We have curated a compendium of financial terminology commencing with the letter ‘S’ to improve your proficiency in financial literacy.
S Corporation
S&P 500 Index
S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
Safe Deposit Box
Safe Harbors
Safe Haven
Sale
Sales and Purchase Agreement
Sales Lead
Sales Tax
Salvage Value
Sampling
Sampling Distribution
Sampling Errors
Samurai Bond Definition
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Savings Account
Savings and Loan Crisis
Say’s Law of Markets
Scalability
Scalping
Scarcity
Scenario Analysis
Schedule 13D
Schedule 13G
Schedule A
Schedule K-1
Scope
Scrips
Seasonality
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
SEC Form S-1
SEC Yield
Second World
Secondary Market
1035 Exchange
Section 1231 Property
Section 1245
Section 1250
Sector
Sector Breakdown
Secular
Securities And Exchange Board of India
Securities Act of 1933
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Securities Lending
Securitization
Security
Security Market Line
Seed Capital
Seigniorage
Self-Directed IRA
Self Employed Contributions Act
Self-Employment
Self-Regulatory Organization
Sell in May and Go Away
Sell-Side
Seller Financing
Selling, General, & Administrative Expense
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
Share Repurchase
Shareholder
Shareholder Activist
Shareholder Equity
Shareholder Equity Ratio
Shareholder Value
Shareholder Value Added
Shareholders’ Agreement
Shares
Sharing Economy
Sharpe Ratio
Shell Corporation
Sherman Antitrust Act
Shooting Star
Short
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
Simple Interest
Simple Moving Average
Simple Random Sample
Simplified Employee Pension
Sinking Fund
Six Sigma
Skewness
Skin in the Game
Slippage
Small and Mid-size Enterprise
Small Business Administration
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
Social Security Number
Social Welfare System
Socialism
Socially Responsible Investments
Société Anonyme
Soft Skills
Software-as-a-Service
Sole Proprietorship
Solvency
Solvency Ratio
Sortino Ratio
Sovereign Wealth Fund
Special Drawing Rights
Special Economic Zones
Special Power of Attorney
Special Purpose Acquisition Company
Special Purpose Vehicle
Special Warranty Deed
Specialization
Speculation
Speculator
Spiders
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
Standard Deduction
Standard Deviation
Standard Error
Standard Industrial Classification
Standard of Living
Standardization
Standby Letters of Credit
Stare Decisis
Startup
State-Owned Enterprise
Statement of Retained Earnings
Statistical Significance
Statistics
Statute of Frauds
Statute of Limitations
Statutory Reserves
Step-Up in Basis
Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate
Sticky Wage Theory
Stipend
Stochastic Modeling
Stochastic Oscillator
Stochastic RSI
Stock
Stock Analysis
Stock Appreciation Right
Stock Compensation
Stock Dividend
Stock Exchange Daily Official List
Stock Exchange-Traded Fund
Stock Keeping Unit
Stock Market
Stock Market Crash
Stock Option
Stock Quote
Stock Screener
Stock Split
Stock Symbol
Stockbroker
Stockholders’ Equity
Stop-Limit Order
Stop-Loss Order
Stop Order
Stop Payments
Store of Value
Straddle
Straight Line Basis
Straight-Through Processing
Strangle
Strategic Alliance
Strategic Financial Management
Strategic Management
Stratified Random Sampling
Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat Analysis
Stress Testing
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
Substitute
Substitution Effect
Sukuk
Sum of Squares
Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation
Summa Cum Laude
Sunk Cost
Superannuation
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Supply
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Finance
Supply Chain Management
Supply Curve
Supply Shock
Support
Supranational
Surcharge
Surety
Surplus
Surplus Lines Insurance
Survivorship Bias
Sustainability
Sustainable Growth Rate
Swap
Swap Execution Facility
Swap Rate
Swaption
Sweat Equity
Sweep Account
Swing Trading
Swingline Loan
Switching Costs
Symmetrical Distribution
Syndicate
Syndicated Loan
Synergy
Synthetic
Systematic Investment Plan
Systemic Risk
Systematic Sampling
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