# Swoopr Investment: Glossary # Scoped content manifest for LLM agents and web crawlers. # Generated: 2026-10-09 # 55 pages in this section. # Root index: https://www.getswoopr.com/llms.txt ## Reference - [Investment & Trading Glossary](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary.md)): Look up investing, stock market, portfolio, retirement, ETF, bond, trading and crypto terms, then follow connected guides and tools for deeper explanations. - [What Does Alpha Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/alpha-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/alpha-meaning-in-investing.md)): Alpha has five meanings in investing: Jensen's alpha, manager skill, factor-model residual, informational edge, and statistical intercept. Learn which applies before making a performance claim. - [What Does Basis Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/basis-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/basis-meaning-in-investing.md)): Basis has several distinct meanings in investing: futures basis, cost basis, adjusted basis, and basis points. Learn each definition, how they differ, and when each applies. - [What Does Beta Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/beta-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/beta-meaning-in-investing.md)): Beta has five meanings: market beta, regression beta, levered equity beta, unlevered asset beta, and portfolio beta. Learn which sense applies before comparing risk statistics or capital structures. - [What Does Capital Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/capital-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/capital-meaning-in-investing.md)): Capital has seven meanings: financial resources, equity capital, debt capital, working capital, invested capital, regulatory capital, and capital gain. Learn which applies before analysis. - [What Does Drawdown Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/drawdown-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/drawdown-meaning-in-investing.md)): Drawdown has five meanings: portfolio drawdown, maximum drawdown, retirement spending, credit facility withdrawal, and private-equity capital call. Learn which applies before analyzing risk. - [What Does Duration Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/duration-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/duration-meaning-in-investing.md)): Duration has six distinct meanings: Macaulay, modified, effective, spread, portfolio, and drawdown duration. Learn which applies before interpreting interest-rate sensitivity or risk statistics. - [What Does Equity Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/equity-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/equity-meaning-in-investing.md)): Equity has six meanings: stock, shareholders' equity, home equity, account equity, private-company equity, and the private equity industry. Learn which applies before drawing a conclusion. - [What Does Exercise Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/exercise-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/exercise-meaning-in-investing.md)): Exercise has four meanings: listed option exercise, option assignment, warrant exercise, and employee stock option exercise. Learn which applies before acting on an options or equity compensation position. - [What Does Exposure Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/exposure-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/exposure-meaning-in-investing.md)): Exposure has seven meanings: market-value, gross, net, factor, currency, counterparty, and Greek exposure. Learn which risk factor is in scope before using an exposure figure in portfolio decisions. - [Financial Words With Multiple Meanings](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/financial-terms-with-multiple-meanings/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/financial-terms-with-multiple-meanings.md)): Finance reuses the same words for different ideas. Margin, yield, spread, basis, and premium each carry several distinct meanings. Learn to read context before numbers. - [What Does Float Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/float-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/float-meaning-in-investing.md)): Float has five distinct meanings in investing: public float, free float, short float, float-adjusted market cap, and floating exchange rate. Learn which one applies before you use the number. - [What Does Interest Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/interest-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/interest-meaning-in-investing.md)): Interest has six meanings: interest rate, interest income, interest expense, accrued interest, investment interest expense, and ownership or beneficial interest. Learn which sense is active before using an interest figure in analysis or tax planning. - [What Does Leverage Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/leverage-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/leverage-meaning-in-investing.md)): Leverage has five meanings: financial leverage, brokerage margin, derivative notional exposure, operating leverage, and leveraged ETF daily multiple. Learn which source of amplification applies. - [What Does Liquidity Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/liquidity-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/liquidity-meaning-in-investing.md)): Liquidity has five distinct meanings in investing: market, funding, portfolio, balance-sheet, and DeFi protocol liquidity. Learn which sense applies before drawing a risk or portfolio conclusion. - [What Does Margin Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/margin-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/margin-meaning-in-investing.md)): Margin has four distinct meanings in investing: profit margin, brokerage margin, futures margin, and margin of safety. Learn how to identify which one applies and why mixing them up creates real errors. - [What Does Maturity Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/maturity-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/maturity-meaning-in-investing.md)): Maturity has five meanings: bond maturity, CD maturity, loan maturity, futures delivery month, and weighted average maturity. Learn which endpoint concept applies before your analysis. - [Glossary Methodology & Structured Export](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/methodology/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/methodology.md)): How Swoopr Investment sources, reviews, and publishes its trading glossary, plus how to download the glossary as a structured JSON export. - [What Does Premium Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/premium-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/premium-meaning-in-investing.md)): Premium has different meanings in investing: options premium, bond premium, premium to NAV, risk premium, and insurance premium. Learn how to distinguish each and why it matters. - [What Does Principal Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/principal-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/principal-meaning-in-investing.md)): Principal has five meanings: loan principal, bond face value, invested amount, the party giving instructions in an agency relationship, and a licensed supervisory role. Learn which sense applies. - [What Does Return Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/return-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/return-meaning-in-investing.md)): Return has seven meanings: simple holding-period, total, annualized CAGR, time-weighted, money-weighted IRR, real or after-tax, and return of capital. Learn which applies before comparing results. - [What Does Settlement Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/settlement-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/settlement-meaning-in-investing.md)): Settlement has five distinct meanings in investing: trade settlement, daily settlement price, final settlement price, cash settlement, and physical settlement. Learn which sense applies before acting. - [Spread in Investing: Bid-Ask, Credit](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/spread-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/spread-meaning-in-investing.md)): Spread is a relationship word that means different things by market. Learn how bid-ask spread, credit spread, yield spread, options spreads, and futures spreads each work and when to use them. - [What Does Strike Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/strike-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/strike-meaning-in-investing.md)): Strike has four meanings in investing: strike price, moneyness relative to strike, strike selection, and strike interval. Learn which sense applies before your options analysis. - [What Does Turnover Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/turnover-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/turnover-meaning-in-investing.md)): Turnover has three meanings in investing: portfolio turnover, asset turnover ratio, and market turnover (trading volume). Learn which sense applies before your analysis. - [What Does Volatility Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/volatility-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/volatility-meaning-in-investing.md)): Volatility has five meanings: realized, historical, implied, portfolio volatility, and volatility index. Learn which estimator, which horizon, and whose returns before drawing a conclusion. - [What Does Volume Mean in Investing?](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/volume-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/volume-meaning-in-investing.md)): Volume has five distinct meanings in investing: trading volume, dollar volume, trade count, contract volume, and business unit volume. Learn which sense applies before drawing a conclusion. - [Yield in Investing: Bond Yield](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/yield-meaning-in-investing/) ([Markdown](https://www.getswoopr.com/glossary/yield-meaning-in-investing.md)): Yield means different things in different markets. 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