Tag: market

What is 'Naked Position' A securities position that is not hedged from market risk. Both the potential gain and the potential risk...

What is 'Z-Bond' The final tranche in a series of mortgage-backed securities that is the last one to receive payment. Used in...

What is 'Gadfly' Gadfly is a term for an investor who attends the annual shareholders meeting to criticize the corporation's executives. Named...

What is 'Zacks Investment Research' A company, founded in 1977, dedicated to providing professional investors with the financial data and analysis needed...

What is 'Z-Share' A class of mutual fund shares that employees of the fund's management company are allowed to own. Employees may...

What is 'Half Stock' Stock sold with a par value half of what is considered standard. Half stock can be either common...

What is 'Baby Bills' A hypothetical nickname for the smaller companies that would have been formed if Microsoft had been broken up...

DefinitionIn economics, BRIC is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are all deemed to be...

What is 'MAD' In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Moroccan Dirham. Explaining 'MAD' The currency market, also...

What is C-Share and how does it work C-share is a type of mutual fund that allows investors to share in the unrealized gains or...