An electronic entry, to the Nasdaq stock market, of the amount and price of shares involved in a transaction's not less than a board lot. Taobiz explains Last-Sale Reporting Trades reported must be submitted to Nasdaq within 90 seconds of the execution of the trade.
A trading service consisting of real-time bid/ask quotes for securities trading on the Nasdaq stock market and comparable information for securities quoted in the OTC Bulletin Board Service. Taobiz explains Level 1 Basically, this just consists of real-time quotes. Also known as Level I.
An electronic system used by specialists in the stock market. A limit order information system lists price and size quotes for exchange-listed securities. The data produced by this system is used by subscribers and specialists to locate the most opportunistic market for making a trade because the service distributes information about where a security is traded, order quantities, and bid and offer prices. Taobiz explains Limit Order Information System - LOIS This system is used to locate the best securities prices available and produces information about securities traded on participating exchanges like the Nasdaq and NYSE. A limit order is an order to buy or sell a stock at a specific price, and includes information such as order quantities, bid price, offer and the exchange on which the security is listed. Limit orders help protect buyers or sellers of a stock from selling at a price that is higher or lower than desired.
The major securities exchange market in Peru, the Lima Stock Exchange (in Spanish, the Bolsa de Valores de Lima) began operations in 1861 but did not trade in any type of stocks for the first 30 years. The Exchange was re-launched in 1898. Business is conducted both on a trading floor and through an electroncic system that was established in 1995. Taobiz explains Lima Stock Exchange (LMA) .LM The functions of the Lima Stock Exchange include informing members on purchases and sales, impartially executing trade instructions, registering securities, promoting securities trading, keeping the general public informed about stock values, investigating potential new products, and more. Its value-weighted IGBVL index, the general index of the Lima Stock Exchange, tracks the Exchange's largest and most actively traded stocks.
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) that uses financial derivatives and debt to amplify the returns of an underlying index. Leveraged ETFs are available for most indexes, such as the Nasdaq-100 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. These funds aim to keep a constant amount of leverage during the investment time frame, such as a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio. Watch: 4 Reasons To Invest In ETFs Taobiz explains Leveraged ETF A leveraged ETF does not amplify the annual returns of an index; instead it follows the daily changes. For example, let's examine a leveraged fund with a 2:1 ratio. This means that each dollar of investor capital used is matched with an additional dollar of invested debt. If one day the underlying index returns 1%, the fund will theoretically return 2%. The 2% return is theoretical, as management fees and transaction costs diminish the full effects of leverage. The 2:1 ratio works in the opposite direction as well. If the index drops 1%, your loss would then be 2%.
1. Any ratio used to calculate the financial leverage of a company to get an idea of the company's methods of financing or to measure its ability to meet financial obligations. There are several different ratios, but the main factors looked at include debt, equity, assets and interest expenses. 2. A ratio used to measure a company's mix of operating costs, giving an idea of how changes in output will affect operating income. Fixed and variable costs are the two types of operating costs; depending on the company and the industry, the mix will differ. Taobiz explains Leverage Ratio 1. The most well known financial leverage ratio is the debt-to-equity ratio. For example, if a company has $10M in debt and $20M in equity, it has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.5 ($10M/$20M). 2. Companies with high fixed costs, after reaching the breakeven point, see a greater increase in operating revenue when output is increased compared to companies with high variable costs. The reason for this is that the costs have already been incurred, so every sale after the breakeven transfers to the operating income. On the other hand, a high variable cost company sees little increase in operating income with additional output, because costs continue to be imputed into the outputs. The degree of operating leverage is the ratio used to calculate this mix and its effects on operating income.
A trading service consisting of everything in Level 2, plus the ability to enter quotes, execute orders and send information. This service is restricted to NASD member firms that function as registered market makers. Also know as "Level III". Taobiz explains Level 3 This allows you to enter bid/ask quotes as the trades are being executed right in front of you. It's the fastest way to execute a trade.
A trading service consisting of real-time access to the quotations of individual market makers registered in every Nasdaq listed security, as well as market makers' quotes in OTC Bulletin Board securities. Taobiz explains Level 2 This allows you to watch the trades being executed right in front of you. Also known as Level II.