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Weak market
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Weak marketA stock market where volume is low and the spread is high.
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Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Volume
In business, the amount of trade done in a certain period.
Spread
1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. 2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. 3) Difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. 4) The price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.
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Weak dollar
A depreciated dollar with respect to other currencies, meaning that more dollars are needed to buy a unit of foreign currency.
Weak form efficiency
A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk.
Weakening
Is a hedging or risk management term used to describe the relative loss of value between the underlying market and the hedge vehicle.
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Wasting assets
Those which are gradually exhausted in production and cannot be replaced.
Watch list
A list of securities being monitored closely by a brokerage or exchange in order to spot irregularities.
Watered stock
Stock that is issued with a value much greater than the value of the issuing company's assets.
Weak dollar
A depreciated dollar with respect to other currencies, meaning that more dollars are needed to buy a unit of foreign currency.
Weak form efficiency
A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk.
Weak market
Weakening
Is a hedging or risk management term used to describe the relative loss of value between the underlying market and the hedge vehicle.
Wealth
The stock of money or goods that a person or country possesses.
Wealth effect
Stock-market gains make consumers feel richer than their salaries and cash savings would suggest, and send them into stores buying.
Wealth tax
An annual tax in several European countries on the value of an individual's assets, over a certain level.
Wedding insurance
Insurance to give protection against financial loss in relation to a wedding.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
Volume
In business, the amount of trade done in a certain period.
Spread
1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. 2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. 3) Difference between the price at which an underwriter buys an issue from a firm and the price at which the underwriter sells it to the public. 4) The price an issuer pays above a benchmark fixed-income yield to borrow money.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Weak dollar
A depreciated dollar with respect to other currencies, meaning that more dollars are needed to buy a unit of foreign currency.
Weak form efficiency
A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk.
Weakening
Is a hedging or risk management term used to describe the relative loss of value between the underlying market and the hedge vehicle.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Wasting assets
Those which are gradually exhausted in production and cannot be replaced.
Watch list
A list of securities being monitored closely by a brokerage or exchange in order to spot irregularities.
Watered stock
Stock that is issued with a value much greater than the value of the issuing company's assets.
Weak dollar
A depreciated dollar with respect to other currencies, meaning that more dollars are needed to buy a unit of foreign currency.
Weak form efficiency
A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk.
Weak market
Weakening
Is a hedging or risk management term used to describe the relative loss of value between the underlying market and the hedge vehicle.
Wealth
The stock of money or goods that a person or country possesses.
Wealth effect
Stock-market gains make consumers feel richer than their salaries and cash savings would suggest, and send them into stores buying.
Wealth tax
An annual tax in several European countries on the value of an individual's assets, over a certain level.
Wedding insurance
Insurance to give protection against financial loss in relation to a wedding.
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