EVENT RISK
- Possibility an unexpected event will negatively impact a firm or industry. Sudden corporate reorganizations or bond buyback may incur either a positive or negative impact upon the stock’s market price.
- Risk connected to a changing portfolio due to huge swings in market places. These are extreme portfolio risks due to significant changes in market price. Also called fat-tails or jump risk.
- Possibility a bond issuer will miss a coupon payment to bondholders because of a dramatic and unanticipated event. As a result, credit rating agencies may downscale the issuer’s credit rating. The firm will have to pay investors more for greater risk of holding its debt.
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Kijun Line
The middle point between the highest high price and lowest low price of a certain securit ...
Toppy
Slang term for a situation in which markets are reaching unstable peaks; hence a plunge can be expected. It is used when indexes are escalating but ...
New Zealand Dollar/U.S. Dollar
The abbreviation for the New Zealand dollar and U.S. dollar (NZD/USD) currency pair or cross. The currency pair tells the reader how many U.S. doll ...
Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP
Process in which a company administers and incorporates the significant parts of its business. It integrates areas such as planning, development, p ...
Retail Sales
An aggregated measure of the sales of retail goods over a stated time period, typically based on a data sampling that is extrapolated to model an e ...
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