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Glossary for Traders

This handy glossary of trading terms is from the News for Traders Website. Trading words and phrases are concisely defined and listed in alphabetical order. Hyperlinks within the definitions lead users to other words in the glossary or to outside sources. The glossary may be browsed, but there is no search feature.

Content: Online Resource | Source: News for Traders | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investing

Risk and Return: Some New Evidence

The return on the market portfolio plays a central role in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), the financial theory widely used by both academics and practitioners. However, the intertemporal properties of the stock market return are not yet fully understood. In particular, ther is an ongoing debate in the literature about the relationship between market risk and return and the extent to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Hui Guo, Robert Whitelaw | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

Private Equity Primer

People use private equity in a broad sense to describe any investment strategy that involves the purchase of equity in a private company. Along with leveraged buyouts, these strategies include venture capital investments, distressed debt investments and mezzanine debt financings.

The first section of this primer is devoted to defining the various sub-specialties within private equity (leveraged buyouts, venture capital, mezzanine debt/distressed debt, funds-of-funds … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Asset Alternatives | Industry: Investing

Return of the LBO

“It may not be the glory years, but buyout shops are back, raising billions–and heading into uncharted waters.” An interesting look at the LBO world and the changes it is seeing. Discusses the idea of PIPE (private investments in public equities) and raises the question of whether LBO managers are out of their depth in the New Economy.

Content: Article | Author: Debra Sparks | Source: BusinessWeek | Subject: Finance | Industry: Investing

Stocks and the Stock Market Resource Center

A set of informative articles from Equity Analytics, Ltd. covering various areas of investments. Sampling of articles: The Short Sale of Stock; Cash Accounts and Margin Accounts; Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s) of Securities; Stock Splits, Reverse Stock Splits, Cash and Stock Dividends…

Content: Online Resource | Source: Equity Analytics Ltd. | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

Stock Prices and Fundamentals in a Production Economy

This paper by the Federal Reserve Board compares the predictions for the market value of firms from the Gordon growth model with those from a dynamic general equilibrium model of production. Special attention is focused on the prediction for movements in the market value of firms in response to a decline in the required return or an increase in the growth rate of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael T. Kiley | Source: Federal Reserve Board (FRB) | Subjects: Economics, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

Herd Behavior in Financial Markets – A Review

This 33-page .pdf IMF paper provides an overview of recent theoretical and empirical research on herd behavior in financial markets. It addresses the following questions: What precisely do we mean by herding? What could be the causes of herd behavior? What successes hav existing studies had in identifying such behavior? And what effect does herding have on financial markets?

Content: Article | Authors: Sunil Sharma, Sushil Bikhchandani | Source: IMF | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing