Glossary
- Gamma
- The rate at which a delta changes over time.
- Gearing
- A company's debts expressed as a percentage of its equity capital.
- Geldkurs
- The bid price on German and Swiss exchanges.
- Genussscheine
- Dividend right certificate (German and Swiss stock exchanges). Security incorporating the right to participate in the net profit and the liquidation proceeds of a company as well as the right to subscribe to new shares in the case of a rights issue. However, the holder has no membership rights, in particular he cannot attend shareholder meetings. The dividend-right certificate may be in bearer or registered form.
- Geregelter Markt
- The regulated market section of the German stock exchanges.
- Gilt edged
- (i) In the UK, loans issued on behalf of the government to fund its spending. Longs are gilts with a redemption date greater than 15 years. Mediums are those with a redemption date between 5 and 15 years. Shorts are those with a redemption date within 5 years.
(ii) In the US top-quality stocks issued by corporations with a known record for profit and of paying dividends over the years. In the US, the term also refers to high-quality bonds. - Ginnie Mae
- Securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) of the US.
- Giovannini Group
- The Giovannini Group was formed in 1996 to advise the European Commission on issues relating to EU financial integration and the efficiency of euro-denominated financial markets. The Group consists of financial-market participants and meets under the chairmanship of Dr. Alberto Giovannini. The Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs provides the secretariat, with officials from the Directorate-General for the Internal Market and from the European Central Bank (ECB) also supporting the Group's work.
- Global Depositary Receipt (GDR)
- Certificate, denominated in US dollars, which represents ownership of a given number of a company's shares and which can be listed and traded independently from the underlying shares.
- Going long
- The purchase of a stock or commodity for investment or speculation.

