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Investment Basics

What are ETFs? Exchange Traded Fund

ETF, the full name in English is Exchange Traded Fund, and in Chinese it is called "index stock fund". ETF is essentially a security that tracks an index, industry (Sector), commod...

Investment Basics

What are futures? How to trade futures?

Futures, in English, is Futures, which literally means "future". Specifically, it refers to the trading of spot goods in a certain period in the future, that is, the parties to the...

Investment Basics

What are hedge funds? Hedge Fund

Hedge fund, in English, is Hedge Fund, which means "fund that hedges risks". It is also called "hedge fund" or "arbitrage fund". Typical characteristics of hedge fund transactions ...

Investment Basics

What are mutual funds? Mutual Funds

Mutual funds, also known as Mutual Funds in English, are financial products second only to stocks (Stock) among financial investment and wealth management products. Mutual funds ar...

Investment Basics

What is Forex trading? Forex Trading

Foreign exchange trading, English is Forex Trading, foreign exchange trading refers to a trading method in which investors obtain profits by buying and selling the exchange rate di...

Investment Basics

What is a "petrodollar"? Petrodollar

"Petrodollar" refers to the dollar revenue obtained from oil exports. The term originated in the 1970s, when the United States and key members of the Organization of the Petroleum ...

Investment Basics

What is a real estate investment trust? REITs

Real Estate Investment Trusts, also known as "Real Estate Investment Trusts", or REITs in English, specifically refer to companies that make profits from real estate investments. T...

Investment Basics

What is a short trade? Short Selling

Short selling, also known as Short Selling in English, is an investment strategy that is opposite to the conventional stock investment strategy. Under normal circumstances, the vas...

Investment Basics

What is fundamental analysis? Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental Analysis, also known as Fundamental Analysis in English, is a method of evaluating a company's value. It analyzes the company's fundamentals based on the company's fina...

Investment Basics

What is options trading? Options Trading

Options, also known as Options in English, are a financial trading method used to trade financial investment categories derived from futures trading. Options give the buyer the rig...

Investment Basics

What is quantitative trading? Quantitative Trading

Quantitative trading, also known as Quantitative Trading in English, or Quant for short, is a trading method often used by financial investment institutions. It aims to analyze a l...

Investment Basics

What is technical analysis? Technical Analysis

Technical analysis, also known as Technical Analysis in English, is an investment analysis method that conducts investment analysis, trend judgment and trading point identification...

Investment Basics

What is the CFTC? CFTC

CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) is an independent federal agency, its full English name is Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It was created by the U.S. Congres...

Investment Basics

What is value investing? Value Investing

Value investing, also known as Value Investing in English, is a long-term investment strategy that focuses on the company itself, focusing on selecting listed companies whose marke...

Investment Basics

Year-on-year vs month-on-month? Mo M, Qo Q, Yo Y

Both month-on-month and year-on-year comparisons are common comparative analysis methods for financial indicators. The quarter-on-quarter cycle includes: Month Over Month, or Month...

Fundamental Analysis

What are dividends? Dividend

Dividend, also known as Dividend in English, is a unique method of asset return for stocks or stock-related financial investments. When a public company provides stable and long-la...

Fundamental Analysis

What are preferred shares? Preferred Stock

Preferred stock, also known as Preferred Stock in English, is a stock with preferential rights issued by a joint-stock company. Shareholders holding preferred shares have priority ...

Fundamental Analysis

What are share buybacks? Share Repurchase

Stock repurchase, also known as Share Repurchase or Buyback in English, refers to a listed company purchasing its own company's shares directly from the securities market or throug...

Fundamental Analysis

What is Debt to Equity Ratio? Debt to Equity Ratio

Debt to Equity Ratio, also known as Debt to Equity Ratio in English, is an important indicator of a company's financial leverage. It is a measure of the ratio of a company's total ...

Fundamental Analysis

What is EBIT? How to calculate?

Earning Before Interest and Tax in English, often abbreviated as EBIT, is a measure of a company's ability to make profits from operations without considering interest expenses and...

Fundamental Analysis

What is Return on Equity? Return on Equity

Return on equity, also known as "return on equity", is Return on Equity in English and is often abbreviated as ROE. Return on equity measures a company's ability to use its equity ...

Fundamental Analysis

What is a cash flow statement? Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow Statement, or CFS in English, is a financial statement that measures the inflow and outflow of cash and cash equivalents of a listed company during a specific period of t...

Fundamental Analysis

What is asset turnover ratio? Asset Turnover Ratio

Asset turnover ratio, also known as Asset Turnover Ratio in English, is a financial indicator that measures a company's ability to convert its assets into operating income. Asset t...

Fundamental Analysis

What is book value? Book Value

Book value, also known as “Shareholder’s Equity” in English, is a measure of a company’s net assets. Book value is calculated as the difference between a company's total assets and...

Fundamental Analysis

What is cash ratio? Cash Ratio

Cash Ratio, also known as Cash Ratio in English, sometimes also called "Cash Asset Ratio" in English, is a measure of a listed company's ability to use its cash and cash equivalent...

Fundamental Analysis

What is enterprise value? Enterprise Value

Enterprise Value, or EV in English, is a measure of the total value of a company, indicating the acquisition price of a listed company. It takes into account both the company's own...

Fundamental Analysis

What is free cash flow? Free Cash Flow

Free cash flow, often abbreviated as FCF, refers to the cash flow a company generates from its operations after deducting capital expenditures that can be used to distribute divide...

Fundamental Analysis

What is net working capital? Net Working Capital

Net Working Capital, or NWC in English, is often referred to as Working Capital. It calculates the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities and is an i...

Fundamental Analysis

What is price-earnings growth rate? PEG

Price/Earnings-to-Growth Ratio, or PEG Ratio in English, is a financial indicator that measures whether a company's stock price is overvalued or undervalued and estimates the compa...

Fundamental Analysis

What is price-to-sales ratio? P/S Ratio

Price-to-Sale Ratio in English is Price-to-Sale Ratio, or P/S Ratio for short. The price-to-sales ratio is similar to the price-to-earnings ratio and is an important tool used to v...

Fundamental Analysis

What is quick ratio? How to calculate quick ratio?

Quick Ratio, also known as Quick Ratio in English, sometimes also called "Acid-Test Ratio" in English, is Acid-Test Ratio in English. It is an indicator that measures the ability o...

Fundamental Analysis

What is return on assets? Return on Assets

Return on assets, referred to as ROA in English, also known as "return on assets", measures the ratio of a company's net profit to total assets. It is a reference value used to mea...

Fundamental Analysis

What is return on capital employed? ROCE

Return on Capital Employed, or ROCE in English, is an evaluation indicator that measures the efficiency with which a listed company uses its capital to generate profits. To calcula...

Fundamental Analysis

What is the Graham Index? What is Graham Number

Graham Index, also known as Graham number in English, is a value indicator that measures the level of stock prices. Benjamin Graham published his famous book "The Intelligent Inves...

Fundamental Analysis

What is the P/E ratio? P/E Ratio

P/E Ratio in English is the abbreviation of Price-to-Earnings Ratio, which represents the ratio of the company's market capitalization to the company's net profit. It can also be c...

Fundamental Analysis

What is the magic formula? How to use?

The Magic Formula, also known as the Magic Formula in English, is an investment strategy proposed by Joel Greenblatt. In this investment strategy, Joel Greenblatt uses ROC (return ...

Fundamental Analysis

What is the price-to-book ratio? P/B Ratio

The price-to-book ratio, in English, is P/B Ratio, or P/BV Ratio, which values a company by calculating the ratio of the company's market value to the book value of common shares (...

Fundamental Analysis

What is yield? Earnings Yield

Yield, also known as Earnings Yield in English, is a financial analysis indicator that measures the profit earned by a company per unit of stock price. Yield is calculated by divid...

Technical Analysis

What are Bollinger Bands? How to use?

Bollinger Bands are a technical analysis tool invented by John Bollinger in 1980. It is mainly used to analyze market volatility and trend strength, and can be used as an indicator...

Technical Analysis

What is Moving Average MA? Moving Average

Moving Average (MA for short) is one of the most basic and widely used technical indicators. It helps you identify and track trends in asset prices by calculating the average price...

Technical Analysis

What is the Money Flow Index MFI?

Money Flow Index (MFI) is a technical indicator used to measure the inflow and outflow of funds in the market within a specific period. MFI takes into account both a stock's price ...

Technical Analysis

What is the Stochastic Oscillator?

The Stochastic Oscillator in English is a momentum indicator that evaluates the speed and change of price trends by comparing the closing price with the average price within a cert...

Macro Economy

Explore the Fed’s 24 primary dealers

Primary dealers are financial institutions that can trade directly with the Federal Reserve. These institutions serve as counterparties to the Fed's operations and participate in t...

Macro Economy

What are bank deposit reserves? Bank Reserves

Bank deposit reserves, also known as Bank Reserves in English, are the reserve cash that financial institutions keep in their vaults or deposited with the central bank within a giv...

Macro Economy

What dollar index? US Dollar Index

The U.S. Dollar Index, referred to as DXY, or USDX in English, is a financial index that measures the exchange rate trend of the U.S. dollar against six foreign currencies (includi...

Macro Economy

What is money supply? Money Supply M 0, M 1, M 2

Money supply, also known as money stock (Money Stock), indicates the value of the total amount of money circulating in the market in a country within a certain period of time. Curr...

Macro Economy

What is non-farm payrolls data? Non Farm Payrolls

Non-agricultural employment data, known as Non Farm Payrolls in English, or NFP for short, is a statistical report released monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), wh...

Macro Economy

What is the Buffett indicator? Buffet Indicator

The Buffett Indicator, also known as the Buffett Indicator in English, is a financial indicator that measures the total value of a country's publicly traded stocks as a percentage ...

Macro Economy

What is the Federal Reserve Balance Sheet?

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet, also known as Fed Balance Sheet in English, is a financial statement released by the Federal Reserve on its official website every Thursday aro...

Macro Economy

What is the Federal Reserve? Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve, whose full name is "Federal Reserve System of the United States", is actually the central bank of the United States. It is called Federal Reserve in English, o...

Macro Economy

What is the House Price Index? House Price Index

The House Price Index, or HPI in English, is an indicator that measures changes in single-family home prices throughout the United States or within a specific region. The home pric...

Macro Economy

What is the inflation rate? Inflation Rate

Inflation, referred to as "inflation" in English, refers to an increase in overall prices and a decrease in the purchasing power of the currency held by people, that is, an economi...

Macro Economy

What is unemployment rate? Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate, also known as Unemployment Rate in English, is an economic indicator that indicates the proportion of the unemployed population in a country. It can be used ...

Commodities

What are commodities? Commodities

Commodities, English as Commodities, generally refer to raw materials that can be used for financial transactions, including various raw materials in agriculture, animal husbandry,...

Investors

Jesse Livermore: Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1877-1940) is one of the legends of the American stock market and is known as one of the greatest stock traders. His career spanned the late 19th century...

Investors

Julian Robertson – Father of Tiger Cubs

Julian Robertson is a famous American investor and hedge fund manager. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1932. Robertson is the founder of Tiger Management LLC, once one ...

Investors

Stanley Druckenmiller: The Wolf of Wall Street

Stanley Druckenmiller is a famous investor known as the "Wolf of Wall Street" and "one of the most successful investors in the world." His investment philosophy and market predicti...