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weak-form efficiency

Financial services; General Finance

A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and trading history of the security. Theory implies that security prices follow a random walk. Related: Semistrong-form ...

weak market

Financial services; General Finance

A market with few buyers and many sellers and a declining trend in prices.

wedge

Financial services; General Finance

A chart pattern composed of two converging lines connecting peaks and troughs. In the case of falling wedges, the pattern indicates temporary interruptions of upward price rallies. In the case of ...

weekend effect

Financial services; General Finance

The common recurrent low or negative average return from Friday to Monday in the stock market.

weight

Financial services; General Finance

Either Gross Weight, Net Weight, or Tare Weight.

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)

Financial services; General Finance

Expected return on a portfolio of all a firm's securities. Used as a hurdle rate for capital investment. Often the weighted average of the cost of equity and the cost of debt The weights are ...

weighted average coupon

Financial services; General Finance

The weighted average of the gross interest rates of mortgages underlying a pool as of the pool issue date; the balance of each mortgage is used as the weighting factor.