Glossary

The date when a financial instrument, insurance policy, loan, or offer becomes due for payment.

Designed by Sherman and Marion McClellan, this technical indicator is applied to the NYSE to evaluate market breadth by analyzing the difference between Advancing and Declining issues.

A Broker-Deaker where at least one of the company’s principals are a member of a clearing house organization, stock exchange, or self-regulating agency.

Stock shares for medim-sized companies with capitalization between $2 and $10 billion.

Equity ownership of less than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of a company which provides adequate control the operations of the company’s business.

A decrease in price from the last previous trade.

A formula based on the Sharpe Ratio that predicts the performance of an asset after risk adjustments.

A trend predicting technical indicator that conveys the rate at which stock prices are rising or falling.

Designed by Gene Quong and Avrum Soudack, this is a technical indicator that evaluates price and volume to assess buying and selling pressure.

A division of the financial market where financial instruments with high liquidity and short-term maturities are traded by banks, institutional investors and money dealers.