Stock Trading

Class B shares are a type of common stock. They usually have a different level of voting rights than A shares, but whether that is more or fewer varies by company.

NBBO is a quoted stock price for an investment that has the lowest ask price and highest bid price. It is based on information from all stock exchanges and other trading venues.

The S&P/TSX Composite index is a capitalization-weighted stock index of 230-250 of the largest stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It is comparable to the U.S.’s S&P 500 Index.

An inflation trade is an investment made to profit from high or rising inflation. An example is investing in commodities, which usually rise in times of high inflation.

Cooling-off rule can refer to SEC regulations concerning stock or bond issues. It can also refer to a required three-day return period for some purchases or a restriction on government employees from lobbying once entering the private sector.

In the context of stock trading, when R is added to the end of a ticker symbol on the Nasdaq exchange, it means the security is a rights offering. In financial mathematical models, it is usually used to refer to rate of return as a variable.

A bear raid is a type of stock manipulation in which short sellers will attempt to push down the price of a stock through untrue negative rumors and aggressively shorting the company. This is illegal and distinct from shorting a company and releasing correct research that may affect the stock price.

A desk trader is someone in the financial industry that buys or sells investments for their clients. Desk traders must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S.