Microcap
What is Microcap? The term “microcap,” also known as micro-cap, is generally used for companies with a low market capitalization, usually ranging between $50 million and $300 million. Market capitalization is the product of a company’s share price and its outstanding shares, and it changes daily. Microcap stocks can either be newly listed companies with...
Market Index
What is Market Index? Market index refers to a portfolio of securities that represent a particular section of the stock market. The securities that are part of a particular index often come with certain characteristics. What is Index Methodology? Index methodology is a hypothetical portfolio that derives its value from the values of its underlying...
Market Exposure
What is Market Exposure? Market exposure refers to the absolute amount of funds or the percentage of a portfolio that is invested in a given security, or a bundle of securities that are part of the same industry or market sector. It is usually expressed in the form of a percentage of the total securities...
Market Breadth
What is Market Breadth? Market breadth refers to a set of technical indicators that evaluate the price advancement and decline of a given stock index. Market breadth represents the total number of stocks that are increasing in prices as opposed to the number of stocks that are undergoing a decline in their prices. The stocks...
Market Cycle
What is Market Cycle? Market cycle refers to economic trends observed during different types of business environments. It is also known as a stock market cycle, wherein a given security, or multiple securities belonging to the same class of assets, perform better than others. It can be because the prevailing market conditions may be suitable...
