Tag: market
VIX
VIX is a ticker symbol of the Chicago Board Exchange Volatility Index (CBOE). The index represents the expectation of the market volatility in next...
National Quotation Bureau (NQB)
What is 'National Quotation Bureau - NQB' A company established in 1913 to compile and publish price information on stocks and bonds...
Yankee Market
What is 'Yankee Market' A slang term for the stock market in the United States. Yankee market is usually used buy non-U.S....
Year-End Bonus
What is 'Year-End Bonus' A reward paid to an employee at the end of the year. Many year-end bonuses are tied to...
Radner Equilibrium
What is 'Radner Equilibrium' A theory suggesting that if economic decision makers have unlimited computational capacity for choice among strategies, then even...
Paired Shares
What is 'Paired Shares' The stock of two separate companies that are under the management or supervision of a single corporation. Paired...
Macaulay Duration
What is The 'Macaulay Duration' The Macaulay duration is the weighted average term to maturity of the cash flows from a bond....
Tail Risk
DefinitionTail risk is the additional risk of an asset or portfolio of assets moving more than 3 standard deviations from its current price, above...
Obligation Bond
What is 'Obligation Bond' A municipal bond used to secure a mortgage on property or other physical assets that can be liquidated....
Half-Life
What is 'Half-Life' Half-life represents a date in the future when half of the total principal of a mortgage-backed security (MBS) will...