markets (noun)
71barra — noun A hand pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets. See Also: barra boy …
72Value at Risk — noun A widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio of financial assets. For a given portfolio, probability and time horizon, VaR is a threshold value such that the probability that the mark to market loss on the portfolio over …
73stockjobbing — noun /ˈstɒkdʒɒbɪŋ/ Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares. poor Kendall had a hard time of it to stop them at last, as Amos will to stop the mouths of the people about his stockjobbing. See Also: stockjobber …
74futarchy — noun a form of government proposed by economist Robin Hanson, in which elected officials define measures of national welfare and prediction markets are used to determine which policies will have the most positive effect …
75open outcry — noun A trading method whereby traders gather in person, often in a pit, and call out to all their desire to buy or sell a quantity at a given price, transactions being consummated when two parties can agree on a price. Most frequently used in… …
76monetary policy — noun The process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority manages the supply of money, or trading in foreign exchange markets. See Also: fiscal policy …
77strumpetry — noun a) Whoredom; prostitution. However, these abandoned women had other prospects besides mere strumpetry... b) Behaviour suited to a strumpet; brazenness, sluttishness. ...how capitalism had taken young male proletarians to be slaughtered in… …
78systematic risk — noun The risk associated with an asset that is correlated with the risk of asset markets generally, often measured as its beta. Syn: market risk …
79commodity meat — noun a) Meat that is produced and distributed on an industrial scale, and can be bought and sold on the commodity markets b) Meat distributed through the USDA commodity food distribution program …
80hedge fund — noun Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets). All hedge funds are supposed to be hedged from risk; hence the name …
