Investment - Pooled Investments
Investment - Pooled Investments Most ordinary investors choose to save through pooled investment vehicles administered by investment firms. The investment vehicles own securities and other assets, and, in turn, are held by their investors who share in the
Investment - Direct and Indirect Investment
Investment - Direct and Indirect Investment The enormous diversity of financial services and products available reflects the many varied requirements and issues clients encounter. Understanding the products and how they are organized supports an apprecia
Investment - Security Market Indices
Investment - Security Market Indices It is more practical to use a single metric that is indicative of the performance of the whole stock market rather than analyzing the performance of each and every security listed on the market to evaluate how the sto
Investment - Comparison of Pooled Investment Vehicles
Investment - Comparison of Pooled Investment Vehicles We already mentioned that two major variations between pooled investment vehicles are whether they are exchange-traded and whether they are passively or actively managed. Other distinctions involve r
Investment - Exchange-Traded Funds
Investment - Exchange-Traded Funds Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are pooled investment vehicles that are normally passively managed to track a particular index or sector, but a rising number of ETFs are actively managed. ETFs are often managed by investmen
Investment - Closed-End Funds
Investment - Closed-End Funds Closed-end funds do not issue or redeem shares on demand; in contrast to open-end funds, they have a fixed number of shares. These occurrences are rare, although they could repurchase shares or issue more shares through right
Investment - Open End Mutual Funds
Investment - Open End Mutual Funds Many individual and institutional investors choose pooled investment vehicles like open-end mutual funds. Because the shares that comprise the fund can be issued or redeemed (repurchased) upon demand, these are known as
Investment - Long and Short Positions
Investments - Long and Short Positions Purchasing stock is what we call "taking a position" as an investor. However, investors have other options as well. They can pledge to purchase a stock at a later time and pay the seller money for it. With the major
Investment - Market Structures - Order Driven Markets
Investment - Market Structures - Order Driven Markets Order Matching: Order-driven markets use rules to match buy and sell orders in order to arrange deals. Usually, the orders include the quantity that the traders wish to purchase or sell, as well as p
Investment - Market Structure - Quote-Driven Markets
Investment - Market Structure - Quote-Driven Markets Investors trade with dealers in quote-driven marketplaces, also known as dealer markets or price-driven markets. The fact that investors transact with dealers at the prices such dealers quote gives th