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What is a warrant? Hit play to find out.

What is Devaluation? The process by which a nation deliberately lowers the value of its currency relative to other international currencies is call...

A secular trend is something that changes over time, but is not necessarily an element in a repeated, continuing cycle.

What is the Advance Decline Ratio? The advance decline ratio is used to determine how the market performed on a given day. It does this by comparin...

What does “Breaking the Buck” mean? Breaking the buck means that a money market fund’s value has dropped to less than $1. This happens becaus...

What is speculation? Speculation refers to a high risk, high reward scenario in investing. When an investor engages in a speculation, they take on...

What is After Hours Trading/Extended Trading? After hours trading describes any trades made after the market closes or before the market opens. Bec...

What's a lock-up agreement? We think it has something to do with a shiv, but let's watch this video, just in case.

What is the Efficient Markets Theory? The Efficient Markets Theory says that stocks trade at their fair value all of the time, assuming all informa...

What are kickbacks? Well, they're things we don't get for working at Shmoop, that's for sure. Hit play to find out more.

What are At the Money, In the Money, Deep in the Money, and Out of the Money? At the money happens when a stock is trading at an option’s strike...

What are ascending and descending tops and triangles? Ascending and descending tops and triangles are used to describe market performance graphs. T...

What are Capital Markets? The most often context used for “Capital Markets” is in corporate finance and investment banking, and it refers prima...

A fundamental analyst is basically the opposite of a chartist - they care about a company's earnings, profit margins, gross rates, etc.

What are overbought and oversold? Hit play to find out.

What is volatility? In the world of investing, volatility basically means riskiness. It looks at the returns for stocks or indexes, and if they are...

What is Alpha? Alpha is an investing term that describes the success of an investment. It looks at the investment’s ability to beat beta (or mark...

What is Beta? Beta is a figure associated with public companies that measures how risky the company’s stock is in comparison to the market as a w...

What is short interest theory? Watch this not-so-short video to find out.

Rights offerings are essentially hostile takeover defenses. Unfortunately, they're not as cool as swords and shields.