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One who looks for out of favor (value priced) stocks.

An order that either raises the bid price or lowers the offering price is said to be improving the market. The market improves because the spread between the bid and offer decreases.

Companies currently out of favor with investors. These companies usually have low valuation ratios (price/earnings less than the S&P 500, price/sales ratio less than 2, price/book ratio less than 2). 

An exchange-traded, fixed income-like instrument consisting of a subordinated debt security and a share of common stock packaged together to form a tax-efficient delivery mechanism to distribute an issuer’s free cash flow to its investors. Investors are paid dividends from the common share component and interest from the subordinated debt.

An investor involved in financing a company’s operations before going public in exchange for an ownership percentage.

See Operating Income.

When the market or security tends to vary often and wildly in prices, it is said to be volatile.

A record of a company’s sales and expenses over a particular year or quarter. 

The measurement of how much an underlying security fluctuates over a period of time.

A security with a solid record of dividend payments and which offers a dividend yield higher than the average common stock.