Commodity
DefinitionIn economics, a commodity is an economic good or service that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the...
Hedge
A hedge or ‘Hedging’ against investment risk means to strategically use instruments in the market to offset the risk of fluctuations in the price...
Futures
Futures are a type of financial contract whereby an investor is obliged to buy an asset at a specified future price and date. The...
Index Fund
DefinitionAn index fund is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow certain preset rules so that the fund can a specified basket...
War Economy
DefinitionA war economy is the set of contingencies undertaken by a modern state to mobilize its economy for war production. Philippe Le Billon describes...
Supply
Supply is an important economic term that denotes the amount of available goods and services in a country. The term is closely related to...
Dawn Raid
DefinitionA police raid is a visit by police or other law enforcement officers often in the early morning or late at night, with the...
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
DefinitionThe Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into United States federal law by US President Barack Obama on July 21,...
Daniel L. McFadden
DefinitionDaniel Little McFadden is an American econometrician who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. McFadden's share of the...
Dealer-Median Prepayment Speed
What is 'Dealer-Median Prepayment Speed' The median value of all Wall Street securities dealers' prepayment speed estimates for the underlying mortgages used...