A haircut is a term referring to price spreads and the market value of assets. Almost all assets have a spread between the buy and sell price and this is one of the meanings of haircut.The o...
Inflation risk is the risk an investor takes on when holding cash or investing in an asset which is not linked to inflation. The risk is that the cash value will be reduced by inflation....
Interest rate risk is the risk any investor takes on when holding an asset whose value is derived from interest rates, with the most common example being bonds. Bond prices are inversely proportioned ...
Apple reported its earnings on October 30, 2019. The released covers the fiscal fourth-quarter results. As expected, the report will give investors more insi...
Leverage is the use of borrowed money to enhance the returns of any investment. Using leverage, an investor is able to achieve the returns of a very large investment whilst only providing the capital ...
Liquidity Preference Theory (LPT) is a financial theory which suggests investors prefer (and hence will pay a premium) for assets which are very liquid or alternatively will pay less than market value...
Megafund is simply an extremely large pool of money set up by a private equity firm for the purposes of investing in companies. The amount invested by private investors in a megafund is usua...
A private company is one whose equity (shares) is not available for purchase on public exchanges, although they may issue stock. This means that the company is owned entirely by the employees and inve...
Technical analysts used the support line to price the level through which an asset is unlikely to pass. The use the lines of support and resistance to allow investors to assess whether an asset is nea...
A cross-country flight transporting a motley collection of violent and dangerous criminals? What could possibly go wrong? Nothing, until they take over the plane mid-air. Good thing Nicholas Cage is t...