by Henry Liverman | Apr 15, 2021 | Market Definitions
A form of moving average (or a stock indication commonly used in technical analysis) that applies more significance on more recent data points. This means that it reacts more significantly and noticeably to price changes than a simple moving average, which applies...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 15, 2021 | Market Definitions
The profit (or loss) that an investor anticipates based on how an asset has behaved historically. Investors are able to determine these patterns based on the historical Rates of Return. This figure is calculated by multiplying a potential outcome by the odds of that...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 15, 2021 | Market Definitions
A marketplace where securities, commodities, and other financial instruments are traded. It creates a central platform for traders (from businesses to governments) to sell securities to public investors. One of the most well-known examples is the New York Stock...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 15, 2021 | Market Definitions
A form of money whose value comes from the material it’s made out of (ie, the commodity). Traditional examples of commodity money are gold, silver, cocoa beans, tea, and tobacco. Commodity money is made of objects that have a value themselves (or an intrinsic...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 14, 2021 | Market Definitions
An Exchange-Traded Fund is a fund made up of a group of assets that can be purchased all at once (ie, without having to buy each component individually). Unlike mutual funds (which are only priced at the end of the trading day), ETFs can be bought and sold throughout...
