Resistance Line
What is a Resistance Line? A Resistance line, sometimes also known as a Speed Line, helps identify stock trends and levels of support and resistance. Resistance lines are technical indication tools used by equity analysts and investors to determine the price trend of a specific stock. They are very useful in predicting the probable movement...
Ticker
What is a Ticker? A ticker is a symbol, a unique combination of letters and numbers that represent a particular stock or security listed on an exchange. The symbol is used to refer to a specific stock, particularly during trading. Trades are executed based on a company’s ticker symbol, which is recorded in the exchange’s trading system....
Private Equity Funds
What are Private Equity Funds? Private equity funds are pools of capital to be invested in companies that represent an opportunity for a high rate of return. They come with a fixed investment horizon, typically ranging from four to seven years, at which point the PE firm hopes to profitably exit the investment. Exit strategies include IPOs...
Bollinger Bands®
What are Bollinger Bands? Bollinger Bands are a technical analysis tool developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s for trading stocks. The bands comprise a volatility indicator that measures the relative high or low of a security’s price in relation to previous trades. Volatility is measured using standard deviation, which changes with increases or decreases...
Small Cap Stock
What is a Small-Cap Stock? A small-cap stock is a stock of a publicly traded company whose market capitalization ranges from $300 million to approximately $2 billion. The word “cap” in this term refers to a company’s market capitalization. The classification between small, mid, and large-cap companies is subjective and can vary among brokerages and market...
