The financial world has developed a special investment-oriented language to help describe the stock market, investments, securities for the stock market, stock market analysis, and its conditions. At times you may be confronted with a term which is totally alien or has a completely different meaning from what you thought. Misunderstanding these terms can sometimes lead to the wrong conclusion, and that can cost you money!

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Gain/Loss The profit or loss on a given security or portfolio expressed in ruppees. This is calculated as market value minus cost basis.   Gain/Loss % The profit or loss on a given security or portfolio expressed as a percentage. This is calculated as market value minus cost basis divided by cost basis.   General Obligation Sector A category that includes general obligation bonds, which are repaid from general revenue and borrowings rather than from the revenue of a specific project or facility.   Good-Till-Cancelled Order A good-till-cancelled (GTC) order is a limit order that stays on the books of the exchange-trading floor until executed or until cancelled by the investor.   Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The total value of goods and services produced by a nation within that nation.