by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Required Yield?Required yield refers to the amount of return investment or financial instrument that must accrue to it to be regarded as a profitable and attractive investment. Required yield is often used for bonds, it describes the minimum return a bond...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Stop-Loss Order?Brokers use the stop-loss order as an exit strategy, especially when the conditions of a trade are not favorable. A stop-loss order is an order used by a broker to sell a security or an investment instrument when it reaches a certain price...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Stock Price Pivot?A pivot refers to an important price level established when a stock doesn’t break through it to the up or downside or the price breaks out past the pivot level. Most times, an instant increase in volume goes with a move through the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Zero-Cost Strategy?A zero-cost strategy is a business or trading decision that does not incur any expense. A zero-cost strategy costs an individual or business nothing while simultaneously improving operations, making processes more effective, or serving to...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Put?In an option contract, a put refers to a position in the contract that gives the owner the right to sell the underlying asset or security at the specified price, known as strike price within a set time. The owner of a put option is also known as the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is Black Friday?In the United States, Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving holiday, this day also signals the start of Christmas shopping season. Black Friday is a special day in which shoppers enjoy deep discounts on their products,...
