Glossary

The income that an investor will realize through purchasing a Bond.

A time period of fast and strong economic growth.

On a price chart, this is the lowest price reached by a security over a specific time frame.

An indicator which measures the ratio of the number of advancing stocks to declining stocks.

A blank space which appears above or below the price bars on a price chart that signifies that a new trend has begun.

Market price changes to move beyond a previously identified support and resistance level.

Describes a transaction date in a forward or money market contract that is outside of the standard maturity date. 

Is an optimistic sentiment by an investor which subscribes to the belief that the financial markets (or any asset therein) will rise in value.

A short-lived price retracement in a market that is rising.

A price chart pattern that occurs within an uptrend that produces a uniform price decline of lower tops and lower bottoms.