Trading Basics
Arbitrageur
Person, or organisation that uses arbitrage as a strategy.
Other Trading Basics
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.
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.
Broker
Provides access to the financial markets for traders.
Brokers come in all shapes and sizes.
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