Financial Glossary

Master the language of the markets. 4 terms and counting.

Sector Rotation

Trading Strategies

An investment strategy that involves moving money from one industry sector to another in an attempt to beat the market based on economic cycle positioning.

Short Selling

Trading Strategies

An investment strategy where an investor borrows shares and sells them, hoping to buy them back at a lower price. Profit comes from the price difference minus borrowing costs.

Stop-Loss Order

Trading Strategies

An order placed with a broker to sell a security when it reaches a certain price, designed to limit an investor's loss on a position.

Support Level

Technical Analysis

A price level at which buying interest is historically strong enough to prevent the price from declining further. The opposite of resistance.