BLACK SWAN
Event that takes place beyond expected and is extremely hard to guess. Finance professor and previous Wall Street trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb popularized the phrase.
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WARF
Weighted Average Rating Factor (WARF) is a measure often used by credit rating companies to determine the credit quality of a portfolio. It allows ...
Trading Arcade
Slang term for an electronic trading facility, often operated by a clearing member, where investors can gather and trade for their own accounts. Bu ...
Double Top and Bottom
In technical analysis, chart patterns explaining movements in a security or other investment drawn like letter W (double bottom) or letter M (doubl ...
Tranches
Part, piece, portion, or slice of a transaction or structured financing. It refers to one of the numerous securities offered at the same time but h ...
Financing Statement
A written document detailing the financing agreement between the lender and the borrower. It should have the names and addresses of the parties inv ...
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Ethical Investing: Environmentally-Conscious Investing
Environmentalist or not, as an investor, you care so much about your surroundings. Hence, you invest in companies that can reduce their negative im ...
Buying a Home: Getting Pre-Approved for a Mortgage
You have determined the amount needed to buy the home of your dreams. Now, figure out the amount a bank can lend you. The rationale behind this is ...
Buying a Home: Closing the Deal
It’s almost done! With just a few steps away, the house that you have been dreaming of will be yours.
An Introduction to Forex
The foreign exchange market or forex is the largest financial market in the world. It is where the monetary currencies of countries are traded. Thi ...
Connection of Inflation and Interest Rates
We cannot simply ignore the connectivity of inflation and interest rates. Both items are interrelated. So, whenever there is a news item about a co ...
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13:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Mar | |
13:00 | CBI retail sales volume balance | Mar | |
14:25 | FOMC Member Raphael W. Bostic Speaks | ||
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16:00 | New Home Sales | Feb | |
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01:30 | Westpac Consumer Sentiment | Mar |