Trading Basics
Acquisition
When the majority of shares changes hands in a company.
This is typically when one company buys another.
Other Trading Basics
Bid-Ask Spread
The difference between the price the trader and buy at and the price they can sell at.
Also bid-offer spread. The wider the spread, the more the trader pays, reactively.
CAC40
Cotation Assistée en Continu.
The short name for the headline french index which includes 40 companies.
Bottom Up Analysis
A form of fundamental analysis which starts with analysis of the individual parts.
Bottom up analysis of an index would involve the analysis of each company in that index.
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