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Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:03:42 pm |
Glossary of Terms
(Some abbreviations are for communication on the Trading Room)
Hang Sang Index - A market-value weighted index of the stock prices of the 33 largest companies on the Hong Kong market.
High Flyer - A stock that is trading at an unusually high valuation based on traditional measures such as price/earnings ratio. Often quite volatile.
HOD – stock price just hit the high price of the day up to that point.
Hot issue - Stock, often an IPO, which is in great demand.
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