Company Basics basic earnings bottom line cash flow charge to earnings common stock diluted earnings earnings estimates earnings growth rate EBITDA ex-dividend First Call float fundamentals intrinsic value large-cap market capitalization mid-cap momentum negative surprise PEG preferred stock price-to-book price-to-earnings price-to-sales receivership securities shareholder rights plan small-cap top-line upside surprise value whisper number Airlines available seat miles/ASM CASM code sharing load factor regional jets RASM revenue passenger miles stage length yield Banking assets commercial community bank efficiency ratio liabilities money-center bank regional bank return on assets return on equity super-regional bank Biotechnology biotech vs. big pharma FDA approval process Brokerages broker bucket shop discount broker full service broker Glass-Steagall Act investment bank limit order NASD online broker specialist stop order trader trailing stop Casinos baccarat drop house edge slot machines the Strip Energy API cubic foot crude oil dayrates downstream drilling fleet independent exploration & production company jackup rigs land rigs majors natural gas onshore/offshore operator outer continental shelf price per barrel or barrels per day proved and probable reserves semisubmersibles stacking upstream Networking adapter cards asymmetric digital subscriber line/ADSL bandwidth bandwidth speed DWDM ethernet hub Internet service provider Internet telephony LAN remote access router switch WAN Options butterfly spread call covered call derivatives expiration in-the-money LEAPS married put naked put/call out-of-the-money premium puts straddle strike price triple-witching write REITS funds from operations paired-share Retail backlog comparable-store sales retail futures licensing retailers vs. suppliers/manufacturers same-store sales Semiconductors book-to-bill ratio chip CPU DRAM FAB integrated circuit microprocessor Moore's Law semiconductor semiconductor-equipment makers SOX SRAM Technical Analysis breakout congestion head and shoulders moving average resistance retracement support standard deviation VIX