Terms beginning with J

• Japanese Candlestick Chart
  A charting technique in technical analysis that, among other things, indicates the range of a day's prices, the opening and closing prices a...(Read more)
• JGB
  The Japanese government bond market Ð the second largest Treasury bond market in the world....(Read more)
• Jobber
  A dealer in shares prior to the UK market reform event known as Big Bang in October 1986. Jobbers dealt with investors only via stockbrokers...(Read more)
• Joint Account
  Typically a bank or brokerage account in the names of two (or more) people. Arrangements can be made such that either individual or all sign...(Read more)
• Joint And Several Liability
  An undertaking by a group of two or more people to be responsible, either individually or jointly, for any liability which may exist after a...(Read more)
• Joint Liability
  The legal liability of two or more people for claims against or debts incurred by them jointly. If three people have joint liability and are...(Read more)
• Joint Life And Survivor Annuity
  Income usually relevant to two people (for example man and wife) that continues until the death of the second person....(Read more)
• Joint Life Annuity
  Income usually relevant to two people (for example man and wife) that continues until the death of the first person only....(Read more)
• Joint Life Assurance
  An assurance policy usually taken out on two lives, typically husband and wife. Under this type of policy, the sum assured is payable at the...(Read more)
• Joint Ownership
  Equal ownership of property by two or more people. In the event of the death of one of the owners, title passes to the survivor (or survivor...(Read more)
• Joint Tax Return
  A tax return completed and signed by two people, usually a husband and wife. They have equal responsibility for taxes due. Filing a joint ta...(Read more)
• Joint Tenants
  Two or more people owning property. In the event of the death of one of the tenants, the property passes to the survivor(s)....(Read more)
• Judgement
  A ruling by a court of law. An example is an ordering from a court to one person to settle a debt to another....(Read more)
• Jumbo Certificate Of Deposit
  In the US, this is a certificate of deposit with a denomination of $100,000 and above. They are usually purchased by large institutions suc...(Read more)
• Junk Bonds
  Bonds which offer high rates of interest but with correspondingly higher risk attached to the capital. In the US they carry a credit rating...(Read more)