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nounsomeone who commits capital in order to gain financial returnstype of:
Definition that contains investor
- bear an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
- bull an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- sec an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
- raid an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
- caller an investor who buys a call option
- raider a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management
- capitalize supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
- capitalise supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders
- earnings before interest taxes depreciation and amortization income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted; an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts)
- mortgage-backed security a security created when a group of mortgages are gathered together and bonds are sold to other institutions or the public; investors receive a portion of the interest payments on the mortgages as well as the principal payments; usually guaranteed by the government