Beta
A measure of a stock's volatility compared to changes in the overall stock market
Odd Lot Theory
Theory that the ODD LOT investor who trades in less than 100-share quantities is usually wrong and that profits can be made by acting contrary to odd-lot traders
Which risk is diversifiable? Systematic or Non-Systematic?
Non-Systematic
Short Interest Theory
Analyzes the amount of a company's stock that has been shorted and not yet covered.
weekly
How often the PLACEMENT Ratio is compiled
A+/A1
What is the average Rating of the Revenue Bond Index?
AA or Aa2
The average rating for the 20 GO Bond Index
Dow Jones Industrial Average and Dow Jones Transportation Average
The two averages that must reach a new high or new low to confirm a major trend according to the Dow Theory.
bullish indicator
Breakout of an area of resistance
Bullish indicator
An increase in odd lot selling
downward
Is the head and shoulders bottom formation the reversal of an upward or downward trend?
support level
a price level are which point a stock stops decreasing
Bullish indicator
A head and shoulders bottom formation
1
What is the beta of the S&P 500 market?
upward trend
The head and shoulders top formation is the reversal of what trend?
The Visible Supply figure
Indicates the number of municipals expected to reach the market within the next 30 days.
Bearish indicator
An increase in odd lot buying
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
-Developed to explain the behavior of security prices.
-Provides a mechanism to assess risk and return
-Based in the efficient market theory and assumes investors act rationally.
Efficient Frontier
According to the Modern portfolio Theory the graph representing a set of portfolios that maximizes expected return at each level of portfolio risk
yield curve
Plotting of a bonds yield against the length of time until its maturity.
Dueation
Measures the sensitivity of a bonds price due to small changes in interest rates
Alpha
Measure of investments performance on a risk adjusted basis. Also alpha is considered to represent the value that the portfolio manager adds or subtracts from a funds portfolio return.
Russell 2000 Index
Small cap benchmark comprised of 2000 small to mid cap companies
DJIA
Large cap index fund with 30 of the largest public ally traded companies
Current Ratio
current assets divided by current liabilities CA/CL
Return on Equity or ROE
Earnings Available to Common / Average Common Stockholders Equity