Terms beginning with G

• GAAP
  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles are the rules, conventions and standards that set out accounting practices for US companies, establ...(Read more)
• Gain
  The increase in the value of an asset that had been bought. More specifically, it is the amount chargeable to capital gains tax (CGT) from g...(Read more)
• Gamma
  The speed of change in an option or warrant's delta (the change in the price of an option for every one point move in the underlying asset) ...(Read more)
• Gamma Shares
  A term previously given to the shares of smaller companies traded far less frequently on the London Stock Exchange than alpha and beta share...(Read more)
• Gap
  When the stock market opens above or below the close on the previous day, this is known as a gap....(Read more)
• Gap (price Gap)
  When the stock market (or the price of any individual stock) opens above or below the close on the previous day, this is known as a gap. Thi...(Read more)
• Garnishee
  The recipient (typically a bank) to whom a garnishee order has been delivered. A garnishee order is a court order instructing a bank that fu...(Read more)
• Garnishee Order
  A court order instructing a garnishee (a bank) that funds held on behalf of a debtor (the judgement debtor) should not be released until dir...(Read more)
• GDP, GNP
  See gross domestic product and gross national product....(Read more)
• Gearing
  The most common use of the term 'gearing' is to describe the level of a company's net debt (net of cash or cash equivalents) compared with i...(Read more)
• Gearing Of Warrant
  The degree of additional exposure gained by buying a warrant compared to buying its underlying asset. Gearing is calculated by dividing the ...(Read more)
• General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
  A trade agreement between a large number of countries, dating back to 1948, which was set up to improve trading worldwide and to work toward...(Read more)
• General Lien
  The legal right for a creditor to seize the assets, excluding land and property, of a debtor, known as the lienee, to satisfy an outstanding...(Read more)
• General Mortgage Bond
  In the US, this refers to a bond that is secured by a blanket mortgage on the issuing company's property, though it may be outranked by one ...(Read more)
• General Obligation Bond
  A municipal bond whose interest and principal payments are supported by the full faith and credit of the issuing authority....(Read more)