Data warehousing is the electronic storing of large amounts of information by a business or organization.

Quid pro quo, a Latin term manning "something for something,". Used when two parties are engaged in a mutual agreement to exchange goods or services with one another.

Quarter over quarter is a measure of an investment volume or company's growth from one quarter to the next.

Absolute return is the return that an asset gets over a specified period of time.

Arbitrage is the simultaneous buying and selling of an instrument to profit from an imbalance of the price.

Volatility smile is a common graph shape that can occur when plotting the strike price and implied volatility of a group of options with the same underlying asset and expiration date. 

Valoren number is an identification number given to a financial instrument in Switzerland. It usually consists of 6 to 9 numbers

Data smoothing is removing the noise from a data set. It allows important patterns to stand out. Can be used to help predict trends, such as those found in securities prices.

Delisting is the removal of a listed security from a stock exchange. 

A gate provision is a statement in a fund's offering documents that establishes the fund manager’s right to limit or withhold redemptions.