Tag: investor
Market Sentiment
DefinitionMarket sentiment is the general prevailing attitude of investors as to anticipated price development in a market. This attitude is the accumulation of a...
Wash Trading
What is Wash Trading
Wash trading is the illegal practice of buying and selling assets in order to artificially inflate the price. This is often...
Wash-Sale Rule
DefinitionA wash sale is a sale of a security at a loss and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or...
Wash Sale
DefinitionA wash sale is a sale of a security at a loss and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or...
Target Risk Fund
What is 'Target Risk Fund' A fund that attempts to expose its investors to a specified amount of risk. The fund manager...
David Dreman
DefinitionDavid Dreman is an investor, who founded and is Chairman of Dreman Value Management, an investment company. David Dreman What is 'David Dreman'...
Dividend Yields
What is a dividend yield
A dividend yield is a measurement of how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its...
Ulcer Index (UI)
What is 'Ulcer Index - UI' A technical indicator that measures downside risk, in terms of both depth and duration of price...
Risk Tolerance
DefinitionIn economics and finance, risk aversion is the behavior of humans, when exposed to uncertainty, in attempting to lower that uncertainty. It is the...
Naked Shorting
DefinitionIn finance, a short sale is the sale of an asset that the seller does not own. The seller effects such a sale by...