Trading Basics
What is a central bank?
A central bank or monetary authority is a monopolised and often nationalized institution given control over the distribution of money and credit.
Other Trading Basics
Counterparty
You need at least two parties in a financial transaction, they are counterparties.
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.
Buyback
When companies purchase their own shares.
This reduces the amount of shares issued.
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