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Spoofing
Spoofing is a scheme to manipulate prices on securities markets by entering and withdrawing orders that the trader never intended to execute.
Quant
A quant lends expertise in advanced mathematical techniques to problems in finance, trading and investing.
REMIC
A REMIC is a debt security backed by home mortgages.
Retail Client
The definition of retail business and retail clients, in the context of financial services.
Risk Aversion
Risk aversion is a manifestation of people's general preference for certainty over uncertainty, and for minimizing the magnitude of the worst possible outcomes to which they are exposed.
Sell Side Analyst
Definition of sell side analyst, a position within the field of securties research.
Support
Definition of Support.
Tranche
A tranche is one in a series of debt instruments with slightly different terms, but which are backed by the same underlying pool of assets.
Wall Street
Definition of Wall Street.
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