Common laboratory tests and what they mean. Your doctor may order laboratory tests for you as part of a routine checkup, or to confirm a diagnosis or monitor your health. Below are common laboratory tests grouped and listed by name in alphabetical order: - A - | - B - | - C - | - D - | - E - | - F - | - G - | - H - | - I - | - K - | - L - | - M/N - | - O - | - P - | - R - | - S - | - T - | - U - | - V -.
In terms of a security, such as a stock or a bond, or equivalently to be long in a security, means the holder of the position owns the security and will profit if the price of the security goes up. Going long a security is the more conventional practice of investing.
Your holding period for the stock starts counting the day after you bought it and ends the day that you sell it. For example, if you buy stock on January 1 and sell it on January 30, your holding period is 29 days, because you count from the day after you bought it, January 2, through the day you sold it, January 30.