Financial Markets

Open Market Operations
The Purchase or Sale of Securities by the Central Bank to Influence Interest Rates and Money Supply
Tick
The minimum movement of the price of a security in a financial market.
Listing
Listing Agreement by a stock exchange to allow a company’s shares to be traded.
Quantitative Easing
Definition and in-depth exploration of quantitative easing as a monetary policy instrument used by central banks.
Asset Prices
Understanding the dynamics and significance of asset prices in economics.
Bid–Ask Spread
Definition and meaning of bid–ask spread in financial markets, detailing its significance and implications.
Capital Asset Pricing Model
A model of equilibrium in financial markets that generates precise predictions about the structure of returns on risky assets.
Capital Inflow
An introduction to capital inflow, its meanings, and its relation to capital movements within the context of economics.
Capitulation (in Financial Markets)
An in-depth look at capitulation in the stock market, its implications, and its underlying theories across various economic frameworks.
Chartist
A trader in financial markets using patterns in market variable behavior to forecast movements.
CME Group
The exchange formed in 2007 through the merger of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, providing a wide range of futures and options products.
Contagion
Dictionary entry defining contagion in the context of economics and financial markets
Credit Rationing
Non-price restriction of loans where lenders do not provide loans to all applicants willing to pay the interest rate demanded.
Efficient Asset Markets
An economic concept referring to markets where asset prices fully reflect all available information.
Electronic Trading - Definition and Meaning
A comprehensive entry on electronic trading, including its definition, historical context, and major analytical frameworks.
Exercise Price
The predetermined price at which an option holder can buy or sell the underlying asset.
Financial Deregulation
The process involving the removal or relaxation of regulations in the financial industry.
Hedge Fund
An overview and analysis of hedge funds as investment vehicles focusing on speculative positions in markets for shares, currencies, and derivatives.
Insider Trading
An exploration of insider trading, encompassing definitions, historical context, key theories, and case studies.
NYSE Euronext
A comprehensive overview of NYSE Euronext, a pan-European stock exchange formed from the merger between Euronext and NYSE Group in 2006.
Order-Driven Market
An examination of the order-driven market system where intermediaries match buy and sell orders.
Secondary Market
An in-depth exploration of the secondary market where the resale of shares occurs
Securitization
The economic process of bundling non-marketable assets into marketable securities.
Shanghai Stock Exchange
A stock exchange founded in 1990 and based in Shanghai, providing a market for trade in equities, bonds, funds, and derivatives.
Sovereign Debt
Debt of the governments of independent countries and the economic implications.
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA)
The Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) tracks sterling overnight funding rates and serves as a proxy for market interest rate expectations.
Stock Market
A platform where securities, such as stocks and bonds, are bought and sold, serving as a significant indicator of the economy's health.
Toxic Asset
An overview of toxic assets, their characteristics, and their impact on financial markets.
Triple-A Rating
The highest credit rating available, indicating near-zero risk of default on payments.
Speculator
An individual or firm engaging in risk-taking to achieve expected profits, leveraging superior market information or risk tolerance.