Pivot Point
A pivot point is used by market technicians as an indicator that predicts the direction of market movement. It is calculated by taking the average of the close, lows, and highs of a market or security for the prior trading day. A bullish indication is given if the chart for the next trading day goes above the pivot point. On the other hand, a bearish More...
Modern Portfolio Theory
Modern Portfolio Theory is the study of the attempt to build an investment portfolio that has the maximum return for the minimum amount of equivalent risk. The goal of highest return/lowest risk is achieved by the More...
Japanese Candlestick Chart
The Japanese Candlestick chart is a graphic tool used by technical analysts to help them see a securities price movement data during a set time frame. The timeframe of the chart produces one candlestick per that More...
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
The Earnings per Share or EPS of a company is an amount of earnings in currency terms per each share of that company’s stock that is outstanding and on the open market. As an example, if X company has 15,000,000GBP More...
Elliott Wave Theory
The Elliott Wave Theory is a principle that tells a story of the state of a financial market’s investor psychology. It is a measure of market psychology by investment sector and not by investment product. In More...
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is a widely used indicator or the implied volatility of the broader US market as measured by the S&P 500 index options. The VIX index is set to increase in value when the implied More...
Capitalization
Capitalization (Market Cap) – A company’s Capitalization or Market Cap refers to the value of a publicly traded company. It is calculated by taking the number of outstanding equity shares multiplied by the current More...
Big Mac Index
The Big Mac Index is a term that was coined by the editors of the magazine The Economist. It was created as a way to graphically and colorfully illustrate the concept of PPP, or Purchasing Power Parity. Purchasing More...
Beta
Beta is the measure of how a financial asset’s value moves in tandem with the US stock market. In order to calculate an asset’s Beta, the historical day to day price movement will be measured going back several More...
Quantitative Easing
By increasing the supply of money within an economy, a government can help to stimulate economic activity. A negative side-effect of quantitative easing is inflation. var hupso_services_t=new Array("Twitter","Facebook","Google More...