- Branche: Financial services
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The category describing a company's primary business activity. This category is usually determined by the largest portion of revenue.
Industry:Financial services
Refers to the historical pattern that stock prices rise in the first few days of January. Studies have suggested this holds only for small-capitalization stocks. In recent years, there is less evidence of a January effect.
Industry:Financial services
The ratio of the dollar price change in the price of an option to a 1% change in the expected volatility.
Industry:Financial services
The sales fee charged to an investor when shares are purchased in a load fund or annuity. See: Bank-end load; front-end load; level load.
Industry:Financial services
Investment of certain proportions of a portfolio in certain industries. Sometimes called sector allocation.
Industry:Financial services
Japanese equivalent of Nasdaq.
Industry:Financial services
A mutual fund that sells shares with a sales charge-typically 4% to 8% of the net amount indicated. Some no-load funds also levy distribution fees permitted by Article 12b-1 of the Investment Company Act; these are typically 0. 25%. A true no-load fund has neither a sales charge nor
Industry:Financial services
Group of assets dominated by at least one other portfolio under the mean variance rule. For example, if A has both lower return and higher volatility than B, we say A is dominated by B.
Industry:Financial services
