U - Z Archives - HowTheMarketWorks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/category/glossary/u-z/ Free stock market game with real-time trading and built-in lessons, curriculum, and assessments. Create a custom stock game for your class, club, or friends and learn to invest. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-touch-icon-ipad-retina-32x32.png U - Z Archives - HowTheMarketWorks https://www.howthemarketworks.com/category/glossary/u-z/ 32 32 Wealth https://www.howthemarketworks.com/wealth/ Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:27:50 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=11213 Definition of Wealth “Wealth” means having an abundance of something desirable. This can be tangible, like money and property, or intangible. Intangible Wealth Just because something does not have a monetary value does not mean it is worthless. Having strong connections with friends and family is often considered a major component of wealth – since Read More...

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]]> Why is it called Wall Street? https://www.howthemarketworks.com/why-is-it-called-wall-street/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 12:03:34 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=10025 Definition “Wall Street” is a street in New York City, near the southern end of Manhattan Island. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, and the biggest center of stock trading and finance in the world. History Before New York was New York, it was a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, which Read More...

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]]> Stop and Limit Orders https://www.howthemarketworks.com/stop-and-limit-orders/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:44:54 +0000 http://virtual-stock-exchange.net/?p=83 Definition A Stop (or stop loss) order and limit order are orders that try to execute (meaning become a market order) when a certain price threshold is reached. Limit and stop orders are mirrors of each other; they have the same mechanics, but have opposite triggers. When creating a limit or stop order, you will select Read More...

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]]> Variance https://www.howthemarketworks.com/variance/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:41:40 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=8281 Definition When you are looking at a sequence of related numbers (for example, the price of a single stock over time, the height of all students in a classroom, or how many breakfasts you will get out of a box of a particular cereal), the “variance” is how far away the numbers get from the Read More...

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]]> Uncovered Call https://www.howthemarketworks.com/uncovered-call/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:19:57 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=4388 A short call option position where the writer does not own the specified number of shares specified by the option nor has deposited cash equal to the exercise value of the call.

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]]> 403(b) https://www.howthemarketworks.com/403-b/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:07:07 +0000 https://www.howthemarketworks.com/?p=4379 An alternative retirement plan to a 401(k) plan offered by non-profit organizations such as universities and charitable organizations, rather than corporations.

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