Capital Markets terms

Sustained market decline with broadly negative investor sentiment.

Sustained market advance with broadly positive investor sentiment.

Money or financial resources invested, borrowed or used in a business or account.

Profit from selling an asset for more than its purchase price.

Loss from selling an asset for less than its purchase price.

Tradable financial asset or contract such as a stock, bond, future or CFD.

First public sale of a company's shares to investors.

Company, government or entity that creates and sells a security.

Market where securities are issued and sold for the first time.

Private sale of securities to selected investors instead of public markets.