INVESTOR
An individual who commits capital to investment vehicles and expects financial returns. Generally speaking, investors’ primary concern is to minimize risk while maximizing returns. They utilize their investments to increase the money and/or generate income during retirement such as annuity. There are various investment vehicles such as bonds, stocks, commodities, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), mutual funds, futures, options, foreign exchange, real estate, and retirement plans, among others. Investors also employ technical and/or fundamental analysis to identify favorable investment opportunities.
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Uptick
An Uptick is a transaction or a business deal for a financial instrument that surpasses the previous transaction in price. If the price of a stock ...
Lock In Profits
Realizing the profits of a position such as buying a stock by exiting at a gain. By doing so, the portion of that investment is no longer vulnerabl ...
Profit
Profit occurs when the amount of revenue gained from a business exceeds the expenses, costs, and tax needed to maintain the business activity.
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Due Diligence Meeting
Meticulous probe conducted by an underwriter, ensuring all details has been revealed to prospective investors before issuing a new security.
Laffer Curve
The relationship between tax rates and tax revenue collected by the government. Formed by Arthur Laffer, the curve states there is an optimal tax i ...
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Principles of Trading: Well Known Trading Instruments
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Student Loans: Federal Loans
Most of the students mull over the idea of maximizing the federal loan availability first before borrowing for college through a private loan. Norm ...
Principles of Trading: Leverage and Margin
All novice and seasoned traders need to befriend these two great tools to achieve success in trading: leverage and margin.
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