A pass-through security in the context of stocks refers to a type of investment instrument that allows the income generated from a pool of underlying assets to pass through to investors. It is commonly associated with mortgage-backed securities (MBS)...
A stock index is a numerical representation of the performance of a group of publicly traded companies within a particular financial market. It serves as a vital benchmark for investors, analysts, and financial professionals, helping them track and...
Long-term wealth building in the stock market offers significant advantages, including the power of compounding, reduced risk through diversification, and the ability to weather market volatility. Historically, the stock market has delivered an...
In the post-Soviet world, brokerage firms offered their services through Forex trading. Our citizens were already familiar with the foreign exchange market, but stock trading seemed far from reality. Currency pairs were among the first assets to be...
Stock options are financial contracts that give investors the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a predetermined price (called the strike price) within a specific time frame. There are two main types: call options, which allow...
The internationalization of the banking sector presumes the investment of banks operating through their representative offices abroad. Banks are transferred to TNB if their subsidiaries are operating abroad and enabling them to take a dominant...
FAAMG stocks, comprising Facebook (Meta), Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google (Alphabet), are critical to the U.S. stock market due to their massive market capitalisation, technological dominance, and influence on major indices. Together, they...
CAC 40 (Cotation Assistée en Continu) is a French stock market index. Capitalization-weighted index of the top 40 equities among the top 100 highest market capitalizations traded on the Euronext Paris exchange in the previous month (formerly, the...
Algorithmic trading (or algo trading) uses computer programs to execute trades in the stock market based on predefined rules, mathematical models, and real-time data. Unlike manual trading, algorithms analyse market conditions, identify...