Glossary

An investor who willingly assumes substantial risk because of the optimism for gain.

A Candlestick chart bar pattern represented by a short body with short wicks of nearly equal proportions upwards and downwards. It signifies market uncertainty with the security.

A public financial marketplace where financial instruments are traded for immediate delivery. 

The current market price of an asset for immediate delivery.

The difference between the bid and the ask price for a security.

A statistic that measures the variability of an investment’s return against it’s historical average return.

A mathematical formula where one or more of the variables are random. It is employed to forecast probabilities of different outcomes.

A financial security that is a share ownership in a corporation representing a proportional claim to the assets and profits of the organization.

A proportional distribution of a company’s earnings in the form of stock issuance.

The issuance of more stock shares by a company to existing stock shareholders to add liquidity and lower share price.