Common investment terminology used in Australia, categorised alphabetically
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Quotation
Prices at which buyers and sellers are prepared to trade, see also ask price and bid price.


Rally
A price rise after a period of declining prices. Opposite of correction.
Ratings
Indicators of the creditworthiness or riskiness of issuers of fixed interest securities.
Realised profit (or loss)
A profit (or loss) resulting from the liquidation of an investment.
Reconstruction
A company may reconstruct its shares into units of greater value. Also known as a reverse split.
Redeemable
Exchangeable for cash.
Reserves
Shareholders' funds such as undistributed profits, capital gains and asset revaluations.
Resistance level
A point at which an upward price movement is expected to slow down or stop.
Return
Income and capital gains expressed as an annual percentage of the amount invested.
Rights issue
A privilege granted to shareholders to buy new shares in the company usually below the current market price.