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

DefinitionThe Baltic Dry Index, is issued daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange. The BDI is a composite of the Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Timecharter...

DefinitionNormal backwardation, also sometimes called backwardation, is the market condition wherein the price of a commodities' forward or futures contract is trading below the...

What is a back up and what does it mean for the securities market A back up is a slang term for the movement in...

DefinitionA market trend is a perceived tendency of financial markets to move in a particular direction over time. These trends are classified as secular...

What is a 'Call Price' A call price is the price at which a bond or a preferred stock can be redeemed...

DefinitionContango is a situation where the futures price of a commodity is higher than the anticipated spot price at maturity of the futures contract....

In mathematics, standard deviation is the degree of the dispersion from a set of data’s mean. The SD is higher when the data is...

What is 'Back Month Contract' A type of futures contract that expires in any month past the front month futures contract. The...

DefinitionA calendar effect is any market anomaly or economic effect which appears to be related to the calendar. Such effects include the apparently different...