What were the Top Twenty Financial Words (or Terms) of 2011?
I asked you guys over in the Faculty Lounge today and then added in my own two cents as someone’s who’s consumed more financial news than almost anyone this year (I know, send your condolence cards later, lol).
Here’s our list…
Top Twenty Financial Words of 2011
20. Intervention
19. Contagion
18. Netflixed
17. Risk On/Risk Off
16. Hypothecation
15. Bazooka
14. AAA
13. Timestamped
12. Austerity
11. Bifurcated
10. Off the Lows
9. Troika
8. Face-Ripper™
7. Transitory
6. Haircut
5. Downgrade
4. Correlation
3. Merkozy
2. Occupy
1. Europe
The below received honorable mention, let’s hope none of them carry over and are still relevant in 2012…
Peripheral, Hopium, Headline Risk, Headline Driven, Macro Driven, SiFi (Systemically Important Financial Institution), Fitch-slapped, Operation Twist, Rajaratnam, MF’d, Corzined, Sovereign Debt, Uncertainty, Osama Top, Leverage, Repos, Eurozone, Kicking the Can, F*ckery (a fave of traders), Ringfence, Risk Parity, Range-bound, Schadenfreude.
Updated honorable mention: Whipsawed, Supercommittee, Debt Ceiling – hat tip Sergio.
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