by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Cross Hedge?Cross-hedging is a strategy often used by investors to manage the risk of investments. Cross involves the purchase of two similar investment instruments with similar price movements in such a way that the financial risk of one of the instruments...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is Fortune 500?The Fortune 500 enlists the best 500 US firms based on the total revenues earned for the specific fiscal year. The list is released in Fortune Magazine, and published on a yearly basis. It considers including both public and private firms in its...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Coupon Payment?A coupon is mostly utilized in a bond or a note issued by the U.S Treasury Department or by corporate firms. It primarily refers to the annual interest rate that is paid on a bond and expressed as a percentage of the bonds face value. Coupons...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is Corner a Market?The term, to corner a market simply means to acquire a satisfiable number of shares of a specific type of security, like those of a company in a niche industry. It can also refer to the ability to hold a security or a substantial portion of a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is the Central Registration Depository?The Central Registration Depository, referred to as CRD, is an information hub for organizations and persons working in the US securities sector. FINRA regulates and manages the functioning of the CRD. It collects data...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Investments, Trading, and Financial Markets
What is a Broker?A broker is an individual in charge of transacting business deals on behalf of clients. A broker gets a commission for every transaction he or she makes. A broker can also be a firm acting as customers agent and charges a commission for the services...
