Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?It is the price-weighted average of 30 actively-traded stocks of significant publicly owned US industrial corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The trend in the movement of these stocks market value reflects the...

Dow Jones US Total Market Index – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index?Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index is a Market-capitalization weighted index providing readily available prices and price changes in the shares of the US-based corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange, American...

Daily Trading Limit (Securities) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is a Daily Trading Limit?It is the highest and lowest limit of the price range within which the price of a derivative contract (such as an options or futures contract) is allowed to fluctuate in a trading session. Once the limit is reached that particular...

DAX 100 – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is DAX-100?The Deutscher Aktienindex 100, also known as DAX-100, is a former price-weighted index that represented top-traded 100 blue-chip or heavily traded stocks on the Frankfurt stock exchange.How Doe the DAX Work?The DAX-100 included 30 DAX equities and 70...

Discount Share (Stock) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is a Discount Share (Stock)?These are the stocks issued in the market to be sold for less than its nominal value or par value. It also refers to selling shares below the fair market value. The nominal value or par value of a share is the minimum price for a...

Lack of Control Discount (Stock) – Explained

by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets

What is a Discount for the Lack of Control?A Discount for Lack of Control is a fixed amount or percentage deducted from the selling price of a block of shares. The amount is deducted from the share value because that block of shares lacks some or all powers of control...