Tag: statistics

What is 'Quant Fund' An investment fund that selects securities based on quantitative analysis. In a quant fund, the managers build computer-based...

What is a 'Lagging Indicator' A lagging indicator is a measurable economic factor that changes only after the economy has begun to...

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

DefinitionEconomic forecasting is the process of making predictions about the economy. Forecasts can be carried out at a high level of aggregation—for example for...

What is econometrics and what does it involve Econometrics is the study of relationships between economic variables using statistical methods. It is concerned with the...

What is 'National Quotation Bureau - NQB' A company established in 1913 to compile and publish price information on stocks and bonds...

What is 'Paired Shares' The stock of two separate companies that are under the management or supervision of a single corporation. Paired...

DefinitionThe GDP gap or the output gap is the difference between actual GDP or actual output and potential GDP. The calculation for the output...

What is 'R-Squared' R-squared is a statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund or security's movements that can be explained...

What is 'Objective Probability' The probability that an event will occur based an analysis in which each measure is based on a...