W – Glossary
- W-2 Form
- W-4 Form
- W-8 Form
- W-9 Form
- W-Shaped Recovery
- W.P. Carey School of Business
- Wage Assignment
- Wage Earner Plan (Chapter 13 Bankruptcy)
- Wage Expense
- Wage Push Inflation
- Wage-Price Spiral
- Waiting Period
- Waiver
- Waiver of Coinsurance Clause
- Waiver of Demand
- Waiver of Exemption
- Waiver of Notice
- Waiver of Premium for Disability
- Waiver of Premium for Payer Benefit
- Waiver of Premium Rider: Definition; Purpose; Benefits; and Cost
- Waiver of Restoration Premium
- Waiver of Subrogation
- Walk-Away Lease
- Walk-Through Test
- Wall of Worry
- Wall Street
- Wall Street Journal Prime Rate
- Wallflower
- Wallpaper
- Walmart Effect
- Walras' Law
- Walrasian Market
- Wanton Disregard
- War Bond
- War Chest
- War Damage Insurance
- War Economy
- War Risk Insurance: What it is; How it Works
- Warehouse Bond
- Warehouse Financing
- Warehouse Lending
- Warehouse Receipt
- Warehouse-to-Warehouse Clause
- Warehouser's Liability Form
- Warehousing
- Warenkorb
- Warm Calling
- Warm Card
- Warning Bulletin
- Warrant
- Warrant Coverage
- Warrant Premium
- Warranty
- Warranty Deed
- Warranty of Title
- Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE)
- Wash
- Wash Sale
- Wash Trading
- Wash-Out Round
- Wash-Sale Rule
- Wassily Leontief
- Wasting Asset
- Wasting Trust
- Watchlist
- Water Damage Insurance
- Water Damage Legal Liability Insurance
- Water ETF
- Water Exclusion Clause
- Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970
- Water Rights
- Watercraft Insurance
- Watered Stock
- Waterfall Concept
- Waterfall Payment
- Wave
- Weak AI
- Weak Dollar
- Weak Form Efficiency
- Weak Hands
- Weak Longs
- Weak Shorts
- Weak Sister
- Wealth
- Wealth Added Index (WAI)
- Wealth Effect
- Wealth Management
- Wealth Psychologist
- Wealth Tax
- Wear and Tear Exclusion
- Wearable Technology
- Weather Derivative
- Weather Future
- Weather Insurance
- Web 2.0
- Web Syndication
- Wedge
- Wednesday Scramble
- Weekend Effect
- Weekly Chart
- Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey
- Weekly Premium Insurance
- Wei
- Weighted
- Weighted Alpha
- Weighted Average
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
- Weighted Average Cost of Equity (WACE)
- Weighted Average Coupon (WAC)
- Weighted Average Credit Rating
- Weighted Average Life (WAL)
- Weighted Average Loan Age (WALA)
- Weighted Average Market Capitalization
- Weighted Average Maturity (WAM)
- Weighted Average Rating Factor (WARF)
- Weighted Average Remaining Term (WART)
- Weightless Economy
- Welfare
- Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act (WPPDA)
- Welfare Economics
- Welfare Loss Of Taxation
- Welfare State
- Wellbore
- Wellness Program
- Wells Notice
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
- Western Account
- Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
- Wet Loan
- Wharton School
- Whartonite
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- What Is a Billing Cycle? How It Works
- What Is a Day Order? Definition;Duration;Types; and Example
- What Is a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)? Definition and Examples
- What Is a High-Yield Savings Account?
- What Is a Mobile Wallet?
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- What Is a Reimbursement; and How Does It Work (With Example)?
- What Is a Shell Corporation? How It's Used; Examples and Legality
- What Is a Tangible Asset? Comparison to Non-Tangible Assets
- What Is a Target-Date Fund? Risk Tolerance and Example
- What Is a Unicameral System? How Legislature Works and Examples
- What Is a Venn Diagram? Components; Examples; and Applications
- What Is a War Exclusion Clause in an Insurance Contract?
- What Is an Amortization Schedule? How to Calculate with Formula
- What Is an Amortized Bond? How They Work
- What Is an Earnings Multiplier? How It Works and Example
- What Is an Unemployment Claim?
- What Is Deferred Compensation?
- What Is Disability Insurance? Definition and How It Protects You
- What Is Environmental; Social; and Governance (ESG) Investing?
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- What Is Regulation A? Definition; Update; Documenation; and Tiers
- What Is Regulation CC? Definition; Purpose and How It Works
- What Is Regulation E in Electronic Fund Transfers (EFTs)?
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- When Issued (WI)
- Whipsaw
- Whisper Number
- Whisper Stock
- Whistleblower
- White Candlestick
- White Collar
- White Elephant
- White Knight
- White Label Product
- White List States
- White Paper
- White Shoe Firm
- White Squire
- White-Collar Crime
- Whitemail
- Whitewash Resolution
- Who Was Benjamin Graham?
- Whole Life Annuity
- Whole Life Annuity Due
- Whole Life Insurance
- Whole Loan
- Whole-Life Cost
- Wholesale Banking
- Wholesale Energy
- Wholesale Insurance
- Wholesale Money
- Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
- Wholesale Trade
- Wholesaling
- Wholly Owned Subsidiary
- Whoops
- Wide Basis
- Wide Economic Moat
- Wide Variety
- Wide-Ranging Days
- Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust (WHFIT)
- Widow Maker
- Widow-and-Orphan Stock
- Widow's Allowance
- Widow's Exemption
- Wilcoxon Test
- Wild Card Option
- Wild Card Play
- Wildcat Banking
- Wildcat Drilling
- Wildcatting
- Wilder's DMI (ADX)
- Will
- William Cavanaugh III
- William Dillard II
- William F. Sharpe
- William H. Gross
- William J. O'Neil
- Williams %R
- Williams Act
- Willie Sutton Rule
- Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index (TMWX)
- Win/Loss Ratio
- Windfall Profits
- Windfall Tax
- Winding Up
- Window Dressing
- Window Guaranteed Investment Contract
- Window of Opportunity
- Windstorm Insurance: What it Means
- Winner-Takes-All Market: Definition
- Winner's Curse
- Winsorized Mean
- Wire Fraud
- Wire Room
- Wire Transfers
- Wirehouse
- Wirehouse Broker
- Wisconsin School of Business
- Wisdom of Crowds
- Witching Hour
- With Approved Credit (WAC)
- With Benefit of Survivorship
- With Discretion
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawal Benefits
- Withdrawal Credits; Pension Plan
- Withdrawal Penalty
- Withdrawal Plan
- Withholding
- Withholding Allowance
- Withholding Tax
- Without Evidence of Insurability
- Without Recourse
- WM/Reuters Benchmark Rates
- Wolfe Wave
- Word-of-Mouth Marketing
- Worden Stochastics
- WordPress (CMS)
- Work Cells
- Work Ticket
- Workable Indication
- Workers' Compensation
- Workers' Compensation Coverage A
- Workers' Compensation Coverage B
- Workflow
- Working Capital (NWC)
- Working Capital Loan
- Working Capital Management
- Working Capital Turnover
- Working Class
- Working Control
- Working Interests
- Working Ratio
- Working Tax Credit (WTC)
- Working-Age Population
- Workout Agreement
- Workout Market
- Workout Period
- Works-in-Progress
- World Bank
- World Bank Group
- World Economic Forum (WEF)
- World Economic Outlook (WEO)
- World Equity Benchmark Series (WEBS)
- World Federation of Stock Exchanges
- World Fund
- World Gold Council (WGC)
- World Insurance
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- WorldCom
- Worldwide Coverage
- Worldwide Income
- Worthless Securities
- Wrap Account
- Wrap Fee
- Wrap-Around Insurance Program
- Wrap-Around Loan
- Wrap-Up Insurance
- Wraparound Mortgage
- Writ
- Writ of Attachment
- Writ of Execution
- Writ of Seizure and Sale
- Write-Down
- Write-Off
- Write-Up
- Writer
- Writing an Option
- Written Premium
- Written-Down Value
- Wrongful Dishonor
- Wrongful Termination Claim