Across
- 2. Lap — Investor’s celebratory lap after a huge win
- 5. — Fuel behind many early-morning market decisions
- 8. — Startup determined to rewrite the rules
- 9. — Investor who assumes the chart will keep climbing
- 10. Cow — Product that quietly funds the rest of the company
- 11. — Document that opens the door to going public
- 13. Diligence — Homework investors do before writing a big check
- 14. Income — What’s left after the bills are paid
- 15. — People a public company ultimately answers to
- 17. — Startup maneuver when Plan A stops working
- 18. — Tokyo-born investment bank with global reach
- 19. — Costs that exist even when revenue doesn’t
- 21. — U.S. watchdog reviewing corporate filings
- 24. — Arena where bulls and bears face off daily
- 26. — Startup’s ticking clock before cash runs out
- 27. — Market surge that may or may not last
- 31. — Stocks investors keep an eye on but haven’t bought yet
- 32. — What money earns while you sleep
- 37. Mode — Startup operating quietly while building something big
- 38. — Startup valued at $1B before its first gray hairs
- 39. Capital — Money backing tomorrow’s startups
- 40. — Corner office strategist
Down
- 1. — Wild-swing investment aiming for the stars
- 3. — When one company decides to buy another
- 4. Fund — Portfolio bet focused on Silicon Valley favorites
- 6. Deadline — Date circled by accountants and regulators alike
- 7. — Wall Street debut for a young company
- 8. — Company that shakes an industry awake
- 11. Funding — Early capital planted before a company grows
- 12. Analysis — Process of decoding what the charts and numbers mean
- 16. Fund — Aggressive investment pool often using complex strategies
- 17. — Legal moat around an invention
- 20. — What investors ultimately hope their money produces
- 22. — Institution where money is borrowed, lent, and stored
- 23. Averaging — Investment strategy that buys steadily regardless of price swings
- 25. Call — Quarterly event where executives answer tough questions
- 28. Exchange — Wall Street’s version of a marketplace
- 29. — The art (and debate) of deciding what a company is worth
- 30. Investor — Investor hunting bargains others overlook
- 33. — Narrow slice of a larger market
- 34. Letter — Annual note investors read between the lines of
- 35. — The yardstick most portfolios hope to outperform
- 36. Stock — Stock driven more by internet hype than balance sheets
