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Glossary Finance & Markets

Bull market

A sustained period of rising prices and confident sentiment. The common threshold is a rise of 20% or more from a recent low.

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Regulator

A public body that writes and enforces detailed rules within an area the legislature has assigned…

ETF

An exchange-traded fund: a basket of assets that trades on an exchange like a single share.…

On background

Information that may be published but not attributed by name, usually described instead by role, such…

Liquidity

How easily an asset can be bought or sold without moving its price. Thin liquidity is…

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