Toppy
"Toppy" means that a stock (or the stock market) is at or near a "top," so buying is risky and selling might be in order. "Toppy" can be a matter of opinion; one stock…
Tout TV
The financial television network CNBC has often been criticized for cheerleading its viewers into buying stocks, The business channel has been nicknamed "Tout TV" since at least 2000. A…
Trashuries (trash + Treasuries)
A United States Treasury security (the securities are usually called "Treasuries") is a debt financing instrument backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government. The…
Trickle-Down Economics
"Trickle-down economics" (or the "trickle-down theory") is economics to attract a prosperous top (large corporations and wealthy people), with the hopes that prosperity…
Triple Bottom Line
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Triple bottom lineThe triple bottom line (abbreviated as "TBL" or "3BL", and also known as "people, planet, profit" ) captures an…
Triple Witching Hour/Day (Quadruple Witching Hour/Day)
"Triple witching" is the third Friday of March, June, September and December when stock index futures, stock market index options, and stock options all expire. The day is called…
Troika (European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund)
"The Troika" (the three) is the nickname of the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The "troika" received this…
Tulipcoin (tulip mania + bitcoin)
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency; in 2013, some people believed that the increasing value of bitcoin was a financial bubble, like the tulip mania of the 1600s. The nickname "tulipcoin" (tulip…
Turbo Tuesday
The stock market (New York Stock Exchange) on Tuesday in the first half of 2013 had a 20-week-long streak of always entering positive territory at the end of the day. The Wall Street Journal had an…
Turnaround Tuesday
"Turnaround Tuesday" was the name of the March 9, 1965, Selma to Montgomery civil rights march. It followed the march of March 7, 1965, that was nicknamed "Bloody Sunday." Wall…
U’ve Been Sacked (UBS nickname)
UBS (originally the Union Bank of Switzerland) is one of the world's largest banks and has several branches in Manhattan. When Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation announced a…
Unbanking (Unbanked)
Someone without a bank account is said to be "unbanked," and one possible reason could be a lack of banks in the geographical area. Someone who has a bank account but who decides to…
Uncle Fedster (Uncle Sam + Fedster)
"Uncle Fedster" is a blend of "Uncle Sam" and "Fedster" (meaning someone in the federal government, not someone in the Federal Reserve System). The name "Uncle…
Underbanking (Underbanked)
"Underbanking" occurs when geographical areas have only limited banking facilities. The term "underbanked" has been cited in print since a least 1935 and is often discussed with…
Union des Bandits Suisses (UBS nickname)
UBS (originally the Union Bank of Switzerland) is one of the world's largest banks and has several branches in Manhattan. The French nickname of UBS, "Union des Bandits Suisses"…
United Bank of Swindlers or Union Bank of Swindlers (UBS nickname)
UBS (originally the Union Bank of Switzerland) is one of the world's largest banks and has several branches in Manhattan. Barry Ritholtz's blog, The Big Picture, on August 20, 2009,…
Untaper
"Taper" became a financial buzzword in 2013, when there was speculation that the Federal Reserve would lessen its "quantitative easing" (what some have called…
Value Investing (Value Investor)
"Value investing" is the investment theory where a "value investor" seeks to buy a security that is undervalued at its current market price. Benjamin Graham (1894-1976) and…
Vampire REO
"Monsters of the Housing Market: Vampire REOs and Zombie Foreclosures" by Daren Blomquist appeared on RealtyTrac on October 2, 2013. An REO ("real estate owned") is a property…
Vampire Squid (Goldman Sachs nickname)
Matt Taibbi wrote in Rolling Stone of Jul 13, 2009: "The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a…