摘要: A person or entity that charges borrowers interest above an established legal rate. Depending on where a person lives, lenders typically cannot charge more than 60% interest per annum. A loan shark, t[阅读全文:]
摘要: A strategy used by a target firm to prevent a hostile takeover. In a lobster trap, the company passes a provision preventing anyone with more than 10% ownership from converting convertible securities [阅读全文:]
摘要: A short-term situation occurring within a market where both the bid and ask are identical, resulting in no bid-ask spread.
This usually occurs in stocks that are highly volatile and expe[阅读全文:]
摘要: A very disappointing investment. Your expected return wasn't even close to being achieved.
Just like the used car that breaks down while driving out of the lot, these investments leave [阅读全文:]
摘要: A corporate-takeover strategy with which a third party poses as a white knight to gain trust, but then turns around and joins with unfriendly bidders.
Lady Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's most f[阅读全文:]
摘要: A person who has defaulted on his or her debts or has gone bankrupted due to the stock market. The financial use of the term is most commonly used in Europe.
A trader or investor who mak[阅读全文:]
摘要: An unethical (if not illegal) practice of a hedge fund purchasing and then selling securities (usually shares of a mutual fund) after the close of a trading day, but making the transactions appear as [阅读全文:]
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An indicator based on the theory that a consumer turns to less expensive indulgences, such as lipstick, when she (or he) feels less than confident about the future. Therefore, lipstick sales tend t[阅读全文:]
摘要: A release of information to certain people before the official public announcement.
Usually an illegal practice perpetuated by people (insiders) who work for a public company.
摘要: A scale developed by American scientist Fred Fiedler to identify whether an individual's leadership style is relationship-oriented or task-oriented. The Least Preferred Coworker (LPC) scale requires [阅读全文:]