A broker is an intermediary who performs orders on behalf of a client, and takes a fee for doing so (regardless of whether the trade is profitable or not). Brokers usually have fixed trade commissions...
A fixed income asset is any asset that provides a constant stream of periodic income, the most common form being a bond. Due to the fact that the income is constant, it is easier to value the future c...
Hedge is a term used in trading that simply means opening a position in order to reduce risk. This is usually done by either buying an asset that moves in the opposite direction to your main...
Historical value is very simple, it is merely the price at which an asset or security has typically traded in the past and is used in a trading analysis to determine if the stock is over or ...
Out of the money is a trading term referring to the value of options. If an option is said to be 'out of the money' then it is worthless. Out of the money does not mean you have lost your mo...
Position is a term used in trading to refer to any current exposure a trader has. This means any trade they are currently in the process of doing. For example, if a trader wants to open a po...
Public comparable companies are one part of the comparable analysis. It is the analysis of publicly traded companies operating in a similar sector and location to the valuation company, usually with s...
An S-4 is a form filed with the SEC relating to a merger or an acquisition or in an exchange offering (trading stocks for stocks or bonds for bonds, usually after a merger)....
On Wednesday (Jan 8th), the World Bank slightly trimmed its global growth forecasts for 2019 and 2020 following to a slower than expected recovery in trade and investment, even though trade tensions b...
On Wednesday (Jan. 15), a news release by XPO Logistics (NASDAQ: XPO) revealed that the company was considering some strategic alternatives, including an option of spinning-off some of its business un...