A forward or future is a contractual agreement between two parities where one agrees to buy, and the other sell, an asset at an agreed upon later...
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An option gives investors just that, an option – either an option to buy an underlying asset at a future date (a call option) or an option to...
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A commodity is simply a bulk good or raw material like metals, oil, cotton, or grain, but the term can also refer to financial products such as...
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Having nothing in common with their mathematical counterpart, financial derivatives are financial contracts that derive their value from something...
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A stock exchange is a place where people interested in buying and selling stock in publicly traded companies come together to buy and sell stocks...
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Earning their name from the ticker tape machines once widely used in stock exchanges, a ticker symbol is a mnemonic used to represent companies traded...
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A stock is a way for companies to raise money instead of borrowing it. By selling “stock” in their company, companies exchange small,...
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Unlike stocks which are equity securities, bonds are debt securities. What this means is that unlike buying stocks, where you become a partial owner...
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First of all, to understand short selling, two terms must be cleared up. When an investor goes long on an investment, it means that they believe the...
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A bull market is described as a market where there is increasing confidence among investors, which causes the market to steadily increase over an...
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