Trading Basics
Wall Street
The street in downtown Manhattan at the heart of America’s financial industry. The term Wall Street is slang for all things finance.
Other Trading Basics
Contrary Opinion
An approach to trading where traders take the opposite view and therefore the position of the retail participants in a market.
Commercial Paper
How big companies finance short-term cash flow.
Like bonds but without the coupon, instead, the APR is determined by the discount the agreements are entered into and the length of time to repayment.
For example, a blue chip company might borrow $9.95m dollars today and repay $10m in a month’s time.
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