investing acronyms and abbreviations > A

A: class A stocks 
AAF: Asset Allocation Fund 
AAGR: average annual growth rate 
AAR: Average Annual Return 
ABB: Activity-Based Budgeting 
ABF: Asian Bond Fund 
ABI: Absolute Breadth Index 
ABM: Activity Based Management 
ABS: Automated Bond System 
ACATS: Automated Customer Account Transfer Service 
ACB: Adjusted Cost Base 
ACRS: Accelerated Cost Recovery System 
ACT: Automated Confirmation Transaction Service 
AD: Advance/Decline Line 
ADF: Andorran Franc 
ADR: American Depositary Receipt 
ADR: American Depository Receipts 
ADS: American Depositary Share 
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 
ADTV: Average Daily Trading Volume 
ADX: Average Directional Index 
AED: Arab Emirates Dirham 
AER: Annual Equivalent Rate 
AFA: Afghanistan Afghani 
AGI: Adjusted Gross Income 
AGM: Annual General Meeting 
AHT: After-Hours Trading 
AIR: assumed interest rate 
ALL: Albanian Lek 
AMEX: American Stock Exchange 
AMPS: Auction Market Preferred Stock 
AMT: Alternative Minimum Tax 
ANG: Netherlands Antilles Guilder 
AON: All or None 
AON: Angolan New Kwanza 
AP: Accounts Payable 
APR: Annual Percentage Rate 
APT: Arbitrage Pricing Theory 
APV: Adjusted Present Value 
APY: Annual Percentage Yield