chuppy n.— «Take the “Chuppies” into account when rounding out your investment portfolio, advises investment strategist Dr. Bob Froehlich. Chuppies, Froehlich explains in his new book “Investment Megatrends,” are the Chinese version of America’s...
barbecue risk n.— «Late in 2005, MLC Investments coined a phrase destined to pass into the investment vernacular: “barbecue risk.” It neatly sums up the pressure we feel when we hear that someone else’s investments have done better than ours...
duster n.— «Wells, rigs, drilling and dusters all appear in greater force than they did in the proceeding [sic] month. The latter class however are not in quite as strong force as the public outside of this field evidently anticipated. Four so...
Blunkett n.— «My best friend has been with her boyfriend for over two years and when she lightly dropped a hint of something more permanent in the New Year, he freaked. She is now back on the singles market. After all that investment—emotional...
smile n. a line, graphed on a parabolic or bowl-shaped curve, that represents a risk or return relationship in investment markets. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
alpha n.— «What, exactly, do investors think they are buying when they hire investment managers such as hedge fund general partners? They would probably say something like “the ability to outperform the market”. In professional investor parlance...