A fuller guide to this term is on the way. In the meantime, the related terms below explain the ideas around it.
Related Brickyard terms
- Margin AccountA brokerage account that lets you borrow money to invest, which can boost gains but also magnify losses.
- LeverageUsing borrowed money to increase the size of an investment, raising both potential returns and potential losses.
- VolatilityHow sharply and often an investment's price swings up and down over a given period.
- OptionsContracts that give you the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an investment at a set price by a deadline.
- Margin CallA demand from your broker to add money or sell holdings when borrowed-investment losses grow too large.
- StockA share of ownership in a company that you can buy and sell, giving you a small stake in its profits and growth.
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