Glossary & Financial Terms: ‘D’

D & B (Dun and Bradstreet)
D&O
Daily Bond Buyer
Daily Trading Limit
Daisy Chain
Damages
Dated Date
Day Loan
Day Order
Day Trade
Days Rate Held on Rollovers
DBCC (District Business Conduct Committee)
DC
DEA (Designated Examining Authority)
Deal Stock
Dealer
Death Benefit
Debenture
Debenture Stock
Debit Balance
Debit Spread
Debt
Debt Instrument
Debt Leverage
Debt Limit
Debt Retirement
Debt Security
Debt Service
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Debt/Capitalization Ratio
Debtor
Decedent's Final Return
Declaration Date
Declarations Page
Declination
Decline
Declined Risk
Decreasing Term Insurance
Decreasing Term Life Insurance
Deductible
Deduction
Deed of Title
Deemed Disposition
Deep Discount Bond
Deep In The Money
Deep Out Of The Money
Default
Defeasance Bonds
Defensive Securities
Deferral of Taxes
Deferred Account
Deferred Annuity
Deferred Compensation Plan
Deferred Group Annuity
Deferred Interest Bond
Deferred Period
Deficiency Letter
Deficit
Deficit Financing
Deficit Net Worth
Deficit Spending
Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan
Defined Contribution Plan
Deflation
Deflator
Delayed Delivery
Delayed Opening
Delegated Underwriting
Delinquency
Delisted Security
Delivery
Delivery Date
Delivery Notice
Delivery Versus Payment (DVP)
Delta
Demand Deposit
Demand Loan
Demand-Pull Inflation
Dementia
DeMinimus Exception
Demonstration Waiver
Demutualization
Denomination
Dental Insurance
Depletion Accounting
Deposit
Deposit Administration Group Annuity
Deposit Premium
Deposit Term Insurance
Depository Trust Company (DTC)
Depreciation
Depression
Derivative Instrument
Descending Tops
Designated Examining Authority (DEA)
Designated Order
Designated Order Turnaround (DOT)
Devaluation
Developmental Disabilities
Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG)
Diagonal Spread
Digits Deleted
Dilution
Dip
Direct First-Year & Single Premiums
Direct Participation Program (DPP)
Direct Participation Programs
Direct Placement
Direct Response System
Direct Rollover
Direct Writer
Director
Disability
Disability Benefit
Disability Income
Disability Income Insurance
Disability Income Rider
Disability Insurance
Disbursement
Discharge of Bankruptcy
Discharge of Lien
Disclosure Document
Discount
Discount Bond
Discount Broker
Discount Rate
Discount Window
Discount Yield
Discounted Cash Flow
Discounting the News
Discovery
Discretionary Account
Discretionary Income
Discretionary Order
Discretionary Trust
Disinflation
Disintermediation
Disinvestment
Dismemberment
Dismemberment Insurance
Disposable Income
Disposable Personal Income
Disproportionate
Dissolution
Distributing Syndicate
Distribution Area
Distributions
District Business Conduct Committee (DBCC)
Diversification
Diversified Investment Company
Divestiture
Divided Account
Dividend
Dividend Addition
Dividend Capture
Dividend Discount Model
Dividend In Arrears
Dividend Payout Ratio
Dividend Record
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)
Dividend Requirement
Dividend Yield
Dividends
Dividends Payable
DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average)
DJTA (Dow Jones Transportation Average)
DJUA (Dow Jones Utility Average)
DK (Don't Know Notice)
DNR (Do Not Reduce)
Dogs of the Dow, The
Dollar Bond
Dollar Cost Averaging
Dollar Price
Dollar Threshold
Domicile
Don't Fight the Tape
Donoghue's Money Fund Average
DOT (Designated Order Turnaround)
Double Bottom
Double Indemnity
Double Taxation
Double Top
Double-Barreled Bond
Dow Jones Composite
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
Dow Theory
Downside Risk
Downtick
Downturn
DPP (Direct Participation Program)
Draining Reserves
Driver Education Credit
DSR
DTC (Depository Trust Company)
Dual Life Insurance
Dual Listing
Dual Purpose Investment Company
Due Bill
Dumping
Dunning Letters
Duplication of Benefits
Duplication of Coverage
Durable Power of Attorney
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Dutch Auction
Dutch Auction Preferred Stock
DVP (Delivery versus payment)
Dwelling Policy