| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | 73%
|
| IPO | Initial Public Offering | 73%
|
| ROI | Return on Investment | 73%
|
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | 69%
|
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product | 69%
|
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | 67%
|
| USD | U.S. Dollar | 60%
|
| P&L | Profit and Loss | 59%
|
| YTD | Year to Date | 59%
|
| IB | Investment Banking | 58%
|
| R&D | Research and Development | 57%
|
| ROE | Return on Equity | 57%
|
| ETF | Exchange Traded Fund | 56%
|
| FIFO | First in First Out | 56%
|
| M&A | Mergers and Acquisitions | 56%
|
| EPS | Earnings Per Share | 52%
|
| LIFO | Last In First Out | 50%
|
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditure | 49%
|
| IMF | International Monetary Fund | 49%
|
| PE | Private Equity | 49%
|
| JPMC | JP Morgan Chase | 48%
|
| ROA | Return on Assets | 48%
|
| BOA | Bank of America | 47%
|
| P/E | Price to Earnings | 47%
|
| WACC | Weighted Average Cost of Capital | 47%
|
| COGS | Cost of Goods Sold | 46%
|
| FX | Foreign Exchange | 46%
|
| NPV | Net Present Value | 46%
|
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | 46%
|
| S&P | Standard and Poors | 46%
|
| LBO | Leveraged Buyout | 44%
|
| YoY | Year over Year | 44%
|
| NFT | Non Fungible Token | 43%
|
| DCF | Discounted Cash Flow | 42%
|
| IRR | Internal Rate of Return | 42%
|
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service | 42%
|
| AUM | Assets Under Management | 41%
|
| CPI | Consumer Price Index | 41%
|
| LLC | Limited Liability Company | 41%
|
| VC | Venture Capital | 40%
|
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization | 38%
|
| VAT | Value Added Tax | 38%
|
| YTM | Yield to Maturity | 38%
|
| GS | Goldman Sachs | 37%
|
| OTC | Over the Counter | 37%
|
| CAPM | Capital Asset Pricing Model | 36%
|
| CFA | Chartered Financial Analyst | 36%
|
| NAV | Net Asset Value | 36%
|
| BOJ | Bank of Japan | 34%
|
| IP | Intellectual Property | 34%
|
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust | 34%
|
| BRICS | Brazil Russia India China South Africa | 33%
|
| ESG | Environmental Social and Governance | 33%
|
| GNP | Gross National Product | 33%
|
| WTO | World Trade Organization | 32%
|
| BOE | Bank of England | 31%
|
| CDO | Collateralized Debt Obligation | 31%
|
| CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate | 31%
|
| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principle | 31%
|
| MBS | Mortgage Backed Security | 31%
|
| APR | Annual Percentage Rate | 30%
|
| ECB | European Central Bank | 30%
|
| CPA | Certified Public Accountant | 29%
|
| DJIA | Dow Jones Industrial Average | 28%
|
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement | 28%
|
| CD | Certificate of Deposit | 26%
|
| KYC | Know Your Customer | 26%
|
| P/S | Price to Sales | 26%
|
| PP&E | Property Plant and Equipment | 26%
|
| VIX | Volatility Index | 26%
|
| CDS | Credit Default Swap | 25%
|
| QoQ | Quarter over Quarter | 25%
|
| ABS | Asset Backed Security | 24%
|
| BPS | Basis Points | 23%
|
| GDI | Gross Domestic Income | 23%
|
| HF | Hedge Fund | 23%
|
| QE | Quantitative Easing | 23%
|
| VaR | Value at Risk | 22%
|
| APY | Annual Percentage Yield | 21%
|
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission | 21%
|
| HY | High Yield | 21%
|
| IRA | Individual Retirement Account | 21%
|
| S&T | Sales and Trading | 20%
|
| FY | Fiscal Year | 19%
|
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle | 18%
|
| UST | U.S. Treasury | 18%
|
| AML | Anti Money Laundering | 17%
|
| CLO | Collateralized Loan Obligation | 17%
|
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment | 16%
|
| HFT | High Frequency Trading | 16%
|
| SPX | S&P 500 | 16%
|
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | 15%
|
| LTV | Loan to Value | 15%
|
| LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate | 15%
|
| SPAC | Special Purpose Acquisition Company | 15%
|
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity | 14%
|
| EM | Emerging Market | 13%
|
| FOMC | Federal Open Market Committee | 13%
|
| FI | Fixed Income | 13%
|
| HELOC | Home Equity Line of Credit | 13%
|
| IG | Investment Grade | 13%
|
| TIPS | Treasury Inflation Protected Security | 13%
|
| ICO | Initial Coin Offering | 12%
|
| MtM | Mark to Market | 12%
|
| MMF | Money Market Fund | 12%
|
| PPI | Producer Price Index | 11%
|
| ARM | Adjustable Rate Mortgage | 10%
|
| GFC | Global Financial Crisis | 10%
|
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | 10%
|
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics | 8%
|
| CBOE | Chicago Board Options Exchange | 8%
|
| FNMA/Fannie Mae | Federal National Mortgage Association | 8%
|
| OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries | 8%
|
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India | 8%
|
| S&L | Savings and Loan | 8%
|
| ABCP | Asset Backed Commercial Paper | 7%
|
| BoP | Balance of Payments | 7%
|
| CRE | Commercial Real Estate | 7%
|
| HTM | Held to Maturity | 7%
|
| NIM | Net Interest Margin | 7%
|
| RWA | Risk Weighted Asset | 7%
|
| AGI | Adjusted Gross Income | 6%
|
| APV | Adjusted Present Value | 6%
|
| CMBS | Commercial Mortgage Backed Security | 6%
|
| CP | Commercial Paper | 6%
|
| FINRA | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority | 6%
|
| GNMA/Ginnie Mae | Government National Mortgage Association | 6%
|
| ACH | Automated Clearing House | 5%
|
| FHLMC/Freddie Mac | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 5%
|
| FRB | Federal Reserve Board | 5%
|
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | 5%
|
| SME | Small and Medium Sized Enterprise | 5%
|
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements | 4%
|
| FHLB | Federal Home Loan Bank | 4%
|
| GSE | Government Sponsored Enterprise | 4%
|
| GVA | Gross Value Added | 4%
|
| TARP | Troubled Asset Relief Program | 4%
|
| ZIRP | Zero Interest Rate Policy | 4%
|
| BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis | 3%
|
| CCP | Central Counterparty | 3%
|
| DTI | Debt to Income | 3%
|
| FRM | Fixed Rate Mortgage | 3%
|
| LCR | Liquidity Coverage Ratio | 3%
|
| NBER | National Bureau of Economic Research | 3%
|
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget | 3%
|
| PFOF | Payment for Order Flow | 3%
|
| SIPC | Securities Investor Protection Corporation | 3%
|
| SWIFT | Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication | 3%
|
| CUSIP | Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures | 2%
|
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office | 2%
|
| CFPB | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | 2%
|
| FHFA | Federal Housing Finance Agency | 2%
|
| FAS | Financial Accounting Standards | 2%
|
| OCC | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | 2%
|
| OIS | Overnight Index Swap | 2%
|
| TPP | Trans-Pacific Partnership | 2%
|
| CFTC | Commodity Futures Trading Commission | 1%
|
| EITC | Earned Income Tax Credit | 1%
|
| LIHTC | Low Income Housing Tax Credit | 1%
|
| NBFI | Nonbank Financial Institution | 1%
|
| PCE | Personal Consumption Expenditure | 1%
|
| SIFI | Systemically Important Financial Institution | 1%
|
| TFP | Total Factor Productivity | 1%
|
| BHC | Bank Holding Company | 0%
|
| CRA | Community Reinvestment Act | 0%
|
| CCAR | Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review | 0%
|
| CEA | Council of Economic Advisers | 0%
|
| FSOC | Financial Stability Oversight Council | 0%
|
| FAIT | Flexible Average Inflation Targeting | 0%
|
| HMDA | Home Mortgage Disclosure Act | 0%
|
| IP | Industrial Production | 0%
|
| NIPA | National Income and Product Accounts | 0%
|
| PCS | Payment Clearing and Settlement | 0%
|
| SLR | Supplementary Leverage Ratio | 0%
|
| SCF | Survey of Consumer Finances | 0%
|
| SOMA | System Open Market Account | 0%
|
| TRACE | Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine | 0%
|