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Terms Beginning with “D”
- Dash Cryptocurrency
- Day Bagger
- Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)
- Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
- Dead Cat Bounce
- Dealer
- Debt Ceiling
- Debt Consolidation
- Debt Ratio
- Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)
- Decentralized Application (dApp)
- Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
- Decentralized Finance
- Decentralized Network
- Decred (DCR)
- Deep Learning
- Deferred Revenue
- Demand Deposit
- Demographic Dividend
- Demographics
- Demutalization
- Dependency Ratio
- Dependent
- Depletions
- Depreciation
- Desktop Valuation
- Diamond Hands
- DigiByte (DGB)
- Digital Asset
- Digital Currency
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Wallet
- Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- Direct Loans
- Direct Stock Purchase Plan
- Disbursement
- Discount Rate
- Discounted Cash Flow Model
- Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
- Divest
- Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
- Dividend Growth Model (DGM)
- Dividend Income
- Dividend Payments
- Dividend Payout Ratio
- Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)
- Dividend Yield
- Dividends Per Share
- Dividends Received Deduction
- Dividends in Arrears
- DogeBonk (DOBO)
- DogeDash (DOGEDASH)
- Dogelon Mars (ELON)
- Dogs of the Dow
- Dollar-Cost Averaging
- Double Down Buy Alert
- Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA)
- Dual-Listing
- Dual-Purpose Fund
- Due Diligence
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![Person pulling money out of their wallet.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Person_pulling_money_out_of_their_wallet.width-600.jpg)
What Is Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)?
![Pencil resting on a balance sheet.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/accounting_ledger_GettyImages-541851772.width-600.jpg)
What Is Depreciation?
![A person inspects a document with a magnifying glass.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/man_inspecting_document_with_magnifying_glass_.width-600.jpg)
What Is Due Diligence?
![An infographic defining and explaining the term "debt-service coverage ratio"](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/debt-service-coverage-ratio.width-600.png)
What Is the Debt-Service Coverage Ratio?
![An infographic defining and explaining the term "dealer"](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/dealer.width-600.png)
What Is a Dealer?
![An infographic defining and explaining the term "demand deposit"](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/demand-deposit-infographic.width-600.png)
What Is a Demand Deposit?
![Person standing near much larger 3D colorful pie chart.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Slide_13_-_businesswoman_wearing_white_looking.width-600.jpg)
What Are Demographics?
![Alarm clock next to a calendar.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/9_4.width-600.jpg)
What Is Days Payable Outstanding (DPO)?
![An infographic defining and explaining the term "digital wallet"](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/digital-wallet.width-600.png)
What Is a Digital Wallet?
![One person placing cash into the outstretched hand of another.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/1_-_ask_for_a_raise_-_Getty.width-600.jpg)
What Is Disbursement?
![An infographic defining and explaining the term "dividends per share"](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/dividends-per-share.width-600.png)
What Are Dividends Per Share?
![An infographic defining and explaining the term "divest"](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/divest.width-600.png)
What Does Divest Mean?
![A robot gives a lecture standing in front of a chalkboard full of scientific information.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Robot_lecturing.width-600.jpg)
What Is Deep Learning?
![The U.S. Capitol building.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/slide_2-_progressive_tax_system.width-600.jpg)
What Is the Debt Ceiling?
![The word Debt on a chalkboard being erased by an orange eraser.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Slide_16.Word_debt_on_chalkboard_being_erased..width-600.jpg)
What Is the Debt Ratio?
![The word Dividends written on a blue sticky note sitting next to a roll of cash.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Slide_7_--_dividends_written_on_a_piece_of_pap.width-600.jpg)
What Is the Dividends Received Deduction?
![What Is the Demographic Dividend?](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/carousel_fallback.png)
What Is the Demographic Dividend?
![A family with two young kids smiling for the camera](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/slide_16-_dont_splurge_on_fancy_view.width-600.jpg)
What Is the Dependency Ratio?
![Tax forms laying scattered with a calculator, glasses, some cash, and a pen on top.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Tax_GettyImages-495021170_1.width-600.jpg)
What Is a Dependent?
![Businessman marking out stock chart patterns on wall](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Slide_13_-_businessman_marking_out_stock_chart.width-600.jpg)
What Is a Dead Cat Bounce in Investing?
![Piggy bank with dollar bills sticking out the top.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Piggy_Bank_With_Cash.width-600.jpg)
Calculating Diluted Earnings per Share (EPS) Formula
![Entrance of a stone building with Federal Reserve carved above the door.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_I7j5m8g.jpg)
What Is the Discount Rate?
![A broker working on stock research.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_1nu4rPQ.jpg)
The Discounted Cash Flow Model
![Illustration of bull and bear stock market.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Slide_1_illustration_of_bull_and_bear_stock_ma.width-600.jpg)
Dogs of the Dow
![Finger pressing buy button on keyboard](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/slide_6_-_buy_button_-_source_getty.width-600.jpg)
What Does a Double Down Buy Alert Mean?
![Dual listing means listing a stock on multiple exchanges, which can lead to higher liquidity and more trading time.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/dual-listing-infographic.width-600.png)
What Is Dual-Listing?
![Money printing on printing machine.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/GettyImages-1293478668.width-600.jpg)
What is Dollar-Cost Averaging?
![Blockchain crypto technology symbolizing chain of block in digital ledger for cryptocurrency like bitcoin or ethereum. Data security and encryption. Connected nodes, fintech. Abstract background.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/blockchain_visualization.width-600.jpg)
Defining DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
![Communication network around Earth, worldwide international connections, finance, internet, IoT](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/communication_network.width-600.jpg)
What is a Decentralized Network?
![A rendering of a digital chain.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_Em8tUzK.jpg)
What is Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)?
![Person jogging outside.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/16_1.width-600.jpg)
What Is Dash Cryptocurrency?
![Centralised vs Decentralised business diagram with icon](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/decentralized_versus_decentralized_image.width-600.jpg)
What Are Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)?
![Person looking at stock charts on multiple screens.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/1-adult-day-trader.width-600.jpg)
What is Decred (DCR)?
![A man and two women celebrating a win at the slot machine.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_MRBnubw.jpg)
What Does Diamond Hands Mean?
![Digital dollar sign icon](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Digital_dollar_sign_icon.width-600.jpg)
What is DigiByte (DGB)?
![Female digital artist painting on a digital tablet creating NFT crypto art for marketplace non-fungible token](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/NFT_artist_working_at_home.width-600.jpg)
What are Digital Assets?
![Someone holding a smartphone and credit card.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_GaQhMjg.jpg)
What Is a Digital Currency?
![Different cryptocurrencies lying in a pile atop a smartphone opened to a trading app.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/crypto_token_image.width-600.jpg)
What is DogeBonk (DOBO)?
![Stacks of physical crypto coins in front of a virtual currency price chart.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Cryptocurrency_Exchange_Trade_Bitcoin_Transact.width-600.jpg)
What is DogeDash (DOGEDASH)?
![Different cryptocurrencies lying in a pile atop a smartphone opened to a trading app.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/crypto_token_image.width-600.jpg)
What Is Dogelon Mars (ELON)?
![A hand tightly gripping a bundle of dollar bills in various denominations.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Hand_tightly_gripping_bundle_of_US_dollars.width-600.jpg)
What Is the DDM (Dividend Discount Model)?
![An arrow made of dollars is pointing up.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/arrow_made_of_dollars_going_up.width-600.jpg)
Dividend Growth Model
![dividend income](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/dividend_income.width-600.jpg)
What Is Dividend Income?
![Person using phone at desk with multiple computer monitors.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/older-investor-trades-on-his-phone.width-600.jpg)
What Is a Dividend Payout Ratio & Why Should I Care About It?
![A businessperson holding a stopwatch behind an ascending stack of coins.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/A_businessman_holding_a_stopwatch_behind_an_as.width-600.jpg)
What Is Dividend Yield?
![A businessperson holding a stopwatch behind an ascending stack of coins.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/A_businessman_holding_a_stopwatch_behind_an_as.width-600.jpg)
Dividends in Arrears Defined & Discussed
![A businessperson holding a stopwatch behind an ascending stack of coins.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/A_businessman_holding_a_stopwatch_behind_an_as.width-600.jpg)
Dividend Payments Defined
![banking loan signing contract finance two hands](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/banking_loan_signing_contract_finance_two_hand.width-600.jpg)
What Are Direct Loans?
![A pile of gold coins and a hand holding one up that says Ethereum.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Ethereum_Bitcoin_Cryptocurrency_Digital_Blockc.width-600.jpg)
What Is a Decentralized Application (dApp)?
![Paying with credit card for online purchase.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_MOCceKV.jpg)
What Is a Direct Stock Purchase Plan?
![Wall Street building with American flags flying.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/httpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimages210066gettyim.width-600.png)
What Is Demutalization?
![A Venn diagram infographic showing the similarities and differences between common and preferred stock.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/original_imageshttpsg.foolcdn.comeditorialimag.width-600_kw700dv.png)
What Is a Dual-Purpose Fund?
![Person in front of computer is excited and smiling with hands in air.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/GettyImages-1304761625.width-600.jpg)
What Is a Day Bagger?
![An oil rig at sunset.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/OilDrilling.width-600.jpg)
What Are Depletions?
![Woman uses desktop computer at home.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/11_-_personal_computer_-_Getty.width-600.jpg)
What Is a Desktop Valuation?
![Businessperson using tablet to view stock charts.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/Businessman_using_tablet_online_banking_exchan.width-600.jpg)
What Is Digital Marketing?
![An infographic explaining the difference between company-operated and broker-operated dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs).](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/dividend-reinvestment-plan-infographic.width-600.png)
What Is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP)?
![Balance sheet with a fountain pen and glasses lying on top.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/balance_sheet_with_a_fountain_pen.width-600.jpg)
What Is Deferred Revenue?
![A person holding about 10 credit cards and choosing one.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/slide_4-_card_with_no_extra_fees.width-600.jpg)
What Is Debt Consolidation?
![A Boeing 737 flying through the air.](https://m.foolcdn.com/media/dubs/images/aerospace-boeing-737-max-ba_large.width-600.jpg)
What Is the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJTA)?
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