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