Trading Basics
Credit Rating
An entities perceived ability to repay its debt. Provided by credit rating agencies. AAA is the best credit rating.
Other Trading Basics
Black Box Trading
Also referred to as automatic or algorithmic trading.
The trader does not need to see the system in operation, in effect its a black box.
Corporate Action
An event that requires approval or notification of the shareholders of a business.
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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