investment market
111Market Cycles — 1. Trends or patterns that may exist in a given market environment, allowing some securities or asset classes to outperform others. The securities themselves may exhibit price patterns in their trading. 2. Trends within a particular sector or… …
112Market Index — An aggregate value produced by combining several stocks or other investment vehicles together and expressing their total values against a base value from a specific date. Market indexes are intended to represent an entire stock market and thus… …
113Market Access Program — The Market Access Program (MAP; formerly the Market Promotion Program) is administered by the Foreign Agricultural Service and uses funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). It helps producers, exporters, private companies, and other… …
114Market Index Target-Term Security - MITTS — A type of principal protected note initially engineered by Merrill Lynch that is designed to limit the amount of downside risk an investor is exposed to while also providing a return that is proportional to that of a specified stock market index …
115market follower — A firm that is usually second to the market leader in an industry and wants to hold its share without upsetting the status quo. Market followers do not want to challenge the leader, but can maintain their market share with much lower investment… …
116investment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. endowment, grant, loan, expenditure, expense, backing, speculation, venture, disintermediation, financing, finance, purchase, advance, bail, plunge*, grease*, stake*, nut*; see also property 1 . Types of investment include …
117market risk — noun a) The risk that the value of an investment will decrease due to moves in market factors. b) Systematic risk …
118market discipline — noun The forces in a free market which tend to control and limit the riskiness of a financial institutions investment and lending activities, such as the concern of depositors for the safety of their deposits and the concern of bank investors for …
119market letter — A newsletter analyzing the market that is written by an SEC registered investment adviser who sells the letter to subscribers. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: Hulbert rating. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
120investment analyst — A person employed by stockbrokers, banks, insurance companies, unit trusts, pension funds, etc., to give advice on the making of investments, especially investments in securities, commodities, etc. Many pay special attention to the study of… …
