S – Glossary
- S Corporation (S Subchapter)
- S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
- S&P 500 Index (Standard & Poor's 500 Index)
- Safe Deposit Box
- Safe Harbors
- Safe Haven
- Sale
- Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA): What It Is; With Examples
- Sales Lead
- Sales Tax
- Salvage Value
- Sampling
- Sampling Distribution
- Sampling Errors
- Samurai Bond Definition
- Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002
- Savings Account
- Savings Account vs. Roth IRA: What’s the Difference?
- Savings and Loan Crisis (S&L) Crisis
- Say's Law of Markets
- Scalability
- Scalping
- Scarcity
- Scenario Analysis
- Schedule 13D: What It Is; How to File; Requirements; Example
- Schedule 13G
- Schedule A (Form 1040 or 1040-SR): Itemized Deductions
- Schedule K-1 Federal Tax Form: What Is It and Who Is It For?
- Scope
- Scrips
- Seasonality
- Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)
- SEC Form 10-Q
- SEC Form S-1: What It Is; How to File It or Amend It
- SEC Regulation D (Reg D): Definition; Requirements; Advantages
- SEC Release IA-1092
- SEC Yield
- Second World
- Secondary Market
- Section 1231 Property: Definition; Examples; and Tax Treatment
- Section 1245
- Section 1250
- Sector
- Sector Breakdown: What It Is and How It's Used
- Secular: What It Means in Stock Investing; With Examples
- Securities Act of 1933: Significance and History
- Securities And Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Securities Lending
- Securitization
- Security
- Security Market Line (SML) Definition and Characteristics
- Seed Capital
- Seigniorage
- Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA)
- Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA)
- Self-Employment
- Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO)
- Sell in May and Go Away
- Sell-Side
- Seller Financing
- Selling; General; & Administrative Expense (SG&A)
- Senior Bank Loan
- Sensex
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Serial Correlations
- Series 24
- Series 3
- Series 57
- Series 6
- Series 63
- Series 65
- Series 66
- Series 7
- Series 9/10
- Series B Financing
- Series EE Bond
- Series I Bond
- Service Charge
- Service Sector
- Severance Pay
- Shadow Banking System
- Shadow Pricing
- Share Certificate
- Share Class
- Share of Wallet (SOW)
- Share Repurchase
- Shareholder
- Shareholder Activist
- Shareholder Equity (SE)
- Shareholder Equity Ratio
- Shareholder Value
- Shareholder Value Added (SVA)
- Shareholders' Agreement
- Shares
- Sharing Economy
- Sharpe Ratio
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- Shooting Star
- Shop
- Short (or Short Position)
- Short Call
- Short Covering
- Short Interest
- Short Interest Ratio
- Short Put
- Short Run
- Short Sale
- Short Selling
- Short Squeeze
- Short-Term Debt
- Short-Term Investments
- Shortfall
- Shrinkage
- Shutdown Points
- Signature Loan
- Silent Partner
- Silk Route
- Silo Mentality
- Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT)
- Simple Interest
- Simple Moving Average (SMA)
- Simple Random Sample
- Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)
- Sinking Fund
- Six Sigma
- Skewness
- Skin in the Game: Meaning; Example; and SEC Rules
- Slippage
- Small and Mid-size Enterprise (SME)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Small Caps
- Smart Beta
- Smart Beta ETF
- Smart Contracts
- Smart Money
- Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
- Smurf
- Social Audits
- Social Economics
- Social Enterprise
- Social Entrepreneur
- Social Justice
- Social Media
- Social Networking
- Social Responsibility
- Social Sciences
- Social Security
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Social Welfare System
- Socialism
- Société Anonyme (S.A.): Definition; Examples; Requirements
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Sole Proprietorship
- Solvency
- Solvency Ratio
- Sortino Ratio
- Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF)
- Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
- Special Economic Zones (SEZ)
- Special Power of Attorney
- Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)
- Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)
- Special Warranty Deed
- Specialization
- Speculation
- Speculator
- Spiders (SPDR)
- Spillover Effect
- Spinning Top Candlestick
- Spinoff
- Spoofing
- Spot Exchange Rate
- Spot Market
- Spot Price
- Spot Rate
- Spot Trade
- Spread Betting
- Spreads
- Stable Value Fund
- Stagflation
- Stagnation
- Stakeholder
- Stalking-Horse Bid
- Standard & Poor's (S&P)
- Standard Deduction
- Standard Deviation
- Standard Error
- Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code)
- Standard of Living
- Standardization
- Standby Letters of Credit
- Stare Decisis
- Startup
- State-Owned Enterprise (SOE)
- Statement of Retained Earnings
- Statistical Significance
- Statistics
- Statute of Frauds
- Statute of Limitations
- Statutory Reserves
- Step-Up in Basis
- Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate (SONIA)
- Sticky Wage Theory
- Stipend
- Stochastic Modeling
- Stochastic Oscillator
- Stochastic RSI (StochRSI)
- Stock
- Stock Analysis
- Stock Appreciation Right (SAR)
- Stock Compensation
- Stock Dividend
- Stock Exchange Daily Official List (SEDOL)
- Stock Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)
- Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)
- Stock Market
- Stock Market Crash
- Stock Option
- Stock Quote
- Stock Screener
- Stock Split
- Stock Symbol (Ticker)
- Stockbroker
- Stockholders' Equity
- Stop Order
- Stop Payments
- Stop-Limit Order
- Stop-Loss Order
- Store of Value
- Straddle
- Straight Line Basis
- Straight-Through Processing (STP)
- Strangle
- Strategic Alliance
- Strategic Financial Management
- Strategic Management
- Stratified Random Sampling
- Strength; Weakness; Opportunity; and Threat (SWOT) Analysis
- Strike Price
- Structural Unemployment
- Structured Finance
- Structured Note
- Student Loan Forgiveness
- Subjective Probability
- Sublease
- Subordinated Debt
- Subordination Agreement
- Subprime Loan
- Subprime Mortgage
- Subrogation
- Subscription Agreement
- Subsidiary Rights
- Subsidy
- Substantially Equal Periodic Payment (SEPP)
- Substitute
- Substitution Effect
- Sukuk
- Sum of Squares
- Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation (SOTP)
- Summa Cum Laude
- Sunk Cost
- Superannuation
- Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)
- Supply
- Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Finance
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Supply Curve
- Supply Shock
- Support (Support Level)
- Supranational
- Surcharge
- Surety
- Surplus
- Surplus Lines Insurance
- Survivorship Bias
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)
- Swap
- Swap Execution Facility (SEF)
- Swap Rate
- Swaption (Swap Option)
- Sweat Equity
- Sweep Account
- Sweep Accounts Definition: Types and How They Work
- SWIFT
- Swing Trading
- Swingline Loan
- Switching Costs
- Symmetrical Distribution
- Syndicate
- Syndicated Loan
- Synergy
- Synthetic
- Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
- Systematic Sampling
- Systemic Risk