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- Gain
- Gambling Income
- Gambling Loss
- Game Theory
- Garnishment
- GDP Gap
- General Ledger
- General Obligation Bond
- General Partner
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Gift Tax
- Gifted Stock
- Gifting Phase
- Ginnie Mae (GNMA)
- Glass-Steagall Act
- Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)
- Global Recession
- Globalization
- Go Shop Period
- Godfather Offer
- Going Concern
- Going Private
- Going Public
- Gold Bug
- Gold BUGS Index (HUI)
- Gold Bull
- Gold Certificate
- Gold Fix
- Gold Fund
- Gold Option
- Gold Reserve Act of 1934
- Gold Standard
- Gold-Silver Ratio
- Goldbrick Shares
- Goldbricker
- Golden Boot
- Golden Bungee
- Golden Coffin
- Golden Cross
- Golden Hammer
- Golden Handcuffs
- Golden Handshake
- Golden Hello
- Golden Life Jacket
- Golden Parachute
- Golden Rule
- Golden Share
- Goldilocks Economy
- Goldman 360
- Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI)
- Good 'Til Canceled (GTC)
- Good Delivery
- Good Faith Estimate
- Good Faith Money
- Good This Month
- Good This Week
- Good Through
- Goodness of Fit
- Goods and Services Tax (GST)
- Goods in Process
- Goodwill
- Goodwill Impairment
- Goodwill-to-Assets Ratio
- Gordon Gekko
- Gordon Growth Model
- Gorilla
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government Accounting Office (GAO)
- Government Bond
- Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
- Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE)
- Grace Period
- Graduated Vesting
- Grandfather Clause
- Grant
- Grantee
- Grantor
- Green Shoe Option
- Greenback
- Greenmail
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Gross Earnings
- Gross Income
- Gross Interest
- Gross Margin
- Gross National Product (GNP)
- Gross Profit
- Gross Profit Margin
- Gross Receipts
- Gross Sales
- Group Banking
- Growth At a Reasonable Price (GARP)
- Growth Company
- Growth Company
- Growth Stock
- Guarantee
- Guaranteed Bond
- Guaranteed Investment Contract (GIC)
- Guaranteed Issuance
- Guarantor
- Guidance
YOY is short for year over year, which refers to the mathematical process of comparing one year of data to the previous year of data. In business, note that a fiscal year does not always go from January 1 to December 31; many companies have fiscal years beginning at other times.
