Trading Basics
Corporate Action
An event that requires approval or notification of the shareholders of a business. Paying dividend or a rights issue are corporate actions.
Other Trading Basics
Cash or Spot Market
Also known as a spot market, cash markets are different to futures contracts, as commodities are traded immediately for cash at the current market price.
Balance of Payments
Also BoP. This is the difference between payments into or out of a country. It can be negative or positive and is used by traders in fundamental analysis.
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