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Technical analysis
Technical analysts study trading histories to identify price trends in particular shares, mutual funds, commodities, or options in specific market sectors or in the overall financial markets. They use their findings to predict probable, often short-term, trading patterns in the investments that they study. The speed (and advocates would say the accuracy) with which the analysts do their work depends on the development of increasingly sophisticated computer programs.

Ticker (tape)
While the stock markets are in session, there is a running record of trading activity in each individual stock. Today's computerized system, still referred to as the ticker or ticker tape, actually replaces the scrolling paper tape of the past.

Time deposit
When you put money into a bank or savings and loan account with a fixed term, such as a certificate of deposit (CD), you are making a time deposit. Time deposits may pay interest at a higher rate than demand deposit accounts, such as checking or money market accounts, from which you can withdraw at any time. But if you withdraw from a time deposit account before the term ends, you may have to pay a penalty — sometimes as much as all the interest that has been credited to your account. Some other time deposits.

Trustee
A trustee is a person or institution appointed to manage assets for someone else's benefit. For example, a trustee may be responsible for money you have transferred to a trust, or money in certain retirement accounts. Trustees are entitled to collect a fee for their work, often a percentage of the value of the amount in trust. In turn, they are responsible for managing the assets in the best interests of the beneficiary of the trust. That's known as fiduciary responsibility.