CREDIT CRISIS
Crisis which takes place when several financial institutions limit lending availability due to intra-bank lending restrictions from a central bank. As borrowers begin to default, the financial institutions that issued the loans no longer receive payments. It is followed by a period in which financial institutions set higher credit requirements for borrowers.
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Closet Indexing
Investing strategy in which an investor or investment manager attempts to attain returns similar to the performance of a benchmark index without ex ...
Stub Quote
Order to buy or sell a stock above the stock’s market price. Trading companies use these quotes when they don’t want to trade at specif ...
Swing for the Fences
Expression used to describe huge returns in the stock market. Investors aiming to swing for the fences are endeavoring to reach a financial home ru ...
Blue Collar
Working class individual that perform manual labor and is paid per hour. In history, manual laborers wore blue shirts, which could hold a slight du ...
Desk Trader
A trader restricted to instituting trades for the clients of a firm and unable to trade with own accounts of his or her firm.
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