Gray List Mostly encompasses firms linked to an investment bank by some means, for example in mergers and acquisitions matters. These stocks cannot be traded by the investment bank's risk arbitrage section. … [Read more...]
Gray Market
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Gray Market Eurobonds transactions that take place before the price of the issue is established. … [Read more...]
Greenmail
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Greenmail Circumstances arising when an unfriendly company acquires a large quantity of stock of a target company with intent to takeover, forcing the target company to immediately undertake repurchase of the stock at significant premiums. … [Read more...]
Greenshoe Option
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Greenshoe Option The underwriter’s option in a new issue that lets him purchase and resell shares in addition to the initial amount. … [Read more...]
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Measure of total production in the economy. Formula: Market value of all goods and services manufactured in a given period + earnings of foreign corporations and residents based in U.S. - earnings of U.S. corporates and residents based out of the … [Read more...]
Gross Earnings
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Gross Earnings -The total income earned by individuals annually, before tax deductions or adjustments are done. - In case of public companies, refers to the remaining initial profit from total revenues for a given time period, after cost of goods sold are adjusted. … [Read more...]
Gross Interest
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Gross Interest Earned interest before taxes are accounted for. … [Read more...]
Gross Profit Margin
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Gross Profit Margin Denotes each sales dollar remaining after cost of goods that are sold is adjusted. Calculated as profit (gross figures) divided by sales. … [Read more...]
Gross Spread
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Gross Spread The portion of gross proceeds arising from underwritten securities offerings that is to be paid to the underwriters as compensation. … [Read more...]
Gross Yield
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Gross Yield Yield generated by an investment before adjusting tax deductions and expenses, expressed as a percentage. Formula: annual return on an investment before taxes, expenses divided by current investment price. … [Read more...]
Group of Five (G-5)
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Group of Five (G-5) United Kingdom, France, Japan, Germany and the U.S. are the G-5 countries. They conduct periodic meetings to initiate some cooperative efforts on worldwide economic issues. The monetary authorities of the G-5 nations meet when currency issues are to be discussed. … [Read more...]
Group of Seven (G-7)
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Group of Seven (G-7) Canada, Italy and the G-5 countries. … [Read more...]
Group Rotation Manager
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Group Rotation Manager A manager who bases investment decisions and portfolio allocation on his study of economic factors and the business cycle. … [Read more...]
Growing Perpetuity
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Growing Perpetuity Continuous cash flow stream that has no set end time where indefinite increase is expected. … [Read more...]
Growing-Equity Mortgage
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Growing-Equity Mortgage Fixed rate mortgage where monthly payments increase over time in line with a predetermined schedule. The first payment fully amortizes the loan so that the additional payment every period goes towards the remaining balance of the mortgage. … [Read more...]
Growth Manager
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Growth Manager Money managers following a strategy of buying high P/E ratios stocks. These stocks have high earnings growth and the managers predict that continuation of this high earnings trend will bring in good returns for the portfolio. … [Read more...]
Growth Opportunity
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Growth Opportunity A chance to make investments in projects that are perceived profitable. … [Read more...]
Growth Phase
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Growth Phase A developmental phase wherein the company witnesses rapid growth in earnings as new products are manufactured and market share is continually expanded. … [Read more...]
Growth Rates
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Growth Rates Compounded yearly rate of growth for the period shown in terms of full fiscal years. Any zero value or negative value for the first or concluding year signifies that the growth is not meaningful (NM). … [Read more...]
Growth Recession
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Growth Recession Economic term denoting a slowly growing economy where more jobs are lost than created. The economy may still be advancing but has signs typical of a recession where employment figures are concerned. … [Read more...]
