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Earnings without considering certain expenses such as inventory write downs, severance pay, depreciation and amortization charges, or just about anything else the company feels like excluding to make its earnings look better. Also known as core earnings, ongoing earnings, earnings excluding special items, or operating earnings. 

A session during which trading in a listed security is limited to the execution of transactions at a single price.

The total amount of funds generated by a business.

mutual funds specializing in a particular industry sector such as computers, or health care.

What is left over for the owners of a business after all expenses have been deducted from revenues. Gross profit is the profit before corporate income taxes. Net profit is the final profit of the business after taxes have been paid.

Latest share price divided by 12-month earnings per share (eps). Also a measure of the market’s enthusiasm for a company.

Someone prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace for attractive potential returns.

This is where a company reduces the number of outstanding shares by decreasing the number of available shares and combining their value into the fewer shares. This has the effect of increasing the stock’s par value. This is often used by companies whose stock is about to be delisted from an exchange because of its low price.

Transferable certificates of ownership of investment products such as notes, bonds, stocks, futures contracts and options.

Bottom line (after tax) earnings divided by sales.