Investment Acronyms

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George L Smyth

1 mins

January 5th, 2023

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Acronym	Meaning	Comments
ABW	Automatic Bank Withdrawal	Canada Term - ACH
ACB	Adjusted Cost Base	Average Cost of Buying More Once
ACH	Automatic Clearing House	U.S.A. Term - ABW
AFAIK	As Far As I Know
AMR	American Depository Receipt
BMOIL	BMO Investorline	Discount Broker
BTW	By The Way
CAPM	Captial Asset Pricing Model
CDIC	Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
CMHC	Canadian Mortage and Housing Corporation
CPI	Consumer Price Index	Inflation
CPP	Canada Pension Plan
CRA/CCRA	Canada Revenue Agency	Canada Taxman
DCA	Dollar Cost Averaging
DRASP	TransAlta's name for their DRiP + SPP
DRiP	Dividend Reinvestment Plan
DSP/DSPP	Direct Share Purchase Plan
EDTC	Enhanced Dividend Tax Credit
ETF	Exchange Traded Fund
FCF	Free Cash Flow
IMO	In My Opinion
IRS	Internal Revenue Service	U.S.A. Taxman
MER	Management Expense Ratio
NAV	Net Asset Value
OCP	Optional Cash Payment/Optional Cash Purchase	U.S.A. Term - SPP
OAS	Old Age Security
OT	Off Topic
OTOH	On The Other Hand
P/E	Price/Earning
PITA	Pain In The Ass
POV	Point Of View
RBCDI	RBC Direct Investing	Discount Broker
ROC	Return On Capital
ROE	Return On Equity
ROFL	Roll On the Floor Laughing
ROI	Return On Investment
RRIF	Registered Retirement Income Fund
RRSP	Registered Retirement Saving Plan
SPP	Share Purchase Plan	Canada Term - OCP
TDWH	TD Waterhouse	Discount Broker
TER	Total Expense Ratio
WADR	With All Due Respect

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George L Smyth

George has been investing in stocks since 1992 and founded DripInvesting.org, the foremost authority on dividend investing (acquired in 2022 by Moneyzine). He began his investing journey late, realising he was behind in saving money for retirement and seeing an oncoming threat of college expenses for his two children. What seemed destined for failure was soon followed by success upon realising the advantages of long-term dividend investing. Aside from DripInvesting.org, George has held a role as a weekly contributing author at The Motley Fool, writing numerous articles about dividend investing.