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At the core of stock valuation is the notion that a company's current market price may differ from its intrinsic value.

What is Arbitrage? Arbitrage trading is an opportunity in financial markets when similar assets can be purchased and sold simultaneously at different prices for profit. Simply put, an arbitrageur buys cheaper assets and sells more expensive assets at the same time to take a profit with no net cash flow. In theory, the practice of arbitrage should require no capital and involve no risk. In practice, however, attempts at arbitrage…

In order to participate in the futures market, an individual assumes responsibility for several transaction costs associated with the facilitation of a trade. Overall, there are four basic types of fees incurred during the active trading of a single futures contract: Exchange/Clearing fees National Futures Association (NFA) fee Data fees Brokerage commissions Futures trading fees are assessed on a per-contract basis. For every contract traded, each type of fee is…

The Efficient Market Hypothesis (or EMH, as it's known) suggests that investors cannot make returns above the average of the market on a consistent basis. This is because under normal circumstances all available information about asset values and prices is rapidly disseminated throughout the market, bringing prices quickly to an equilibrium value. The hypothesis was developed in the 1960s by University of Chicago economics professors Harry Roberts and Eugene Fama.…

Random walk theory is the belief that a security's current market price is the product of chance rather than the sum of past events or human behavior.

Deutsche Börse Group is a major operator of German and European financial exchanges. This includes the top stock, commodities and derivatives exchanges, in addition to trading, clearing and post-trading platforms and services related to those businesses.

The price-to-sales ratio (P/S) establishes a relationship between the value of a corporation's stock and its annual revenue.

An ETF (exchange-traded fund) is an equity security that provides exposure to an index, a basket of assets, a commodity or an investment strategy.

Spread betting is a speculative strategy in which participants make bets on the price movements of a security. At its most basic level, this kind of speculation involves placing wagers on the bid and ask prices provided by a spread-betting company. Because spread betting does not involve buying or selling the underlying asset, it is a type of financial derivatives trading. Participants are able to target a vast array of…

One of the most popular ways in which an individual can participate in the financial markets is through the purchase of "stock." A stock is an equity investment in a corporation which entitles the owner to a portion of that corporation's earnings and assets. Stocks are denominated in "shares," with each share representing a small portion of ownership in a company. When one purchases a share of a specific company's…