Tag: investing

DefinitionReturn on investment is the ratio between the net profit and cost of investment resulting from an investment of some resource. A high ROI...

What is the 'Random Walk Theory' The random walk theory suggests that stock price changes have the same distribution and are independent of each other,...

What is 'Reallowance' In securities underwriting, the fee that the underwriting group pays to a securities firm that is not part of the syndicate, but...

What is 'Real Estate Limited Partnership - RELP' A limited partnership entity organized to invest in real estate. A Real Estate Limited...

What is a 'Real Estate Investment Trust - REIT' A REIT is a type of security that invests in real estate through property...

What is a 'Real Estate Short Sale' A real estate short sale is any sale of real estate that generates proceeds that...

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

A bear market refers to a market in which the prices of securities take a dip resulting in significant losses. It is quite difficult...

DefinitionBacktesting is a term used in modeling to refer to testing a predictive model on historical data. Backtesting is a type of retrodiction, and...

A backspread is a type of options spread in which the trader holds more long positions than short positions. This strategy can be used...