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Investment Club A group of people who meet periodically to discuss and implement investment strategies.

Investment Banker An institution in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans.

Investment Adviser (1) Any person who makes investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed. (2) For investment companies, the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing the cash and securities held in the fund’s portfolio in accordance with...

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Inverted Yield Curve A chart showing long-term debt instruments having lower yields than short-term debt instruments. Also known as a Negative Yield Curve.

Inventory Turnover This ratio shows how many times the units of inventory of a company are sold and replaced during an accounting period. The ‘convention’ is to divide sales by the inventory. However, it is more realistic to divide the cost of goods sold by inventory.

Inventories Includes raw materials, works in process, and finished goods.

Interest Coverage The number of times all interest charges are earned by pre-tax, pre-interest earnings, typically at least 3 times. The formula is the Interest expense plus pre-tax income , and divide this sum by the interest expense.

Interest The charge for the privilege of borrowing money, usually expressed as an annual percentage rate.

Intangibles Assets such as goodwill, patents, unamortized debt discounts, and deferred charges.

Institutional Ownership The percentage of shares held by mutual funds, trust funds, and other professional managers who hold large blocks of shares for their clients. Fund managers tend to make changes in their portfolio of stocks more frequently and for different reasons than individual...

Institutional Investor A person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that it qualifies for preferential treatment and lower commissions. An institutional order can be of any size. Institutional investors are covered by fewer protective...

Insider Trading Illegal trading by anyone considered an insider who has access to non-public information, and who attempts to profit from that knowledge. If the information is used to illegally make a profit, there may be large fines and possible jail sentences.

Insider Ownership Employees, executives and directors who have their own money invested in the company are Insiders. By holding shares, they show that they have confidence in the security and future of their investment. They have extra incentive to make the company profitable. The percentage of...

Insider Information Information about a company’s activities that has not been disclosed to the general public. It is illegal for anyone with access to such information to make trades based on it.

Inside Market The highest bid and the lowest offer prices among all competing Market Makers in a NASDAQ security, i.e., the best bid and offer prices

Inflation Risk Uncertainty about the future real (after-inflation) value of your investmen

Inflation A widespread rise in prices that exceeds that rate of increased purchasing power.

Industry Sector A grouping of industries into a broader economic definition (e.g., transportation, cyclical companies, consumer goods).

Industry Category groupings for companies according to their business. These may vary somewhat according to the authority doing the grouping (e.g. Value Line, Standard & Poor’s, etc.). When looking for good investments, it is wise to compare several companies in the same industry and to pick the...