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Someone typically working for a brokerage house, who publishes buy/hold/sell recommendations and earnings forecasts for a stock. Buy side analysts work for institutional buyers, and sell side analysts work for brokerages. 

A publication, including financial statements and a report on operations, issued by a company to its shareholders at the company’s fiscal year-end.

An order that must be filled completely or the trade will not take place.

A certificate trading on a U.S. stock exchange that represents shares of a foreign corporation. 

Expenses shown on the income statement but not yet paid. 

stock trading when the major stock exchanges are closed. 

This is an instruction you can give your broker when placing a buy or a sell order. This instruction ensures that your order will be filled in its entirety or not at all. This prevents having a partial execution of your trade.

A security not listed on a stock exchange, but traded on the over-the-counter market.

The specific security, commodity, index or financial instrument that an option or futures contract is traded.

A stock trading below its fair value.