Market Definitions

The Relative Strength Index is a momentum indicator used to determine of a stock or asset is overbought or oversold.  The RSI is usually represented...

Also referred to as the Sharpe Ratio, a risk-adjustment return is an analysis ratio that provides insight into how risk compares to return in an...

A foreign currency that is held in large reserves by a government or other monetary authority.  A reserve currency is used by that government to...

Software that allows potential investors access to the Bloomberg data service.  Advantages of a Bloomberg terminal include live access to global...

A non-traditional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities directly from the market.  This has the effect of...

An options contract that gives the owner the ability to sell an underlying security at a pre-determined price within a pre-set time frame (also...

A fraudulent practice of encouraging investors to buy shares in a company in order to artificially inflate the price and sell one's own shares when...

A term used to denote rapid, excessive, and out-of-control price increases in an economy.  Generally, hyperinflation is differentiated from regular...

A situation marked by rising prices in an economy.  The more technical definition is that inflation is a sustained increase in the general price...

A debt security issued by a government to fund federal spending or programs.  Government bonds represent debts issued by a government itself.  They...

The general decline in the price of goods and services.  Generally, deflation occurs when the supply of money and credit contract, but prices can...

A type of debt security that is issued by a firm and sold to potential investors.  In this system, the company receives the capital it needs, and...