List of Glossary Terms
| QFH |
26 - 05 - 2020 Quantum (QFH) is in the chicken business. It has four divisions - Animal feeds, eggs and layers, broilers and an African division where it sells related products. Quantum... read more |
| QLT |
08 - 06 - 2020 Quilter Plc (QLT) is a company spun out of Old Mutual as part of that group’s "managed separation" process. It was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)... read more |
| QUALIFIED AUDIT REPORT |
Where the audit report in a company's financial statements contains a proviso. The auditors state that "the company's financials fairly represent the company's financial position, except for…".... read more |
| QUALITY OF EARNINGS |
The quality of a company's earnings is measured by their consistency. An earnings growth of about 15% per annum is ideal from an investors viewpoint. If a company can sustain this for many years,... read more |
| QUANTITATIVE EASING |
The policy of major Western countries to increase their money supply to stimulate growth as part of their monetary policy. Quantitative easing is the modern equivalent of printing money and injecting... read more |
| QUANTUM FOODS HOLDINGS LTD |
26 - 05 - 2020 Quantum (QFH) is in the chicken business. It has four divisions - Animal feeds, eggs and layers, broilers and an African division where it sells related products. Quantum... read more |
| QUARTERLY BULLETIN |
The Reserve Bank's quarterly report-back on the state of the economy. This document makes a very interesting read for the private investor because it gives a very credible overview of the economy... read more |
| QUARTERLY EARNINGS CHANGE |
Historical earnings change between the earnings most recently reported and the quarter preceding. This statistic is much watched in America where companies are required to report financials every... read more |
| QUARTERLY NET PROFIT MARGIN |
Net operating earnings after taxes for the latest quarter divided by revenues for the quarter. |
| QUICK RATIO |
Indicates a company's financial strength; a company's cash and equivalent divided by current liabilities. This ratio is somewhat more stringent that the "acid test" ratio which includes all current... read more |
| QUILTER PLC |
08 - 06 - 2020 Quilter Plc (QLT) is a company spun out of Old Mutual as part of that group’s "managed separation" process. It was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)... read more |
| QUOTATION |
The actual price or the bid or ask price of either cash commodities or futures or options contracts at a particular time. |
| QUOTED |
A security whose prices are quoted on the price page of the newspaper. Not all listed securities are quoted. For example, preference shares are usually not quoted, unless they are either convertible... read more |
| QUOTRON |
A proprietary financial data service. |