Glossary of Stock Market

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Rally
A period of sustained increases in the prices of stocks or indexes.

Record Date
The date established by an issuer of a security for the purpose of determining the holders who are entitled to receive a dividend, rights or bonus.

Redemption
The return of an investor's principal in a security, such as a stock, bond, or mutual fund.

Registrar
An institution or organization that is responsible for keeping records of bondholders and shareholders.

Resistance
The price at which a stock or market can trade, but which it cannot exceed, for a certain period of time.

Rights Offering (Issue)
Issuing rights to a company's existing shareholders to buy a proportional number of additional securities at a given price (usually at a discount) within a fixed period.

Redemption Fee
Fee charged when you sell a mutual fund, if you have not held the fund for the prescribed minimum time.

Rematerialisation
Process of converting the shares from electronic form to physical form.

Research and Development (R&D)
Costs of developing new products and services.

Resistance
Historical price level at which rising prices have stopped rising and either moved sideways or reversed direction; usually seen as a price chart pattern.

Return on Assets
After tax income divided by total assets. Profit from operations plus financial income as a percentage of average capital employed.

Return on Equity
After tax income (latest 12 months) divided by shareholders equity (from balance sheet).Profit after tax and minority interests as a percentage of average equity excluding minority interests.

Return on investments
After tax income (latest 12 months) divided by total of shareholders equity plus long term debt, plus other long term liabilities.

Revenue
A company's sales.

Rights Issue
Issue of new shares to the existing shareholders at a price which is normally lower than the current market price of the old shares. it is issued in a fixed ratio to those shares which are already held.

Risk
The potential to lose money (principal and any earnings) or not to make on an investment.

Road Show
Presentations made by underwriters and IPO company officials to institutional buyers to create interest in the offering.

Rollover
A point where a stock price has fallen to support, or risen to resistance, and then reverses the up or down trend convincingly.

Round Lots
Stocks sold in specified share quantities.

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