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Glenridge Capital Financial Market Dictionary Cont…<br />

Call Option- A trader estimates<br />

that an asset will increase its<br />

value and gains the right to<br />

purchase the option for a<br />

mutually agreeable price by the<br />

expiration date.<br />

Central Bank-A central bank<br />

manages a country's money and<br />

interest rates.<br />

Commodities- Precious natural<br />

resources with monetary value<br />

including agricultural goods,<br />

energy resources, and metals.<br />

Bonds-Certificates that collect<br />

interest, much like loans.<br />

Investors provide the option to<br />

take out bonds with fixed<br />

interest rates.<br />

Consolidation-Consolidation in<br />

finance is an indecisive period in<br />

the market when an asset<br />

hovers between the barriers of<br />

inclination and declination.<br />

Core Retail Sales-The monthly<br />

report that quotes industry retail<br />

sales figures.<br />

Currencies-Circulating money<br />

such as USD, AUD, GBP.<br />

Currency Pairs-The value of a<br />

currency is contingent upon on<br />

another currency. The base<br />

currency is listed first and its<br />

competitor is listed second (e.g.,<br />

USD/GBP 1.334 signifies that 1<br />

USD is equal to 1.334 GBP).<br />

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