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Small-cap
Definition: A stock with a small capitalization, meaning a total equity value of less than $500 million.
Definition: A stock with a small capitalization, meaning a total equity value of less than $500 million.
Small-capitalization (small Cap) Stocks
Definition: The stocks of companies whose market value is less than $1 billion. Small-cap companies tend to grow faster than large-cap companies and typically use any profits for expansion rather to pay dividends. They also are more volatile than large-cap companies, and have a higher failure rate.
Definition: The stocks of companies whose market value is less than $1 billion. Small-cap companies tend to grow faster than large-cap companies and typically use any profits for expansion rather to pay dividends. They also are more volatile than large-cap companies, and have a higher failure rate.
Small-capitalization (small-cap) Fund
Definition: A mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks of companies whose market value is less than $1 billion. Small-cap stocks historically have been more volatile than large-cap stocks, and often perform differently from the overall market.
Definition: A mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks of companies whose market value is less than $1 billion. Small-cap stocks historically have been more volatile than large-cap stocks, and often perform differently from the overall market.
Small-firm Effect
Definition: The tendency of small firms (in terms of total market capitalization) to outperform the stock market (consisting of both large and small firms).
Definition: The tendency of small firms (in terms of total market capitalization) to outperform the stock market (consisting of both large and small firms).
Smart Money
Definition: Investors who make consistent profits in the market, regardless of the investing environment, by making wise, educated moves.
Definition: Investors who make consistent profits in the market, regardless of the investing environment, by making wise, educated moves.
Smithsonian Agreement
Definition: A revision to the Bretton Woods international monetary system that was signed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., in December 1971. Included were a new set of par values, widened bands to +/- 2.25% of par, and an increase in the official value of gold to US$38.00 per ounce.
Definition: A revision to the Bretton Woods international monetary system that was signed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., in December 1971. Included were a new set of par values, widened bands to +/- 2.25% of par, and an increase in the official value of gold to US$38.00 per ounce.
Snake
Definition: Arrangement established in 1972, that ties European currencies to each other within specified limits.
Definition: Arrangement established in 1972, that ties European currencies to each other within specified limits.
Snowballing
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Process by which the exercise of stop orders in a declining or advancing market causes further downward or upward pressure on prices, thus triggering more stop orders and more price pressure, and so on.
Definition: Used in the context of general equities. Process by which the exercise of stop orders in a declining or advancing market causes further downward or upward pressure on prices, thus triggering more stop orders and more price pressure, and so on.
Social Security Benefits
Definition: Monthly government payments to retired workers or their families who have paid Social Security taxes for a total of 40 quarters or 10 years.
Definition: Monthly government payments to retired workers or their families who have paid Social Security taxes for a total of 40 quarters or 10 years.
Social Security Disability Income Insurance
Definition: Program financed by the Social Security tax to provide assistance to disabled individuals with disabilities expected to last at least one year, to compensate for lost income.
Definition: Program financed by the Social Security tax to provide assistance to disabled individuals with disabilities expected to last at least one year, to compensate for lost income.
Social Security Tax
Definition: Provides benefits for retired workers and their dependents as well as for the disabled and their dependents. Also known as the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" (FICA) tax.
Definition: Provides benefits for retired workers and their dependents as well as for the disabled and their dependents. Also known as the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" (FICA) tax.
Social Trading
Definition: A trading approach where users mimic or follow others trades on social platforms.
Definition: A trading approach where users mimic or follow others trades on social platforms.
Socially Conscious Mutual Fund
Definition: A mutual fund that does not invest in companies that have interests in socially unacceptable markets or produce harmful products or by-products, such as high levels of environmental pollution.
Definition: A mutual fund that does not invest in companies that have interests in socially unacceptable markets or produce harmful products or by-products, such as high levels of environmental pollution.
Society For Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)
Definition: A dedicated computer network to support funds transfer messages internationally between over 900 member banks world-wide.
Definition: A dedicated computer network to support funds transfer messages internationally between over 900 member banks world-wide.
Soft
Definition:
Definition:
(1) A description of a price that is gradually weakening; or
(2) this term also refers to certain "soft" commodities such as sugar, cocoa, and coffee.
Soft Currency
Definition: The money of a country that is expected to drop in value relative to other currencies.
Definition: The money of a country that is expected to drop in value relative to other currencies.
Soft Dollars
Definition: The value of research services that brokerage houses supply to investment managers "free of charge" in exchange for the investment manager's business commissions.
Definition: The value of research services that brokerage houses supply to investment managers "free of charge" in exchange for the investment manager's business commissions.
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