Terms Beginning With 'S'
S Corporation (S Subchapter)
S&P 500 Index (Standard & Poor's 500 Index)
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats 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 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
All About 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 S-1: What It Is, How to File It or Amend It
SEC Yield
Second World
Secondary Market
What Is a 1035 Exchange? Definition and How the Rules Work
Section 1231 Property: Definition, Examples, and Tax Treatment
Section 1245
Section 1250
Sector
Sector Breakdown Definition and Stock Market Use
Secular: What It Means in Stock Investing, With Examples
Securities And Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Securities Act of 1933: Significance and History
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
What Is the Securities Exchange Act of 1934? Reach and History
Securities Lending
Securitization
Security
Security Market Line (SML) Definition and Characteristics
Seed Capital
Seigniorage
Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA)
Self Employed Contributions Act (SECA)
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 I Bond
Series 3
Series 6
Series 7
Series 9/10
Series 24
Series 57
Series 63
Series 65
Series 66
Series B Financing
Series EE 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
What Is a Shell Corporation? How It's Used, Examples and Legality
Sherman Antitrust Act
Shooting Star
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
Guide to Socially Responsible Investments (SRI)
Société Anonyme (S.A.): Definition, Examples, Requirements
What Are Soft Skills? Definition, Importance, and Examples
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-Limit Order
Stop-Loss Order
Stop Order
Stop Payments
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
What Is Stress Testing? How It Works, Main Purpose, and Examples
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
Swing Trading
Swingline Loan
Switching Costs
Symmetrical Distribution
Syndicate
Syndicated Loan
Synergy
Synthetic
Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
Systemic Risk
Systematic Sampling