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A chart pattern named for the fact that its initial formation (the flag pole) takes place in a rapidly declining market. Once the pole is formed, a short period of consolidation results in a series of bars in which the highs and lows rise at the ...
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An Internet-based order entry and execution system offered by some brokerage firms that permits an investor to place trades directly with market makers and ...
A measure of a company's financial strength, as measured by the amount of money it has left after paying its bills. Calculated by subtracting capital expenditures ...
A security issued by a company with earnings that are growing at a faster rate than other companies in the same industry or the market as a whole. Growth stocks ...
A member of an exchange who facilitates trading in a security by conducting an open outcry auction at a trading post on the floor of an exchange, posting bid and ...
The world's largest stock exchange and the de facto center of the U.S. financial markets. Founded in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange merged with ...
