VIX - CBOE Volatility Index — The ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index, which shows the market s expectation of 30 day volatility. It is constructed using the implied volatilities of a wide range of S P 500 index options. This… … Investment dictionary
Volatility (finance) — Volatility most frequently refers to the standard deviation of the continuously compounded returns of a financial instrument with a specific time horizon. It is often used to quantify the risk of the instrument over that time period. Volatility… … Wikipedia
January 2008 stock market volatility — January 2008 was an especially volatile month in world stock markets, with a surge in implied volatility measurements of the US based S P 500 index [ [http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story id=10635708 Markets, Uncertain Times] , The… … Wikipedia
Market-linked CD — A market linked CD (MLCD) [1] is also referred to as an equity linked CD, market indexed CD or simply an indexed CD as well. It is a specific type of certificate of deposit that is linked to the performance of one or more securities or market… … Wikipedia
Market timing — is the strategy of making buy or sell decisions of financial assets (often stocks) by attempting to predict future market price movements. The prediction may be based on an outlook of market or economic conditions resulting from technical or… … Wikipedia
Market Intelligence — (often contracted to MARKINT) is a relatively new intelligence discipline that exploits open source information gathered from global markets. It relies solely on publicly available information such as market prices and ancillary economic and… … Wikipedia
Market capitalization — (often market cap) is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding (shares that have been authorized, issued, and… … Wikipedia
Market sentiment — is the general prevailing attitude of investors as to anticipated price development in a market. This attitude is the accumulation of a variety of fundamental and technical factors, including price history, economic reports, seasonal factors, and … Wikipedia
Market manipulation — describes a deliberate attempt to interfere with the free and fair operation of the market and create artificial, false or misleading appearances with respect to the price of, or market for, a security, commodity or currency.[1] Market… … Wikipedia
market — Usually refers to the equity market. The market went down today means that the value of the stock market dropped that day. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. market mar‧ket 1 [ˈmɑːkt ǁ ˈmɑːr ] noun 1. [countable] COMMERCE the activity of… … Financial and business terms
Volatility smile — In finance, the volatility smile is a long observed pattern in which at the money options tend to have lower implied volatilities than in or out of the money options. The pattern displays different characteristics for different markets and… … Wikipedia