摘要:A spike in asset values within a particular industry, commodity, or asset class. A speculative bubble is usually caused by exaggerated expectations of future growth, price appreciation, or other event[阅读全文]

摘要:A reference to a lack of confidence in a report's facts or general disrespect for a report's author. A soft paper report should have only one use – as toilet paper – which is how its nam[阅读全文]

摘要:Stock certificates that have become worthless. When a company becomes bankrupt, in most instances, the value of shareholders' equity will approach zero. For shareholders with the physical stock certi[阅读全文]

摘要:An industry metric used to evaluate companies in the hotel and lodging industries. RevPOR is used in conjunction with, or in place of, the more standard revenue per available room (RevPAR) statistic. [阅读全文]

摘要:A performance metric in the hotel industry, which is calculated by multiplying a hotel's average daily room rate (ADR) by its occupancy rate. It may also be calculated by dividing a hotel's total gu[阅读全文]

摘要:A first draft registration statement filed by a firm prior to proceeding with an initial public offering of securities. The document, filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, is intended [阅读全文]

摘要:A slang term describing the police action of parading an arrested suspect in handcuffs before the media.
Short for "perpetrator walk," this is a practice with which many people disagree, consi[阅读全文]

摘要:Unrealized capital gain (or capital loss) in an investment. It is calculated by comparing the market price of a security to the original purchase price. Gains or losses only become realized when the s[阅读全文]

摘要:An analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.

Also known as "market outperform", "moderate buy", or "accumulate".

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The price at which a security first trades upon the opening of an exchange on a given trading day.

Quite commonly, a security's opening price will not be identical to its closing pric[阅读全文]

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A rental agreement that obliges the lessee (the person making periodic lease payments) to make a baloon payment at the end of the lease agreement amounting to the difference between the the residua[阅读全文]

摘要:To reveal what is being planned or to share important information freely. Similar to ''open the books'' or an "open door policy," opening the kimono means revealing the inner workings of a proje[阅读全文]

摘要:A slang term referring to an instance in which a company gets hurt materially or put out of business as a result of head-to-head competition with Microsoft. Microsoft's size, resources and expertise [阅读全文]

摘要:Otherwise known as Yasuo Hamanaka, Mr. Copper was a trader in the copper market who lost over $2.5 Billion for his employer, Sumitomo Corp. (in Japan). The losses amassed from unauthorized trading in [阅读全文]

摘要:A rating system that ranks a mutual fund's success based on whether the fund has met certain goals. Mutual funds are ranked based on total return, consistent return, preservation, tax efficiency or e[阅读全文]

摘要:A slang term referring to adult children who are out of school and in their working years, but are still living at home with their parents. These parents face the challenge of managing their own finan[阅读全文]

摘要:A slang technical analysis term referring to a rounding bottom in a stock's price pattern. This term got its name from Jennifer Lopez's curvy figure; she is often criticized (or praised) for her rou[阅读全文]

摘要:When a company's stock price is in the doldrums and has yet to rebound because of poor earnings, government regulation or another reason.

Sometimes you'll hear an analyst say "they ar[阅读全文]

摘要:The action of placing a trade or trades that go against the ticker tape.

Someone who is buying stocks while the overall market is falling is said to be fighting the tape. Many traders sa[阅读全文]

摘要:A phrase used to describe former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan's tendency to make wordy statements with little substance. Many analysts felt that Greenspan's ambiguous "Fed speak" [阅读全文]