A popular stock market index that tracks 30 blue-chip stocks in the U.S.
Author: todorm
Double Taxation
Taxes that are paid twice on the same income source. This happens when investors get taxed on a corporate and personal level or in two different countries.
Do-Not-Reduce (DNR)
A type of order with a specified price that isn’t adjusted when the underlying security pays a cash dividend.
Dollar-Denominated
A dollar-denominated asset is an asset that has an underlying value in dollars.
Dollar Cost Averaging
A strategy where investors divide their total investment amount across periodic purchases.
Dividends per Share
The total amount of dividends declared in a certain time period divided by the number of outstanding ordinary shares issued.
Dividend Yield (Stocks)
A financial ratio showing how much the company pays out in dividends relative to its stock price.
Dividend Yield (Funds)
A fund where investment is made in the stocks of companies that regularly declare dividends.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
An arrangement that gives shareholders the option to automatically reinvest dividends into additional or fractional shares of the underlying company.
Dividend Reinvestment
Reinvesting dividend payments from assets you hold back into your portfolio instead than spending them.