Market capitalization
The market value of a company — total number of shares outstanding multiplied by the current market price.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Exchange Traded FundA mutual fund scheme whose units are listed and traded on a stock exchange like a share, so you transact at live prices through the day instead of at one end-of-day NAV.
- Impact costThe percentage by which a market order's actual execution price degrades against the ideal price — the mid-point of the best bid and the best offer — and so the real cost of trading in size.
- LiquidityThe degree of ease with which you can turn an investment back into cash at a fair value — one of the three pillars of investing, alongside safety and return.
- Tracking errorThe gap between the return of a passive fund and the return of the index it is trying to replicate — the measure of how faithfully an index fund or ETF does its one job.
Where this is taught
- Series VIII · Chapter 2: Understanding Indexintroduced here
- Series V-D · Chapter 14: Understanding Indexintroduced here
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