Dow 30
What is the Dow 30? The Dow 30, or Dow Jones Industrial Average, is a stock index that tracks the performance of the 30 biggest companies listed on the stock indices in the United States. Despite being used by analysts to track the markets, the Dow 30 doesn’t provide an accurate image of the U.S....
Distribution-in-Kind
What is a Distribution-in-Kind? Distribution-in-kind, also known as a distribution-in-specie, is a payment that is not made in cash. Instead, it is a payment that can be made in the form of physical goods or any other financial instrument that is not cash. For example, payment can be made using securities, such as stocks, dividends,...
Efficient Frontier
What is an Efficient Frontier? An efficient frontier is a set of investment portfolios that are expected to provide the highest returns at a given level of risk. A portfolio is said to be efficient if there is no other portfolio that offers higher returns for a lower or equal amount of risk. Where portfolios...
Direct Market Access (DMA)
What is Direct Market Access? Direct market access (DMA) refers to a method of electronic trading where investors can execute trades by directly interacting with an electronic order book. An order book is a list of orders that records the orders that buyers and sellers place in the stock exchange. The orders remain in the...
Downtrend
What is a Downtrend? A downtrend describes the movement of a stock towards a lower price from its previous state. It will exist as long as there is a continuation of lower highs and lower lows in the stock chart. The downtrend is reversed once the conditions are no longer met. For example, after a...
