Stock market

Marketability: Assessing the Ease of Reselling Securities

Highlights,Indicates the ability of a security to be easily resold in active secondary markets.,Reflects the liquidity and investor demand for negotia...

Market-if-Touched (MIT) Order: A Strategic Trading Tool

Highlights,A conditional price order that converts to a market order when the target price is reached.,Below-market placement for buy orders, above-ma...

Market-Based Forecasting: Predicting Future Spot Rates

Highlights,Relies on market-determined rates like current spot or forward rates.,Aims to predict future exchange rates based on observed market dynami...

Market Value-Weighted Index: A Dynamic Measure of Market Performance

Highlights,Calculates a weighted average of returns for securities in the index.,Weights are proportional to the outstanding market value of each secu...

Market Value: The Benchmark of Financial Worth

Highlights,Represents the current trading price of a security in the market.,Reflects investor perceptions of a firm's worth based on share price and...

Market Tone: A Reflection of Securities Market Health

Highlights,Indicates the general state of well-being in the securities market.,Primarily influenced by the level and patterns of trading activity.,Ser...

Market Timing: A Strategic Approach to Asset Allocation

Highlights,Involves active decision-making to overweight or underweight specific investments.,Utilizes public information to predict asset returns wit...

Market Timer: Navigating Stock Market Forecasting

Highlights,A money manager aiming to predict stock market ups and downs.,Relies on market trends and data for strategic buy and sell decisions.,Operat...

Market Share: Measuring a Company's Dominance

Highlights,Reflects the percentage of total industry sales controlled by a company.,Indicates competitive positioning and brand strength within the in...

Market Sectors: A Framework for Bond Classification

Highlights,Categorizes bonds based on issuer traits like government, corporate, or utility.,Enables targeted analysis of risks and opportunities in fi...

Market Risk: The Unavoidable Uncertainty in Investing

Highlights,Represents the inherent risk affecting all investments due to market-wide factors.,Cannot be eliminated through diversification, making it...

Market Price: The Core Indicator of Security Valuation

Highlights,Reflects the latest trading price of a security on an exchange.,Indicates real-time supply and demand dynamics in the market.,Serves as a r...

Market Price of Risk: Balancing Reward and Uncertainty

Highlights,Represents the risk premium investors demand for bearing uncertainty.,Serves as the reward-to-risk ratio of the market portfolio.,Key metri...

Market Portfolio: The Comprehensive Asset Collection

Highlights,Represents a portfolio comprising all investable assets in proportion to their market value.,Serves as a foundation for analysing risk and...

Market Penetration/Share: Measuring Market Maker Influence

Highlights,Represents the percentage of a stock's trading volume attributed to a specific market maker.,Indicates the market maker's level of activity...

Market Out Clause: Protecting Underwriters Amid Market Volatility

Highlights,A provision in underwriting agreements for unforeseen market downturns.,Releases underwriters from purchase obligations in adverse conditio...

Market Order: The Foundation of Efficient Trading

Highlights,Represents an order to buy or sell securities at the best available price.,No special restrictions like AON (all or none) or GTC (good 'til...

Market Not Held Order: Flexibility and Risk in Execution

Highlights,A market order granting the floor broker discretion over timing.,Aimed at potentially securing better prices amid market fluctuations.,Come...

Understanding the Market Model

Highlights,Explains the return on a security based on market portfolio returns and firm-specific factors.,Measures responsiveness using beta, an indic...

Market Maker: The Backbone of Liquidity in Financial Markets

Highlights,Maintains firm bid and offer prices for specific securities.,Ensures market liquidity by being ready to buy or sell round lots.,Operates as...