Standard deviation is a mathematical measure which approximates the average deviation of any given data point from the mean of the entire data set. For example, if a data set of 100 has a standard dev...
A spread is the term used for the difference in price between two assets, or the difference in the buy and sells price of a single asset.For single assets, a more liquid asset will have a tighter spre...
A Special-Purpose Vehicle or SPV is a subsidiary of a company which is bankruptcy remote from the main organisation (i.e. protected even if the parent organisation goes bankrupt). ...
A Special Investment Vehicle, or SIV, is a collection of investments that earns a profit on the difference in price (spreads) between structured financial products (CDOs, MBS's etc.) and sho...
A small-cap (small capitalization) stands for investment vehicles with a market capitalization of under $2 billion. This figure is an approximation and may change over time or be defined differently a...
Short Term Investments are an accounting concept referring to the value of any liquid investments which are not held for a long time (i.e. options, shares, bonds etc). Short Term Investments is found ...
STIR means Short-Term Interest Rate and it is used to describe the interest rate on fixed income assets with a maturity of less than one year. It is usually lower than the interest rate on longer...
The term 'Shorting a stock ' is widely used in the finance world and it means that someone is betting that the company will lose money and the person is positioned to profit if the stock loses value.&...
The Share Ratio is a way to calculate the risk-adjusted-performance. William Sharpe was the person that came up with that term and it's now widely used in finance. It is another way t...
Shares outstanding simply means the company's stock owned by shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the compa...