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The quick drop and recovery in securities prices that occurred shortly after 2:30pm Eastern Standard Time on May 6, 2010. Initial reports that the crash was caused by a mistyped order [阅读全文:]
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Ticker tape display designation used when volume on an exchange is so heavy that the tape runs more than five minutes behind. The "flash price" interrupts the delayed prices to show [阅读全文:]
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An old rule that prevents a bank or firm from liquidating a client's account to cover a margin call if the amount of the margin call is equal to or less than $500, this was ch[阅读全文:]
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Assets or capital investments that are needed to start up and conduct business, even at a minimal stage. These assets are considered fixed in that they are not used up in the actual pr[阅读全文:]
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A real or virtual document representing a legal agreement involving some sort of monetary value. In today's financial marketplace, financial instruments can be classified generally as[阅读全文:]
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Broad term describing any marketplace where buyers and sellers participate in the trade of assets such as equities, bonds, currencies and derivatives. Financial markets are typically d[阅读全文:]
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A category of stocks containing firms that provide financial services to commercial and retail customers. This sector includes banks, investment funds, insurance companies and real est[阅读全文:]
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The process of reviewing and evaluating a company’s financial statements (such as the balance sheet or profit and loss statement), thereby gaining an understanding of the financi[阅读全文:]
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1. A market order to buy or sell a security for a brokerage's proprietary account. A firm order requires a trader to be fully authorized by the brokerage before executing the transact[阅读全文:]
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A company that gathers research notes and earnings estimates from brokerage analysts. The estimate is compared to the actual reported earnings, and then the difference between the two [阅读全文:]