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Profit Taking Correction

A market correction that results from investors' sales of securities to cash in on capital gains. This is usually the...

Profit Taking

The sale of a stock after its price has rapidly risen in order to cash in on capital gains. Profit...

Inventory Profit

Profit that results from appreciation of the value of assets held in inventory. By nature, inventory does not relate to...

Accounting Profit

The net income which is earned and calculated over a designated period of time according to accounting principles (such as...

Non-Display Order

A trading order that is entered by market participants via computerized market systems (screen trading) as a bid or offer...

Cloaked Order

A trading order that is entered by market participants via computerized market systems (screen trading) as a bid or offer...

Profit Rate Swap

An Islamic swap that entails the exchange of a floating profit rate for a fixed profit rate, or vice versa....

Black Friday

The day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States which marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this...

Net Financing Cost

The difference between the financing cost of an asset/ investment (e.g., a security) and its cash yield. In other words,...

Cost of Carry

The difference between the financing cost of an asset/ investment (e.g., a security) and its cash yield. In other words,...