The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak

<p><i>Have you ever used a <b>stochastic oscillator</b>?</i></p><p><i>Does your portfolio have <b>spiders</b> in it?</i></p><p><i>Do you really know what a <b>derivative</b> is?</i></p><p>From the creators of one of today's most popular investing Web sites <i>The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak</i> presents in-depth definitions of the site's most searched terms.</p><p>Covering everything from the basics such as <i><b>asset</b></i> <i><b>commodity</b></i> and <i><b>index</b></i> to more advanced concepts like <i><b>tranche</b></i> <i><b>ebenture</b></i> and <i><b>value investing</b></i> <i>The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak</i> takes you beyond the average dictionary definition with concise yet thorough encyclopedic explanations of terms and concepts. It also has about 50 hilarious cartoons-proving that the investing world does have its lighter side.</p><p>Keep <i>The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak</i> on hand for those key moments that can make or break an investment like knowing when to <i><b>straddle</b></i> an option . . . and when to <i><b>strangle</b></i> it.</p>