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What is speculation? Speculation refers to a high risk, high reward scenario in investing. When an investor engages in a speculation, they take on...

What is After Hours Trading/Extended Trading? After hours trading describes any trades made after the market closes or before the market opens. Bec...

What is Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)? A CMO is a mortgage bond that consists of a large number of different individual mortgages bundle...

What is Beta? Beta is a figure associated with public companies that measures how risky the company’s stock is in comparison to the market as a w...

What is short interest theory? Watch this not-so-short video to find out.

What does “Away from the Market” mean? Away from the market just means that a stock is moving away from its benchmark. This happens when the bu...

Selling away is the practice of selling securities that aren't under the seller's auspices to sell.

Painting the tape is an illegal way to manipulate stock prices. And yes, it’s still illegal, even if you paint it super pretty.

What is interest? In order to create an incentive for a lender, a borrower usually repays debt with interest, a percentage of overpayment for the l...

What is Good ‘Til Cancelled (GTC)? GTC orders are trade orders that may be filled at any time unless the investor cancels it. Good til cancelled...

A liquid market is a market featuring high trading volumes, i.e. investors actually want to put their cash to work.

What is a Country Basket (Index Fund)? Investing internationally can be a challenge, as foreign exchange, different accounting rules, time zones an...

What is Alpha? Alpha is an investing term that describes the success of an investment. It looks at the investment’s ability to beat beta (or mark...

What is a High Alpha Investor? A high alpha investor invests in securities with alpha values of 1 or higher. This means that the mutual fund or sto...

What is Counterparty Risk? Counterparty risk is the risk to either party within a transaction that the other will not or be unable to abide by the...

Term to maturity is kind of the life cycle of a bond, but luckily for the bond, it gets to skip puberty.

What are unsuitable recommendations? Hit play to find out, and trust us when we say that that's a suitable recommendation.

What is Yield to Maturity? When calculating bond yields, the yield to maturity is the interest rate that an investor would ultimately accumulate if...

Who is Warren Buffett, and how do we get him to give us a loan...?

What is the gold standard, besides the standard at which this video is judged? Hit play to find out.