Tag: data

Raintaker

What is 'Raintaker' A former employee of a brokerage firm who takes high-value clientelle from his or her previous employer to his...

Real-Time Trade Reporting

What is 'Real-Time Trade Reporting' A requirement imposed on market makers (and in some instances, non market makers) to report each trade...

Random Variable

What is a 'Random Variable' A random variable is a variable whose value is unknown or a function that assigns values to...

Real-Time Quote

What is 'Real-Time Quote' This is the actual price of a security at that moment in time. Most prices of securities that...
rate-improvement mortgage

Rate-Improvement Mortgage

What is a Rate-Improvement Mortgage A rate-improvement mortgage is a type of home loan that offers a lower interest rate than the standard fixed-rate mortgage....

Rate Of Change

What is 'Rate Of Change' The rate of change (ROC) is the speed at which a variable changes over a specific period...

Sales Mix

What is a 'Sales Mix' Sales mix is a calculation that determines the proportion of each product a business sells, relative to...

Samurai Market

What is 'Samurai Market' A slang term for the stock market in Japan. Samurai market is usually used buy non-residents of Japan,...

Sampling Error

DefinitionIn statistics, sampling error is incurred when the statistical characteristics of a population are estimated from a subset, or sample, of that population. Since...

Short Squeeze

DefinitionA short squeeze is a rapid increase in the price of a stock that occurs when there is a lack of supply and an...