Hedge
To hedge is to take a futures position that is equal and opposite to a position held in the cash market. The objective is to mitigate the risk of an adverse move in prices....
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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...
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...