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Soup |
Meaning |
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ADR |
American Depository Receipt |
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ANC |
African National Congress (South Africa) |
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BJP |
Bharatiya Janta Party (India) |
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BRD |
West Germany |
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CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy (European Union) |
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CBI |
Confederation of British Industry (UK) |
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CD |
Christian Democrat |
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CDU |
Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
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CGT |
Capital Gains Tax |
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CIS |
Former USSR |
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CSU |
Christian Socialist Union (Germany) |
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D2 |
Second generation German mobile phone network |
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DDR |
East Germany |
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DJP |
Democratic Justice Party (Korea) |
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DJII |
Dow Jones Industrial Index (USA) |
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DKr |
Danish Krona |
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DM |
Deutsche Mark |
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ECB |
European Central Bank |
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ECU |
European Currency Unit |
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EEC |
European Economic Community |
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EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
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EMU |
European Monetary Union |
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EPS |
Earnings per Share (See Jargon for Definition) |
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ERM |
Exchange Rate Mechanism (Europe) |
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ETF |
Exchange Traded Fund |
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EU |
European Union |
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FAZ |
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Index |
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FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
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FDP |
Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
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Fed. |
Federal Reserve Bank (USA) |
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FF |
French Franc |
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FIBV |
Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valuers |
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FSA |
Financial Services Authority (UK) |
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FTSE |
Financial Times All Share Index (UK) |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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GST |
General Sales Tax (alias VAT) |
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IFC |
International Finance Corporation Indexes |
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IFO |
Institute fuer Wirtschaftsvorschung (Germany) |
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IG Metall |
Metal Workers Union (Germany) |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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IPO |
Initial Public Offering |
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JGB |
Japanese Government Bonds |
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LBO |
Leveraged Buy-Out |
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LDP |
Liberal Democratic Party
(Japan) |
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LME |
London Metal Exchange |
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LTCM |
Long Term Capital Management |
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Mercosur |
South America Free Trade
Association |
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MSCI |
Morgan Stanley Capital
International Indexes |
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MS DOS |
Microsoft Digital Operating System |
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NAFTA |
North America Free Trade
Association |
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NAPM |
National Association of Purchasing Managers
(USA) |
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NASDAQ |
National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotations |
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NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation |
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NKP |
New Korea Party (alias DJP) |
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NoK |
Norwegian Krona |
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NYSE |
New York Stock Exchange (USA) |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development |
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OPEC |
Organisation of Petroleum
Exporting Countries |
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PASOK |
Socialist Party (Greece) |
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PD |
Popular Democrat |
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P/E |
Price / Earnings Ratio (See Jargon for
Definition) |
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PIT |
Professional Investment Tools
Ltd. |
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P/T |
Price over Time Indexes (produced by PIT) |
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PR |
Proportional Represenation |
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REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust
(USA) |
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PRI |
Revolutionary Party (Mexico) |
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S&P |
Standard & Poors 600
Share Index (USA) |
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SD |
Social Democrat |
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SEO |
Senior Executive Officer (FSA term) |
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SDP |
Social Democratic Party |
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SDR |
IMF Special Drawing Rights |
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SE |
Stock Exchange |
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SeK |
Swedish Krona |
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SF |
Swiss Franc |
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SFA |
Securities & Futures Authority (UK) |
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SPO |
Socialist Party (Austria) |
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STOXX |
Dow Jones Stock Market Indexes (Europe) |
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TANKAN |
Federation of Industrial Corporations (Japan) |
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TOPIX |
Tokyo Stock Price Index (Japan) |
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TMT |
Technology, Media & Telecom sectors |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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UN |
United Nations |
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US |
United States |
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USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (alias CIS) |
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VP |
Vice President |
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VAT |
Value Added Tax (alias GST) |
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WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
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Y2K |
Year 2000 Computer Bug |