Tag: market

Large-value stocks are a type of stock that typically offer investors high dividends and capital appreciation potential. These stocks are often found in the...

What is 'Laggard' A stock or security that is underperforming. A laggard will have lower-than-average returns compared to the market. A laggard...

DefinitionIn microeconomics, the law of demand states that, "conditional on all else being equal, as the price of a good increases, quantity demanded decreases...

What is 'Last-Sale Reporting' An electronic entry, to the Nasdaq stock market, of the amount and price of shares involved in a...

DefinitionThe law of supply is a fundamental principle of economic theory which states that, keeping other factors constant, an increase in price results in...

DefinitionA layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or, more commonly, a group of employees for business reasons,...

What is 'Late-Day Trading' An unethical (if not illegal) practice of a hedge fund purchasing and then selling securities (usually shares of...

What is the 'Learning Curve' A learning curve is a concept that graphically depicts the relationship between cost and output over a...

What is 'Latin Baseball Futures' A financial contract used to speculate on the potential of teenage baseball players from Latin America who...

What is 'Law Of 29' A belief held by some marketers that on average a prospective customer will not purchase a good...