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Accumulation/Distribution (Acc/Dis) Rating®
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Tracks the relative degree of institutional buying (accumulation) and selling (distribution) in a particular stock over the last 13 weeks. Updated daily, stocks are rated on an A+ to E scale. One of our exclusive proprietary ratings.
A=Heavy buying
B=Moderate buying
C=Equal amount of buying and selling
D=Moderate selling
E=Heavy selling
The rating is enhanced by "+" and "-" signs to indicate variations on institutional activity; a "B+" indicates greater accumulation than a "B" rating, whereas a "B-" indicates less accumulation than a "B" rating, and so on.
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Accumulation/Distribution (Acc/Dis) Rating®, Prior Week
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Tracks the relative degree of institutional buying (accumulation) and selling (distribution) in a particular stock over the last 13 weeks. Updated daily, stocks are rated on an A+ to E scale. This value is the rating calculated at the end of the prior week and is used as a basis for comparison.
A=Heavy buying
B=Moderate buying
C=Equal amount of buying and selling
D=Moderate selling
E=Heavy selling
The rating is enhanced by "+" and "-" signs to indicate variations on institutional activity; a "B+" indicates greater accumulation than a "B" rating, whereas a "B-" indicates less accumulation than a "B" rating, and so on.
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Alpha
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An expression of how much a stock would have appreciated or depreciated on average on a daily basis over the last year, assuming the S&P 500 remained unchanged during the period.
For example, an ALPHA of 0.1 means the stock's price would have appreciated at the rate of 0.1% per day over the last year, assuming an unchanged S&P 500 Index. At least 260 days of price history are needed to compute the Alpha data item. Updates of this value occur daily.
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AMEX Composite Index
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A market value-weighted index comprised of common stocks, American depository receipts and warrants traded on the American Stock Exchange. Price and Volume data for all exchanges appears with a 20-minute delay.)
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Annual Earnings
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A longer-term indicator of a company's growth. It commonly refers to a company's earnings per share for a particular year.
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Asset Allocation
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The practice of allocating a certain percentage of a portfolio to different types of investments (stocks, bonds, foreign stocks, cash reserves or equivalents, gold, mutual funds, futures, options, etc.)
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Assets in Top 10 Holdings, % of
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The aggregate assets, expressed as a percentage, of the fund's top 10 portfolio holdings. This figure is meant to be a measure of portfolio concentration and risk. Specifically, the higher the percentage, the more concentrated the fund is in a few companies or issues, and the more the fund is susceptible to the market fluctuations in these few holdings.
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At-The-Money
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An option with a strike price equal to the current price of the stock.
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Average Daily Volume
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(See Volume, 50-Day Moving Average)