Tagged: Financial Theory

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...

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...

Subprime Mortgage Crisis

In the United States, the subprime mortgage crisis involved a series of happenings and environmental factors that eventually culminated in the financial crisis of the late 2000s. This was characterized by steadily rising rates...

Algorithmic Trading

Algorithmic trading involves entering trading orders through electronic trading platforms using an algorithm -which helps in taking into account order’s characteristic like timing, price, and the volume of the order. Besides, in many cases...