SKEWNESS
Skewness is the asymmetry from a statistical data’s normal distribution. There are two kind of skewness in the financial industry: the positive skewness and the negative skewness that is determined by by where the data points. If the data points of the data average skewed to the right, it is positive skewness and if it skewed to the left, it is negative skewness.
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Short Leg is a contract where an individual holds a short position. The contract is in the option spread created by the trader by purchasing a put ...
Borrowing Base
Money a lender will loan to a company. The borrowing base is usually determined by a method called margining, where the lender determines a discoun ...
Swaziland Lilangeni
Currency abbreviation for the Swaziland Lilangeni, the official currency of Swaziland. The currency is comprised of 100 cents and presented with th ...
Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian - DWAC
A method of electronically transferring new shares or paper share certificates from the Depository Trust Company (DTC), which acts as a clearinghou ...
Economic Stimulus
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