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| AAA Enterprises = U.S. franchising company cited for rapid collapse
| ALCOA = U.S. aluminum producer
| Air Products and Chemicals = U.S. industrial gases and chemicals company
| Air Reduction = U.S. industrial gases company
| American Home Products = U.S. consumer and health products company
| American Hospital Supply = U.S. medical equipment supplier
| American Telephone & Telegraph = U.S. telecommunications company; predecessor of AT&T
| Applied Portfolio Management = Finance course at Rutgers; portfolio management curriculum
| Arbitrage = Simultaneous buying and selling to lock in price differences
| AT&T = U.S. telecommunications company
| Aurora Plastics = U.S. plastics and toy manufacturer
| Barron’s = U.S. financial weekly magazine
| Benjamin Graham = American investor and author; value investing pioneer
| Bloomberg News = Global financial news service
| Book value = Net assets available to common shareholders
| Borden = U.S. food and consumer products company
| C.F.A. = Chartered Financial Analyst credential; professional finance designation
| Closed-end funds = Exchange-listed investment funds; fixed shares; often trade at discounts
| Columbia Business School = Graduate business school at Columbia University
| Cone Mills = U.S. textiles manufacturer
| Convertible preferreds = Preferred shares convertible into common stock at set terms
| Cowles Commission = Economic research institute; pioneer of market statistics
| Current ratio = Liquidity metric; current assets divided by current liabilities
| Czechoslovakia = Former Central European country
| David Dodd = American economist and co-author of Security Analysis
| Defensive investor = Conservative investor profile emphasizing safety and simplicity
| DJIA = Dow Jones Industrial Average; U.S. blue-chip stock index
| Dollar-cost averaging = Regular fixed-amount investing strategy
| Dow Jones Industrial Average = U.S. blue-chip stock index
| Drexel & Company = Philadelphia investment bank and brokerage
| Earnings yield = Earnings per share divided by price; inverse of P/E
| ELTRA Corp. = U.S. manufacturing company formed via merger
| Emerson Electric Co. = U.S. industrial and technology company
| Emery Air Freight = U.S. air-freight forwarding company
| Emhart Corp. = U.S. manufacturing company
| Enterprising investor = Active investor seeking higher returns through analysis and bargains
| EPS = Earnings per share; company profit per share
| Federal Reserve = U.S. central bank
| Financial Times = UK international business newspaper
| Fortune = U.S. business magazine
| Formula plan = Rule-based investment plan for regular, disciplined purchases
| Friend-Blume-Crockett study = Academic study comparing mutual funds and random portfolios
| General Electric = U.S. industrial conglomerate
| Harper & Brothers = American book publisher
| HarperBusiness Essentials = Business book imprint of HarperCollins
| HarperCollins = Global trade book publisher
| IBM = U.S. technology company International Business Machines
| Intelligent Investor column = The Wall Street Journal personal-finance column
| Interest coverage = Earnings relative to interest expense; debt service capacity
| Jason Zweig = American financial columnist and author
| Jantzen = U.S. apparel company
| Kayser-Roth = U.S. hosiery and apparel company
| Ling-Temco-Vought = U.S. conglomerate also known as LTV
| Load fund = Mutual fund that charges upfront sales commission
| Lucile Tomlinson = Investment researcher cited for formula plan studies
| Manhattan Fund, Inc. = U.S. mutual fund launched in 1965
| Margin of safety = Investing principle; purchase at prices well below value
| McGraw-Hill = U.S. publishing and education company
| Mr. Market = Graham’s market allegory; personifies investor sentiment
| National Biscuit = U.S. food company also known as Nabisco
| National Presto = U.S. housewares and defense products company
| Net-current-asset = Working capital minus all liabilities; deep-value screen
| New York Stock Exchange = U.S. securities exchange
| NVF = U.S. company involved in Sharon Steel acquisition
| NYU Stern = Business school of New York University
| Open-end funds = Mutual funds issuing and redeeming shares at net asset value
| P/E = Price-to-earnings ratio; stock price divided by earnings
| Parker Pen = U.S. writing instruments company
| Penn Central = U.S. railroad company
| Pennsylvania Electric = U.S. electric utility company
| Pennsylvania Railroad = U.S. railroad company
| Preferred stock = Equity with priority dividends and senior liquidation claim
| Price-to-book = Valuation ratio comparing price to book value
| Real Estate Investment Trust (REI) = New England investment trust; long dividend record
| Realty Equities Corp. of New York (REC) = U.S. real-estate company with heavy leverage
| REC = Abbreviation for Realty Equities Corp. of New York
| REI = Abbreviation for Real Estate Investment Trust in this context
| Republic of Cuba = Caribbean island nation
| Rutgers Business School = Business school of Rutgers University
| S&P = Standard & Poor’s financial data and indices brand
| S&P composite = Broad U.S. stock index published by S&P
| Security Analysis = Investing textbook by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd
| Sharon Steel = U.S. steel company
| Special situations = Event-driven investments like mergers, liquidations, reorganizations
| Standard & Poor’s composite = Broad U.S. stock index published by S&P
| Standard & Poor’s Monthly Stock Guide = Historical S&P stock reference publication
| Standard Oil of California = U.S. oil company; predecessor of Chevron
| Stock dividend = Company issues additional shares instead of cash
| Stock split = Increase in shares outstanding by dividing existing shares
| Superior Oil = U.S. independent oil company
| Texas Instruments = U.S. semiconductor and electronics company
| The Economist = UK weekly news magazine
| The Straits Times = Singapore daily newspaper
| The Wall Street Journal = U.S. daily financial newspaper
| Universal-Marion = U.S. company involved in liquidation case
| University of Michigan = U.S. public research university
| Warrants = Long-term rights to buy shares at a set price
| Warren E. Buffett = American investor; Berkshire Hathaway chairman
| West Point Pepperell = U.S. textiles company
| Working capital = Current assets minus current liabilities
| Xerox = U.S. technology and document services company
| Yale University = U.S. Ivy League university
| #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎
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