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An international committee comprised of members from 31 exchanges around the world, including every major stock exchange. Membership in the ISG allows all members to share surveillance and investigative information to ensure that each regulator has access to the necessary information to effectively regulate its marketplace. The ISG promotes effective market surveillance among international exchanges and RS involvement helps ensure they are continually in touch with other regulators and part of the development of international best practices.

The international standard that is used to uniquely identify securities. It consists of a two-character alphabetic country code specified in ISO 6166, followed by a nine-character alphanumeric security identifier (assigned by a national security numbering agency), and then an ISIN check-digit.

Stock trading tracked in periods shorter than one day.

A stockbroker offering investment advice and other services not usually offered by discount brokers.

Number of shares outstanding including options granted but not yet exercised.

Analyzing stocks by looking at earnings, sales, profit margins, etc. 

Used instead of earnings to evaluate real estate investment trusts (REITs). Depreciation of real estate that was deducted from earnings is added back in to calculate FFO. Any gains or losses from the sale of real estate is also removed. 

A private-sector index (1992=100) that attempts to predict the direction of inflation over the next 6 to 12 months.

A company estimates the future profitability of a trade made today and books a profit today based on the present value of those estimated future profits.

Growth at a reasonable price. A strategy of buying stocks whose price/earnings ratio is equal to or less than the estimated annual earnings growth rate.