Glossary of Stock Market

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QOQ - Quarter on Quarter
A measuring technique that calculates the change between one financial quarter and the previous financial quarter. This is similar to the year over year measure, which compares the quarter of one year (Q1 2007) to the same quarter of the previous year (Q1 2006).

Quarterly Earnings Report
A quarterly filing made by public companies to report their performance. Included in earnings reports are items such as net income, earnings per share, earnings from continuing operations and net sales.

Quick Ratio
Cash and cash equivalents plus accounts receivables divided by current liabilities.

Quote
Prices at which a share can be bought or sold. The highest bid to buy and the lowest offer to sell any stock at a given time.

 

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