Glosario

Investment

|English term |Spanish equivalent |Definition (ENG) |Example |
|Share |Acción |A unit of stock that represents ownership in |I bought a package of shares. |
| | |acorporation. | |
|Cash flow |Flujo de caja |Net income plus depreciation and other |Have you checked the Cash flow? |
| | |noncash charges. In this sense, it is | |
|| |synonymous with Cash Earnings. Investors | |
| | |focus on cash flow from operations because of| |
| | |their concern with a firm'sability to pay | |
| | |dividends | |
|Trade Balance |Balance comercial |That part of the balance of payments relating|A nation whose imports are worth more|
|| |to goods only (as opposed to services, |than its exports is said to have an |
| | |monetary movements, official reserve |unfavorable balance of trade |
| | |transactions, etc.). ||
|Bear spread |Margen bajista |is a bearish, vertical spread options |I don’t know how to chose between |
| | |strategy that can be used when the options |breads spreads |
| ||trader is moderately bearish on the | |
| | |underlying security | |
|Arbitration. |Arbitraje |An informal hearing regarding a dispute. The |The judge fail against them in the|
| | |dispute is judged by a group of people |arbitration |
| | |(generally three) who have been selected by | |
| | |an impartialpanel. Once a decision has been | |
| | |reached, there is no further appeal process | |
|Sharpe ratio |Índice de sharpe |Is a measure of the excess return (or Risk |I prefer the Sharpe ratio because it |
|| |Premium) per unit of risk in an investment |is directly computable |
| | |asset or a trading strategy | |
|Return |Retorno |The gain or loss of a security in a...