Debt
An accumulation money borrowed by one party from another. Many corporations/individuals use debt like a method for making large purchases that they could not afford under normal circumstances. A debt arrangement provides borrowing party...
High-frequency trader (HFT)
HFT is a type of investment strategy whereby stocks are rapidly bought and sold by a computer algorithm and held for a very short period, usually seconds or milliseconds. The advancement of technology over...
Securitization
The process through which various different kinds of debt that is initiated and managed through contracts is pooled into a financial product is known as securitization. This financial pooling can consist of debt instruments...
Forwards
A forward contract is a contractual agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a price agreed upon today for delivery at a specified future date. It is different from a...
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits and uses the money for lending it individuals and/or businesses, directly or indirectly. It is basically a financial intermediary that connects customers that are in need...
Short
Shorting is a specialized finance term. It is also known as going short or short selling. These terms refer to the selling of the instrument or securities borrowed from the third party. Such third...
Fixed Income
The term “fixed income” means a sort of investment that can not be classified as an equity position, but which provides an obligation to the issuer or borrower to pay against it on a...
Corporate Bond
The type of bond that is known as a corporate bond is the issuance of a particular type of security from a corporation or other type of company. This is a type of bond...
Mexican Peso-MXN
The peso is the legal tender of Mexico. A peso is denoted by sign $ or Mex $ (in order to differentiate it from other dollar denominated currencies) and its international exchange code (ISO...
NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext Inc. is a New York-City-based Euro-American multinational financial services company operating a number of securities exchanges, including the world’s largest stock exchange, the New York Stock Exchange. Back in March 2006, NYSE...
Chinese Yuan-CNY
Chinese Yuan (CNY) or the Renminbi is the official currency of the People’s Republic of China. This is currency is denoted by symbol ¥ and the code in international exchange markets is RMB. While...
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the primary stock exchange group in Australia, was created in July 2006 when the Australian Stock Exchange and the Sydney Futures Exchange merged to form one entity. ASX, ranked...
Canadian Dollar-CAD
The Canadian dollar is the legal tender of Canada. It is denoted by symbol $ or C$ and the international code of the currency is CAD. As of 2011, the Canadian dollar was world’s...
Stock trader
People want to trade in the stock market, because everyone can make money through the stock market by using phone call or using internet from computer. Why stocks are good investments, because they can...
Corporate Finance
Corporate finance deals with monetary decisions that businesses make and the analytic tools required for making the decisions. At its best, the goal of corporate finance is to try to maximize shareholder value. Although...