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A secular trend is something that changes over time, but is not necessarily an element in a repeated, continuing cycle.

What is speculation? Speculation refers to a high risk, high reward scenario in investing. When an investor engages in a speculation, they take on...

What is After Hours Trading/Extended Trading? After hours trading describes any trades made after the market closes or before the market opens. Bec...

What are ascending and descending tops and triangles? Ascending and descending tops and triangles are used to describe market performance graphs. T...

What are Capital Markets? The most often context used for “Capital Markets” is in corporate finance and investment banking, and it refers prima...

A fundamental analyst is basically the opposite of a chartist - they care about a company's earnings, profit margins, gross rates, etc.

What are overbought and oversold? Hit play to find out.

What is volatility? In the world of investing, volatility basically means riskiness. It looks at the returns for stocks or indexes, and if they are...

What is Alpha? Alpha is an investing term that describes the success of an investment. It looks at the investment’s ability to beat beta (or mark...

What is Beta? Beta is a figure associated with public companies that measures how risky the company’s stock is in comparison to the market as a w...

What is short interest theory? Watch this not-so-short video to find out.

What does “Away from the Market” mean? Away from the market just means that a stock is moving away from its benchmark. This happens when the bu...

Selling away is the practice of selling securities that aren't under the seller's auspices to sell.

What is a thin market, and has it been on Jenny Craig recently?

What are moving averages? Moving averages are calculated using past stock prices in an attempt to determine future trends. It’s calculated by ave...

What is Above Full Employment Equilibrium? Above Full Employment Equilibrium happens when an economy is basically doing more than it realistically...

What is the Fast Market Rule? The fast market rule is something that is used in the U.K. to keep the market under control when any sort of crash ha...

What is Devaluation? The process by which a nation deliberately lowers the value of its currency relative to other international currencies is call...

What is the Advance Decline Ratio? The advance decline ratio is used to determine how the market performed on a given day. It does this by comparin...

What does “Breaking the Buck” mean? Breaking the buck means that a money market fund’s value has dropped to less than $1. This happens becaus...