The TradeAlmanac glossary: why a definition lives next to the data
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Automated material · TradeAlmanac editorial deskPrepared by a language model from our stored data and checked by an editor.
An ordinary glossary is a separate page opened once and forgotten. This one is built differently.
One source across the product
A metric's definition is stored once and surfaced as a tooltip everywhere the metric appears: on an instrument card, in a multiples table, in the screener.
That is a technical decision with a substantive consequence: the same word cannot mean different things on different pages.
What a term contains
A short definition for the tooltip. A full one for the page. A formula where there is one. An interpretation: what a high and a low value mean. And the pitfalls — the reasons the metric is most often misread.
The link to articles
A term links to the materials where it is examined in detail, and articles automatically link to the terms found in their text. The connection is built at publication rather than typed by hand.
How to use it
Hover the highlighted word in an article or in a table of metrics. Go to the glossary directly when you need to compare several similar measures.
Related: How to compare two companies: the order of checks and The screener: searching for securities rather than confirming your view.
Prepared by a language model from our stored data and checked by an editor.
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