glass ball environment n.— «Iraq, in intelligence parlance, was a “glass ball environment,” meaning the weather was often conducive to collecting images from above.» —“Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn...
streetism n.— «It was estimated that there were 35, 000 street children in 1991 and that a further 315, 000 were at risk of becoming drawn into streetism.» —“Zambia—70,000 street kids—A day in the life of one of them” by...
smile n.— «A reference to the common shape of a graph of at- or out-of-the-money put and call implied volatilities for options with a common expiration date. The name comes from the fact that the furthest out of the money options...
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)
smile n.— «This has direct consequences for the dynamics of the volatility smile observed on option markets.» —by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, Marc Potters Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing Dec. 11, 2003. (source:...
hot shoe n.— «Anyone who gets behind the wheel of a race car is taking a risk, but a “hotshoe” is someone who travels at higher-than-usual speeds and takes unusually risky chances.» —“The hotshoe flipped at the chicane:...