A reverse split occurs when a company increases its price while reducing its number of outstanding shares. As in a regular split, the market capitalization of the issuer does not change. This can happen, for example, if a company's share price falls...
Eurocredit is a market for international loans, where the creditors are the biggest banks, and the debtors are international firms, corporations and even countries. The loans are provided in Eurocurrency for a long period of time. The funds are...
Due to their lack of liquidity, large bid-ask spreads or price quotations, and small business sizes, penny stocks are sometimes considered very speculative. In other words, investors may lose a significant portion or perhaps the entire amount they...
Investors will think of the cryptocurrency market as an alternative to traditional investment products, I thought.
An institutional buyout (IBO) occurs when a controlling interest in a company is acquired from the shareholders by an institutional investor, such as private equity or venture capital firms or commercial banks. The sale of privately held corporations...
In June, US home sales increased at their highest-ever pace, supported by historically low interest rates on mortgages, but the housing market remains uncertain due to supply shortages and a high unemployment rate due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
Beta coefficients can be used to measure the systematic risk of the market as a whole relative to the volatility of an individual stock. A regression line's slope results from a regression of data points, and statistically speaking, that's what beta...
Futures markets can attract a wide range of participants, including stock and forex traders. The diversity of trading options, increased volatility, and the availability of leverage account for this claim. Traders who engage in futures trading apply...
Non-farm payrolls are one of the most closely watched economic indicators on the currency market. It is published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on the first Friday of each month at 8:30 a.m. local time.
Novice traders face the question of whether to trade forex or stocks at the beginning of their careers. Both markets have advantages and disadvantages, which must be weighed when choosing which market to trade in.