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Book-To-Market Effect

A measure that compares the book value of a company to the price of its stock – an inverse of...

Class “A” Shares

A class of common stock (specifically known as classified stock) that enjoys more voting rights than class “B” shares. The…

Class “B” Shares

A class of common stock (specifically known as classified stock) that enjoys less voting rights than class “A” shares. The…

Synthetic

An artificially created security that combines a financial security (such as a bond, stock, etc) with another asset such as…

Contract Size

In futures and option contracts, it refers to the amount or units of an asset to be delivered as dictated…

Current Report

A filing with the securities and exchange authority (the SEC), usually on Form 8-K, which gives specifics about an event…

Buttonwood Agreement

An agreement that was signed, in 1792, by 25 New York stockbrokers and merchants to establish an investment community that…

Dealer

A sell-side trader who sells exchange services to buy-side firms (such as investment managers and institutional investors) in return for…

Buy-Side Trader

A trader who buys exchange services from a sell-side trader (s). Examples of buy-side traders are individual investors and institutional…

Actual Stop

A stop order that a client (investor) actually places with his broker and is thus found its way to the…