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Indices
Glossary There are indices for every sort of market, but retail investors are probably most familiar with those related to stock markets.
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Market cap weighting
Glossary If an index is weighted by market cap (market capitalisation – the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the share price), it means the companies in the index are ranked by stockmarket value.
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Market capitalisation
Glossary Market capitalisation, often abbreviated to market cap, is the total value of all outstanding shares in a company.
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Mean reversion
Glossary Mean reversion is the tendency for a number - say, the price of a house or a share - to return to its long-term average value after a period above or below it.
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Overweight and underweight
Glossary The terms overweight and underweight are used by brokers and fund managers to indicate their preference for stocks or markets relative to particular indices or benchmarks.
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Q ratio
Glossary The Q ratio, or Tobin's Q, can be a reliable measure of stockmarket value.
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Volatility
Glossary Volatility refers to the fluctuations in the price of a security, commodity, currency, or index.
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Big gains from small caps
Features In an environment of middling inflation and low interest rates, small-cap stocks tend to beat big blue-chips. John Stepek explains why, and how to invest in them.
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Carillion’s lesson for investors: pay attention to short-sellers
Features Support services group Carillion’s share price collapse has made a lot of short-sellers very happy. Here, John Stepek explains shorting, and what it means for the average investor.
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