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A-Share
What is 'A-Share' In a family of multi-class mutual funds, this is the class that is usually characterized by a loaded fee...
A-Shares
What are 'A-Shares' A-shares is an expression designating shares that trade on the two Chinese stock exchanges, that is, the Shanghai Stock...
Game Theory
What is 'Game Theory' Game theory is the study of human conflict and cooperation within a competitive situation. In some respects, game...
Yard
What is 'Yard' A financial term meaning one billion. Yard is derived from the term "milliard" which is used in some European...
Ma And Pa Shop
What is 'Ma And Pa Shop' A colloquial term for a small, independent, family-owned business. Unlike franchises and large corporations, which have...
NAD
What is 'NAD' In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Namibia Dollar. Explaining 'NAD' The currency market, also...
Baby Bills
What is 'Baby Bills' A hypothetical nickname for the smaller companies that would have been formed if Microsoft had been broken up...
Naked Position
What is 'Naked Position' A securities position that is not hedged from market risk. Both the potential gain and the potential risk...
Gadfly
What is 'Gadfly' Gadfly is a term for an investor who attends the annual shareholders meeting to criticize the corporation's executives. Named...
W-8 Form
What is a 'W-8 Form'
A W-8 form is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form that provides foreigners with an exemption from specified U.S. information...