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World Bank

An international organization providing financing, advice, and research to the governments and economies of developing nations.  The World Bank was...

Wedges

A price pattern created by converging trend lines on a price chart.  The two lines are drawn to connect the highs and lows of a price over the...

Small Cap

Companies with a relatively small market capitalization (or between $300 million and $2 billion market caps).  Small cap companies may be appealing...

Mid Cap

A term used for companies with a market cap of between $2 and $10 billion.  These Middle Capitalization companies fall between large capitalization...

W Pattern

A double bottom pattern that forms a shape similar to the letter "W."  It describes a change in trend and a momentum reversal from a previous...

Target Date Fund

Mutual or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) built to grow assets in a way that's optimized for a specific time frame.  They're structured to address an...

Swing Trading

A style of trading that attempts to acquire short to medium-term gains in a stock or financial instrument over a period of days or weeks.  In...

Stock to Flow

A means to measure the abundance of a particular resource.  It's determined by the amount of a resource held in reserves divided by the amount that...

Fungibility

The ability of a good or asset to be exchanged  with other goods or assets of the same value.  For instance, money is a prime example of a fungible...

Carrying Value

A measure of value for a company's assets.  It's typically determined by the original cost of the asset minus any depreciating factors.  These...

Depreciation

An accounting practice of spreading out the payment of an asset over time (typically over the course of the asset's useful life).  For assets like...