Tag: stocks
Watered Stock
DefinitionWatered stock is an asset with an artificially-inflated value. The term is most commonly used to refer to a form of securities fraud common...
Wall Of Worry
What is 'Wall Of Worry' The financial markets' periodic tendency to surmount a host of negative factors and keep ascending. Wall of...
Gapping
What is 'Gapping'
In general, a trading strategy in which the participant borrows short and lends long. This strategy gives the lender an overall better...
Weak Dollar
What is a weak dollar and what are the effects
A weak dollar is when the value of the U.S. dollar decreases compared to other...
Gaming Industry ETF
What is 'Gaming Industry ETF' A sector exchange-traded fund that invests solely in gaming companies, so as to generate investment returns that...
Golden Cross
To understand the golden cross, we need to first get a sense of moving averages and, particularly, the short-term, and the longer-term moving averages....
Generic Brand
DefinitionGeneric brands of consumer products are distinguished by the absence of a brand name. It is often inaccurate to describe these products as "lacking...
Glass-Steagall Act
DefinitionThe Glass–Steagall legislation describes four provisions of the U.S.A Banking Act of 1933 separating commercial and investment banking. The article 1933 Banking Act describes...
Correlation
Financial Correlation basically measures the relationship between the changes occurring in two or more variables at the same time. Correlation plays a major role...
Target Return
What is a 'Target Return' A target return is a pricing model that prices a business based on what an investor would...