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What is volatility? In the world of investing, volatility basically means riskiness. It looks at the returns for stocks or indexes, and if they are...

What does “Away from the Market” mean? Away from the market just means that a stock is moving away from its benchmark. This happens when the bu...

What is a thin market, and has it been on Jenny Craig recently?

What are moving averages? Moving averages are calculated using past stock prices in an attempt to determine future trends. It’s calculated by ave...

What is a High Alpha Investor? A high alpha investor invests in securities with alpha values of 1 or higher. This means that the mutual fund or sto...

What are Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae? They sound like snack cakes to us, so, uh...maybe we should watch this video.

What are Passive Investing and Passive Investors? Passive investing and passive investors are ones who opt to ride the market out over the long ter...

What is Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)? A CMO is a mortgage bond that consists of a large number of different individual mortgages bundle...

What are kickbacks? Well, they're things we don't get for working at Shmoop, that's for sure. Hit play to find out more.

What are At the Money, In the Money, Deep in the Money, and Out of the Money? At the money happens when a stock is trading at an option’s strike...

What are ascending and descending tops and triangles? Ascending and descending tops and triangles are used to describe market performance graphs. T...

What are Capital Markets? The most often context used for “Capital Markets” is in corporate finance and investment banking, and it refers prima...

A fundamental analyst is basically the opposite of a chartist - they care about a company's earnings, profit margins, gross rates, etc.

What are overbought and oversold? Hit play to find out.

What is Alpha? Alpha is an investing term that describes the success of an investment. It looks at the investment’s ability to beat beta (or mark...

What is Beta? Beta is a figure associated with public companies that measures how risky the company’s stock is in comparison to the market as a w...

What is short interest theory? Watch this not-so-short video to find out.

Selling away is the practice of selling securities that aren't under the seller's auspices to sell.

What is Above Full Employment Equilibrium? Above Full Employment Equilibrium happens when an economy is basically doing more than it realistically...

Maturity is, quite simply, the date when a debt becomes due. As for our maturity, well... we're still giggling about the word "due."