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Leading Economic Indicator
A data series that tends to change before the broader economy does.
Indicators & OscillatorsLeading Indicator
An indicator claimed to change before price does, usually built from the rate of change rather than the level of price.
Financial Statements & AccountingLease Liability
The obligation to make future lease payments, recognised on the balance sheet along with a corresponding right-of-use asset.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementLeverage
The use of borrowed capital to increase the size of a position relative to the money committed.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureLimit Order
An instruction to buy at or below, or sell at or above, a stated price, executing only if the market reaches it.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsLine Chart
A chart that joins each period's closing price with a continuous line, discarding the open, high and low.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingLiquid Fund
A debt mutual fund investing in money-market instruments maturing within 91 days.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceLiquidation
The winding up of a company, in which assets are sold and proceeds distributed to claimants in a legal order of priority.
Market Basics & InstrumentsLiquidity
The ease with which a security can be bought or sold in size without materially moving its price.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementLiquidity Risk
The risk of being unable to exit a position at a reasonable price, or at all, when required.
Market Basics & InstrumentsListed Company
A company whose shares are admitted to trading on a recognised stock exchange and which is therefore subject to continuous disclosure…
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationListing Gain
The profit from selling IPO-allotted shares on the day they begin trading.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationLODR Regulations
SEBI's Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, governing what listed companies must disclose and how they must be…
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsLong Call
A position created by buying a call option, with loss limited to the premium and gain rising as the underlying rises.
Market Basics & InstrumentsLong Position
A position created by buying a security, which gains when its price rises and loses when it falls.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsLong Put
A position created by buying a put option, with loss limited to the premium and gain rising as the underlying falls.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationLong-Term Capital Gain
A capital gain on an asset held beyond the qualifying period, taxed at a concessional rate.
Financial Statements & AccountingLong-Term Debt
Borrowings repayable more than twelve months after the balance sheet date, such as term loans and debentures.
Indicators & OscillatorsLookback Period
The number of past periods an indicator examines when computing its current value.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceLoss Aversion
The tendency to feel the pain of a loss more strongly than the pleasure of an equivalent gain.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsLot Size
The fixed number of units of the underlying that one derivative contract represents.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureLower Circuit
The state in which a security is trading at the bottom of its permitted price band, with sell orders pending and no buyers.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingLump Sum Investment
Investing an entire amount at one time rather than spreading it across instalments.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeMacaulay Duration
The weighted average time until a bond's cash flows are received, with each time weighted by the present value of its cash flow.