slowing in the rate of inflation, while prices continue to rise.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceDisposition Effect
The tendency to sell winning positions too early and hold losing positions too long.
Indicators & OscillatorsDivergence
A condition in which price and an indicator derived from it move in opposite directions.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementDiversification
Spreading investments across assets whose returns do not move together, so that the portfolio's volatility falls below the average of its…
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceDividend
A distribution of a company's profits to its shareholders, paid in cash out of distributable reserves.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDividend Discount Model
A valuation method that values a share as the present value of all the dividends it is expected to pay.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceDividend Payout Ratio
The proportion of a company's earnings distributed to shareholders as dividends.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceDividend per Share
The total dividend declared for a period divided by the number of shares outstanding.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDividend Stock
A share of a company that distributes a substantial and reasonably reliable portion of its profits as dividends.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationDividend Taxation
The taxation of dividends in the hands of the shareholder at their applicable slab rate, following the 2020 change.