finance forward

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