Common acronyms

Common acronyms provides a listing of commonly used financial acronyms that a reader might find on the wiki or on our Financial Wisdom Forum (FWF).
== A-Z ==
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== A ==
*ACB - Adjusted cost base
*AUM - Assets under management
== B ==
*BNN - Business News Network, a Canadian all-business and financial news television channel.
== C ==
*CCPC - Canadian controlled private corporation. An incorporated small business which may qualify for lower tax rates.
*CDIC - Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
*CFP - Certified Financial Planner
*CIPF - Canadian Investor Protection Fund 
*CLU - Chartered Life Underwriter
*CRA - Canada Revenue Agency
*CPI - Consumer Price Index
*CPP - Canada Pension Plan
== D == 
*DB Pension - Defined benefit pension plan; one in which the future payouts are known in advance
*DC Pension - Defined contribution pension plan; one in which future payouts depend upon pension fund returns
*DCA - Dollar cost averaging
*DIY - Do-it-yourself (investor)
== E == 
*EAFE - Europe - Australasia - Far East Index
*EMT - Efficient market theory (also referred to as EMH, or Efficient Market Hypothesis)
*ESG - Environmental, social and corporate governance
*ETF - Exchange-traded fund. A security that trades on a stock exchange and that, in sufficient quantity, is exchangeable with a defined basket of securities.
== F ==
*FHSA - First Home Savings Account
*FWF - Financial Wisdom Forum
*FX - Foreign Exchange
== G ==
*GIC - Guaranteed Investment Certificate. A certificate of deposit that is government-insured, usually by the CDIC (see above).
== H ==
*HELOC - Home equity line of credit
== I ==
*IPO - Initial public offering. When a formerly-private company becomes public, the stocks are offered to investors in an IPO.
*IPS - Investment policy statement
== J ==
== K ==
*KYC - Know your client
== L ==
*LIRA - Locked-In Retirement Account. Generally similar to an RRSP but using pension funds from a former employer. No further contributions or early withdrawals are allowed by law. Also called an LRSP.
*LRSP - Locked-In Retirement Savings Plan. See LIRA.
*LTC - Long term care.
== M == 
*MER - Management expense ratio
*MMF - Money Market Fund
== N ==
*NYSE - New York Stock Exchange
== O ==
*OAS - Old Age Security
*OSC - Ontario Securities Commission
*OSFI - Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
== P ==
* PRE - Principal residence exception
== Q ==
*QIF - Quicken Interchange Format
*QPP - Québec Pension Plan. Same as CPP but for Quebec residents.
== R ==
*RDSP - Registered Disability Savings Plan
*REIT - Real estate investment trust. A security that provides unitholders with rental income from real estate properties.
*RESP - Registered Education Savings Plan
*RFP - Registered Financial Planner
*RRB - Real Return Bond. An inflation-indexed bond issued by the Government of Canada and/or certain provincial governments.
*RRIF - Registered Retirement Income Fund
*RRSP - Registered Retirement Savings Plan
== S ==
*SEDAR - System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval Securities related information for Canadian companies
== T ==
*TFSA - Tax-Free Savings Account
*TIPS - Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Inflation-indexed bonds offered by the U.S. government 
*TFL - The Fund Library
*TSX - Toronto Stock Exchange
== U ==
== V ==
*VA - Value averaging
*VPW - Variable percentage withdrawal
== W ==
== Y ==
== Z ==
==See also==
* Équivalents en français
* Glossary
==External links==
*ABCs of finance: A glossary of the most commonly used phrases, The Globe and Mail
*Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary "the largest financial glossary on the Internet" • "over 8,000 entries and 18,000 hyperlinks"
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