Financial and business terms. 2012.
Contrarian investing — In finance, a contrarian is one who attempts to profit by investing in a manner that differs from the conventional wisdom, when the consensus opinion appears to be wrong. A contrarian believes that certain crowd behavior among investors can lead… … Wikipedia
Modern portfolio theory — Portfolio analysis redirects here. For theorems about the mean variance efficient frontier, see Mutual fund separation theorem. For non mean variance portfolio analysis, see Marginal conditional stochastic dominance. Modern portfolio theory (MPT) … Wikipedia
Dow theory — on stock price movement is a form of technical analysis that includes some aspects of sector rotation. The theory was derived from 255 Wall Street Journal editorials written by Charles H. Dow (1851–1902), journalist, founder and first editor of… … Wikipedia
Mosaic theory — Mosaic theory, also referred to more colloquially as the scuttlebutt method by Philip Fisher in his seminal work Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, in finance is the method used in security analysis to gather information about a corporation.… … Wikipedia
Trait theory — In psychology, Trait theory is a major approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits , which can be defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion. [Saul Kassin,… … Wikipedia
Faraday paradox — This article describes the Faraday paradox in electromagnetism. There is a different Faraday paradox in electrochemistry: see Faraday paradox (electrochemistry). The Faraday paradox (or Faraday s paradox) is an experiment that illustrates Michael … Wikipedia
Day trading — This article is about the practice. For the occupation, see Day trader. Day trading refers to the practice of buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day such that all positions are usually closed before the market close… … Wikipedia
Richard Lindzen — Richard S. Lindzen Born 8 February 1940 (1940 02 08) (age 71) Webster, Massachusetts Fields Atmospheric physics … Wikipedia
Market trend — Statues of the two symbolic beasts of finance, the bear and the bull, in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. A market trend is a putative tendency of a financial market to move in a particular direction over time.[1] These trends are… … Wikipedia
Efficient-market hypothesis — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond … Wikipedia
