BAROMETER STOCK
A security whose performance is taken as an indicator of the a specific industry or sector's performance, or even the market as a whole. The barometer stock is taken as a scale for the whole sector or market. Analyst usually look to barometer stocks to forecast the direction that a market or industry is probably headed in the short term.
Also called as bellwether stock.
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A ratio developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision during Basel II conference. This ratio stemmed out from the Cookie ratio that was p ...
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M0
Measuring money supply that sums up all the physical currency (notes and coins) that is circulating in the economy and the bank reserves held with ...
Manufactured Housing - MH
A prefabricated housing unit, which is assembled in factories, prior to being moved to sites of use. The cost of construction per square foot is ty ...
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