Stocks, ETFs, Stock Options, Gold, Silver, and Financial Discussion Forum Acronyms, Abbreviations, Definitions

This is an ABBREVIATED listing of some financial and investing and related terms. Shown here are some of the more unconventional terms. For the COMPLETE list, including more serious, authoritative, and “respectable” terms as well as additional “politically incorrect” ones, see the web page:

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61 Neutron Corp --
FYI, the most common isotope of silver has 61 neutrons. Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSRI) is sometimes referred to as 61 Neutron Corp. And Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS) is sometimes referred to as Hercules Silver Holdings.

911 --
Reference to the 9/11 (2001 September 11) destruction of the World Trade Center - WTC "Twin Towers" by, allegedly, rag-heads. (The question is: Who REALLY empowered/allowed/financed that event? Answer: TPTB were the only winners. See “911: The Big Lie” by Thierry Meyssan.

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ACC --
Anti-cabal cabal. "Founded" by "Scruffy" on a PM forum. Fights the PM price BOPping cabal by buying and taking delivery of physical gold and silver.

AG --
Alan Greenspan. U.S. central bank (Federal Reserve) ex-chairman. Ex-Objectivist (Ayn Rand's philosophy) and turncoat ex-free-market and ex-gold fan -- unless he is using the Fed to try and "stop the motor of the world" ala John Galt. ;-)
See “Alan Shrugged: Alan Greenspan, the World's Most Powerful Banker” by Jerome Tuccille.

AIM --
Automatic Investment Management. Robert Lichello's Core Position Trading™ (CPT™) "program trading" method for the little guy, ensuring his Buying Low and Selling High.
Note: AIM must not be used blindly, Google "Core Position Trading”
See “How to Make $1,000,000 in the Stock Market Automatically!” by Robert Lichello.

AKA --
Also Known As.

ALD --
American Liberty Dollar

AMF --
Adios, Mother F.....(er).

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B&H --
Buy and Hold (Buy and Hope).

BC BN BS BG --
Buy Cheap Buy Now Buy Silver Buy Gold (say "Scruffy" and "Scorpio" on a PM forum). See BLSH.

BFD --
Big F...ing Deal. (i.e., "So What?")

Biscuit --
Ten Tola Bar. Slang for a size of gold bar common in Asia and the Middle East. Harmony Gold (HMY) is one fabricator. Harmony defines its biscuits (Ten Tola Bars) as 3.746 troy oz., 99.9% fine. Minesite.com defines them, in general, as 116.638 gm, approx 3.75 oz.
See "The Ten Tola Bars" by Burton Wohl.

BLSH --
Buy Low Sell High. Good thinking, so why do most people (including most goldbugs) do just the opposite? Well, how low is low? How high is high? How much to buy or sell at what level(s)? If you really would like to BLSH, Google “Core Position Trading”

BO --
Breakout. Price breaking out of a trading range or channel. According to TA, that means something. Or not. Deemed to be a buy signal if a BO on the upside, and a sell signal if a BO on the downside. Of course, if the price retreats back to within the trading range/channel, then it was a "false" or unconfirmed BO. ;-)

BOHICA --
Bend Over -- Here It Comes Again

BOP --
1) Balance of Power (political term).
2) To manipulate, pound down (as re Gold price).

BTW --
By The Way...

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CB --
Central Bank. The FED is the U.S. Central Bank.
See “Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country” by William Greider.

CFTC --
(U.S.) Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Lapdog (excuse me, watchdog) over futures trading exchanges and brokers.

COL --
Cost of Living.

COLA --
Cost of Living Adjustment. An annual adjustment of wages to offset a change (usually a loss) in the purchasing power of the fiat U.S. dollar, as measured by the U.S. Federal Government Bureau of Labor Statistic's fraudulent Consumer Price Index (CPI).

COLI --
Cost of Living Index. Includes CPI, TIGF, and constantly increasing taxes, costs of regulations and prohibitions, etc.

COLIC --
Cost of Living Increases, Compounded. Cost of Living Index, Compounded. See CPI.

CPI --
Consumer Price Index, aka Corrupted Price Index. A U.S. Bureau of Labor statistical exercise whose purpose is to convince the sheeple that prices and the Cost of Living aren't really rising as fast as they actually are. The indicator measures the change in the cost of a basket of products and services, including housing, electricity, food, and transportation, but does not include taxes, license fees, and the costs of regulation. Also, items that increase too much in cost are replaced by cheaper items to keep the index increase minimized.

The manipulation of the CPI statistics is useful to other branches of government such as the Social Security Administration so it doesn't have to increase SS "benefits" to the extent that a true Cost of Living Index - COLI would indicate necessary. It is also useful to keep wage increase demands down, as wage increases are often related to the CPI. And, it also convinces sheeple investors that taxes on any so-called "capital gains" are really just taxes on gains and not actually confiscation of capital.
See also TIGF.

CPT™ --
Google “Core Position Trading”

CRIMEX --
A derogatory term for the COMEX.

CYA --
Cover Your Ass. (_x_)

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d3 -- "d" to the third (power) --
Deep do do, Deep doodoo.

DGC --
Digital Gold Currency / Digital Gold Currencies. For an example, see e-gold.

DUCK --
NASDAQ (quack quack).

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EC --
European Community. An economic and political alliance designed to foster trade, cooperation, and political and economic control among its member countries. Note that "political and economic control" defines fascism.

EGTTTS --
Everything Government Touches Turns To Sh..t.

EOR --
End Of Rant.

EPS --
Earnings Per Share. A figure of merit used to judge a stock's value. Of course, this depends on accurate, truthful accounting reporting.

ETF --
Exchange Traded Fund. The AMEX QQQQ is an example.

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FATF --
Financial Action Task Force. A group linked to the OECD devoted to fighting "money laundering" and other "financial crimes". That is, a group devoted to tracking and punishing YOU for using, moving or disposing of your own property (money) as you see fit.

FED --
U.S. Federal Reserve System. The U.S. central bank. A private corporation controlling and profiting from the U.S. government monetary system.
See “The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G. Edward Griffin.

FFT --
Five Flags Theory. Originally, this was the "Three Flag Theory", formulated and expounded by Sir Harry D. Schultz, noted political-economic commentator, investment adviser, and editor of the International Harry Schultz Letter (HSL). It has since been expanded in its definition to encompass five, and sometimes six, flags. This is also called the "PT philosophy".

Persons utilizing this philosophy are called "PT"s, PT being a catchall acronym for various descriptions of these persons, such as "Prior Taxpayer", "Perpetual Tourist", "Parked Temporarily", "Possibility Thinker", etc. What all PTs have in common is a desire to maximize their freedom, privacy, and wealth, and to minimize the extortions and controls of various governments.

The original "Three Flags Theory" means that the PT wraps himself in three different flags -- patronizing at least three different countries other than the country of his citizenship for different purposes:
Second passport
Asset Management (safe haven for assets)
Domicile ("Legal address" in a tax haven)

For the "Five Flags", two more are added:
Business Base
Playground

Sometimes "Six Flags" are referred to; the sixth is not properly a flag or country, but is defined as establishing a consistent purpose in life.

Fiat --
Decree. "Fiat" means "by decree".
Fiat "money" is made legal tender by decree. The decree is necessary because it has no value other than that enforced by the issuer of the decree. As contrasted with real money (commodity money such as gold, silver, wheat... ).
BTW, the "dollar" and the "pound" ONCE were actual measures of gold and silver.
Since there is no intrinsic value to fiat money, governments can easily "inflate" the supply of it by simply printing more and more of it and authorizing the equally corrupt banking system to create more of it out of nothing by continually expanding credit.
Cutting money loose from reality (by fiat) has allowed modern governments unprecedented ability to manipulate and control their publics.
See “What Has Government Done to Our Money?” by Murray N. Rothbard.

FOS --
Full Of Sh...t.

FRN --
Federal Reserve Note. So-called "dollar" currency bills in various denominations. (But there is no reserve, and they are not notes.) Could be defined as "Frauds, Really Nothing" or "Fiats, Really Nothing".

FWIW --
For What It's Worth.

FYI --
For Your Information.

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GATA --
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee.


GoldMember --
A character played by Mike Myers (along with Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard) in the Austin Powers movie "Austin Powers in Goldmember".

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HYIP --
High Yield Investment Program. Most, if not all, are Ponzi schemes. Coincidentally, sounds like "hype".

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IAWIAATATIA --
I Am What I Am And That's All That I Am (says "Pop_Eye").

IH --
Invisible Hand. (From Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" -- How a free market supposedly works.)
See "The Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith.

IMCO --
In My Considered Opinion.

IMHO --
In My Humble Opinion.

IMNSHO --
In My Not So Humble Opinion.

IMO --
In My Opinion.

IMVHO --
In My Very Humble Opinion.

IRA --
Individual Retirement Account. A bone thrown to tax-slaves by their masters.

IRS --
U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The collection arm of the NWO privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve System. Also stands for "It Really Steals".
See “The Great Income Tax Hoax: Why You Can Immediately Stop Paying This Illegally Enforced Tax” by Irwin Schiff, Peter Schiff.

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J6P --
Joe Six-Pack. Doofus Americanus, sheeple, vidiot... Brit counterpart is "Johnny Lunch-Bucket". Female counterpart is SSUV.

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LMAO --
Laughing My Ass Off.

LME --
London Metals Exchange.

LOL --
Laughing Out Loud.

LWF --
Lying Weasel Factor.

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MIB --
Men in Black. Government employed (in alphabet agencies) terrorists. (Not to be confused with the alien-fighting comedy sf flick characters, though those characters were inspired by the real MIB.)

Microsucks --
Microsoft.

MOABO --
Mother Of All Buying Opportunities.

MOTU --
Masters Of The Universe ( TPTB).

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NAZ --
NASDAQ.

NIA --
Not Investment Advice.

NINJA --
A type of real estate sub-prime loan issued to borrowers with "No Income, No Job or Assets".

NWO --
New World Order. TPTB's vision of a one-world, one-economy social order. Complete with location determining and thought monitoring and controlling implants in all serfs (you). All transactions, social and economic, to be monitored and controlled. With liberty and justice for all.

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OECD --
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. A Paris-based international organization devoted to protecting the continued ability of the high-tax nations to exploit the minority of their wealthy but politically unconnected citizens (subjects) for programs to pacify the masses, in order to maintain their power.

OPM --
Other People's Money.

Oz --
1) ounce.
2) Australia.

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PC --
1) Personal Computer.
2) Politically Correct. Political Correctness (Fashionable Fascism).

PE or P/E --
Price/Earnings Ratio. A figure of merit used to judge if a stock is over-priced (relatively high PE) or under-priced (relatively low PE). Of course, this depends on accurate, truthful accounting reporting.

PGM --
Platinum Group Metals. Nickel, Palladium, Platinum, and Ununnilium are the "Platinum Group" metals. (Group [column] 10 of the periodic table of elements.)
And, Copper, Silver, Gold, and Unununium are the "Gold Group" metals. (Group [column] 11 of the periodic table of elements.)

PGP --
Pretty Good Privacy. An e-mail and document encryption method enabling very secure communications. Uses public and private keys.
See “PGP: Pretty Good Privacy” by Simson Garfinkel.

PIG --
People/Person in Government.

PIGS --
People/Persons in Government "Service".

POG --
Price of Gold.

POO --
Price of Oil.

POS --
1) Price of Silver.
2) Piece of Sh...t. (Referring to a person, company, or product.)

POV --
Point of View.

PPI --
Producer Price Index. A U.S. Bureau of Labor statistical exercise.

PPT --
Plunge Protection Team. A cabal of government and financial industry puppet-masters ( FED and TPTB) pulling strings to cause the injection or withdrawal of massive amounts of "money" into the financial and/or PM markets so as to prevent or slow declines in market averages such as the DOW and NASDAQ, and to prevent or slow price rises in the PMs. (The Working Group on Financial Markets).

PT | PT Philosophy --
PT is a term coined by Sir Harry D. Schultz, noted political-economic commentator and investment adviser. Used as an acronym, many variations have been coined, such as Paltry Taxpayer, Parked Temporarily, Parttime Tourist (Traveler/Traveller), Part-time Tourist (Traveler/Traveller), Passing Through, Past Taxpayer, Perfect Thing, Permanent Tourist (Traveler/Traveller), Perpetual Tourist (Traveler/Traveller), Person of Talent, Possibility Thinker, Prepared Thoroughly, Preparing for Tomorrow, Prior Taxpayer, Private Transactor, and Publisher Temporarily.

Describes a person utilizing the "Five Flags Theory".

PTB --
Powers That Be.

P&D --
Pump and Dump. A stock scam operated by company insiders and friends. Usually involves lightly traded penny stocks, such as those on the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE), or on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTC-BB) or "Pink Sheet" lists. The owners and friends buy (or create) millions of shares, then hire a "research" (tout) firm to create slick direct mail (postal mail) advertising brochures and websites touting the virtues and superb prospects of the company. The Pump. As the public dupes jump in, the insiders sell to them at greatly inflated prices. The Dump. As the public (dupe) demand dries up, the stock price plummets to pre-pump levels. It would seem to be a great opportunity for US to capitalize on that -- not by buying, but by shorting as the stock begins to decline after the big run-up. Unfortunately, we peons are not allowed to do that -- that windfall opportunity is reserved for the brokers and market-makers.

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R2R2R --
Rags to Riches to Rags.

ROTFLMAO --
Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off.

RRR --
Rags to Riches to Rags.

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SNAFU --
Situation Normal, All F...d Up. Note that pussies/prudes rephrase it as "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up".

SOL --
Sh...t Outa Luck.

SOP --
Standard Operating Procedure

SSUV --
Suzie SUV. Alternative term for "soccer mom". Female counterpart to J6P (Clueless Boobi Americani).

SUA --
Silver Users Association

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TA --
Technical Analysis (of stock, futures, options ... prices) by analysis of price charts. An attempt to determine profitable buying and selling points. (The problem with TA is that two analysts looking at the same chart frequently come up with different buy/sell/hold recommendations, based upon their particular methodologies.) For a viable alternative to TA and to Buy and Hold (Buy and Hope), Google “Core Position Trading”

TANSTAAFL --
There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch. (Probably coined by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein, author of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" [a great anarchical tale] and MANY more.)
See "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein.

TBD --
To Be Determined.

TEOTWAWKI --
The End of the World as We Know it.

TGIF --
Thank God it's Friday. Not to be confused with TIGF.

TIGF --
Truth in Government Factor. An adjustment to the CPI necessitated by the fact that that your government lies -- surprise, surprise -- about the real rate of inflation and increases in the COLI. Unfortunately, TIGF can only be estimated. A rule of thumb is to increase each government stated monthly CPI increase rate by at least a third. Not to be confused with TGIF.

TPOTP --
The Power of the People (which is nil).

TPTB --
The Powers That Be.

TSHTF --
The Sh...t Hits the Fan.

TSWHTF --
The Sh...t WILL Hit the Fan.

TT Bar --
Ten Tola Bar. See Biscuit.

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UK --
United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, and Scotland.

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WAG --
Wild Ass Guess.

WPOG --
White Powder of Gold. A long-rumored, but elusive form (chemical phase state) of gold that is purported to have astounding health and longevity benefits. (A more well-known example of different phase states for an element is carbon: In one form it is an opaque soft black gunk -- carbon black, charcoal, coal, etc. -- whereas in another form it is a transparent hard crystalline substance -- diamond.)
See "Secrets of the Alchemists (Mysteries of the Unknown)" by George Constable.

WTHDIK --
What The Hell Do I Know?

WTO --
World Trade Organization. Another NWO organization devoted to peonizing us.

WTSHTF --
When The Sh...t Hits The Fan.

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YBYSAIC --
You Bet Your Sweet Ass It Can.