The following words and acronyms are ones we don’t have to spell out on first mention:
B/M
BPS (basis points)
CAPEX
CAPM
CAR
CEO
CIK
CRSP
CUSIP
EBIT / EBITDA
EDGAR
FDIC
GAAP
GDP
IBES
IID
IPO
ISIN
LIBOR
M/B, MTB (market to book)
NA or N/A
NAIC
Nasdaq
NBER
NYSE
OLS
PPE
R&D
ROA
SDC
SFAS
SIC
S&P
SEDOL
SIC
U.S.
VAR (when Vector Autoregression)
VIX