Terms
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adjustedrecalculated after one-time costs are removed
after-hourstrading after the regular market has closed
backlogorders received but not yet finished
capital spendingmoney spent on long-lived things such as servers or factories
consensusthe average of Wall Street's forecasts
core PCEthe same price gauge with food and energy removed
corporate bonda debt note issued by a company
data centera large building of computers that runs AI calculations
dilutionexisting owners' share shrinks because new shares are issued
Dowa stock score made from 30 large U.S. companies
earningsa company's report card for the quarter
earnings per shareprofit earned by one share of stock
Fedthe U.S. central bank, which sets interest rates
free cash flowcash left after capital spending. A deficit means cash was short, not left over
guidancethe outlook the company itself gives for the next period
indexa score made by putting many stock prices into one basket
marginthe share of revenue left after costs
market capthe value of all of a company's shares added together
Nasdaqa stock basket with many technology companies
PCEa price gauge based on what people actually bought
profitwhat is left after costs are taken out of revenue
revenuemoney that came in from selling goods or services
Russell 2000a basket of 2,000 smaller U.S. companies
S&P 500a basket of 500 large U.S. companies
Treasurya debt note issued by the U.S. government
yieldthe price of borrowing money