by Henry Liverman | May 14, 2021 | Market Definitions
Also called a stock market launch, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) is the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the general public in the form of a new stock issuance. IPOs provide companies with the ability to obtain capital from the public by...
by Henry Liverman | May 14, 2021 | Market Definitions
A measurement that tells you the percentage of trading days in the past year that had a lower volatility than the current volatility. The Historical Volatility rises the more prices fluctuate. However, it does not measure direction, it merely measures how much the...
by Henry Liverman | May 14, 2021 | Market Definitions
A list published by Inc. of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US. The requirements to be included are 1. Be a US-based independent company (ie not owned by a subsidiary), 2. You started earning revenue by March 31st of the first year, 3. Had at least...
by Henry Liverman | May 13, 2021 | Market Definitions
A term used to refer to a list of the 500 largest companies in the United States as compiled by Fortune magazine each year. The companies are ranked according to their annual revenues and fiscal years. Since 1955, to be included in the Fortune 500 is taken as a mark...
by Henry Liverman | May 13, 2021 | Market Definitions
Technical trading method based off the Fibonacci numbers in ratio form. A Fibonacci retracement is created by taking two extreme points on a price chart (generally a peak and a trough) and dividing the vertical distance by the Fibonacci ratios of 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%,...
by Henry Liverman | May 13, 2021 | Market Definitions
Fibonacci sequences are common patterns in nature that some traders believe to also be significant in financial markets. The common Fibonacci sequence is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on. In trading, the sequence is commonly understood to be 61.8%, 100%,...
by Henry Liverman | May 13, 2021 | Market Definitions
A pattern of data that represents greater and greater increases as time moves forward, mimicking the shape of an exponential function. In the world of finance, exponential growth is associated with compound interest. So an account with a compounding interest rate...
by Henry Liverman | May 13, 2021 | Market Definitions
A form of technical analysis used to analyze market cycles and predict future market trends developed by accountant Ralph Nelson Elliott in the 1930s. The basis is the assumption that investor psychology can be predicted through using crowd psychology. Though the...
by Henry Liverman | May 12, 2021 | Market Definitions
The European Central Bank (or ECB) is the central bank for the eurozone. Similar to the Federal Reserve of the Bank of England, the ECB sets monetary policy for many countries in Europe. The fact that it serves several countries (ie, every country who uses the Euro)...
by Henry Liverman | May 12, 2021 | Market Definitions
The post-taxation net income. Earnings are also referred to as profits. They are also the most studied measurement of a company and the company’s financial statements. The earnings reports show a company’s actual profitability, historical performance,...
