After-market trading, also known as extended-hours trading, refers to the trading of stocks and other securities outside the regular trading hours of major stock exchanges. Here are some facts about after-market trading: Extended Trading Hours: After-market trading allows investors to buy and sell securities after the regular trading hours of the stock exchanges. It typically … Read more
101 SERIES The yield curve is a plot of the interest rate yields on debt instruments of different maturities, holding risk, liquidity and tax treatment constant. Research over the last decade has uncovered predictive relationships between the slope of the yield curve and subsequent real activity and inflation. The U.S. Treasury yield curve compares the … Read more
101 SERIES Mathematical finance, also known as quantitative finance and financial mathematics, is a field of applied mathematics, concerned with mathematical modeling of financial markets. There are two separate branches of finance that require advanced quantitative techniques: 1. Derivatives pricing 2. Risk and portfolio management. Mathematical finance focus in within the fields of computational finance … Read more
101 SERIES A quantitative fund is an investment fund that uses quantitative investment management instead of fundamental human analysis. Note: Quantitative analysis is the use of mathematical and statistical methods in finance and investment management. Investment process The process is classified as quantitative when investment management is fully based on the use of mathematical and statistical methods to make investment decisions. If investment decisions … Read more
What Is an Economic Cycle? The term economic cycle refers to the fluctuations of the economy between periods of expansion (growth) and contraction (recession). Factors such as gross domestic product (GDP), interest rates, total employment, and consumer spending, can help to determine the current stage of the economic cycle. Understanding the economic cycle can help investors and … Read more
What Is an Economic Cycle? The term economic cycle refers to the fluctuations of the economy between periods of expansion (growth) and contraction (recession). Factors such as gross domestic product (GDP), interest rates, total employment, and consumer spending, can help to determine the current stage of the economic cycle. Understanding the economic cycle can help investors and … Read more