by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is an Investment Manager?An investment manager is any individual or company which maintains or manages the portfolio of a client and invests in securities on behalf of the said client. Simply put, an investment manager helps a client invest his or her money in a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is the Uptick Rule?The uptick rule is a law created by the Securities Exchange Commission to impose trading restrictions on short sale transactions of securities. It required the short sale transactions of securities to be entered at a higher price than in the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is Volatility?Volatility in finance refers to the degree at which the security’s price in the market moves up or down for a certain period of time. To measure volatility, you can use the variance or the standard deviation between returns from either the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Traditional IRA?A traditional IRA (individual retirement account) is a retirement savings strategy that offers tax deductions or tax advantages to employees. In a traditional IRA plan, employees or individuals can do investment with their pre-tax income,...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Capital Commitment?A capital commitment generates many meanings depending on the context in which it is used. In accounting, capital commitment refers to the total amount of money that a company intends to spend for a specific time. It is the capital...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is Technical Analysis?Technical analysis is a method of evaluation employed in the field of finance to forecast future price movement of a security based on an examination of past price movements. Technical analysis thoroughly inspects trading activity of...
