Trading Basics
Equities
Typically shares or indices of shares. Ordinary shares share the economic gains from a company after debt has been serviced.
Other Trading Basics
Circuit Breaker
When exchanges stop the trading in a security that has fallen significantly.
This is done to stop an uncontrollable panic.
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
This is where shareholders meet each year to vote on the various decisions a company needs to make.
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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