An oligopoly is when a small number of businesses (usually less than 10) control the vast majority of the market with a large number of very small competitors operating on the fringe. The classic exam...
A non-disclosure agreement, or NDA, is a contract signed between parties which creates an agreement to keep any important information out of the public domain. This is most typically associated with n...
The Nikkei is the benchmark index used in Japan. It is the weighted market capitalization of the 225 largest stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange....
NYMEX stands for New York Mercantile Exchange and is the largest commodity futures market in the world, and trades commodities such as gold, silver, copper, energy, platinum etc. The NYMEX was first c...
Net Present Value (NPV) is a financial accounting term used to determine the value of money in the future at a value today. Money at some point in the future is usually worth less than money in the pr...
A Net Operating Loss or NOL is a period of time during which the tax-deductible expenses of a company are greater than the total income of the company. This means that the company is essentially opera...
Net Income refers to post-tax profit and is also known as net profit. The basic formula for net income is:Revenue - All Costs + Interest Income - Interest Expense - TaxationThis video below will teach...
The NASDAQ is one of the main indices used in the United States. It is a fully electronic stock trading market which comprises mainly technology firms (i.e. Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Intel)....
A mutual fund is one which is made up of money from lots of different individual investors, and then managed by a professional portfolio manager. Mutual funds invest in all the usual assets such as:Bo...
The MACD - Moving Average Convergence Divergence - is an indicator used in technical analysis for showing trends and momentum. It shows the relationship between two moving averages (i.e. whe...