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Take a flier is an expression that is used in the situation when an investor invests their money into a very risky business and knows that it can result in a significant loss.

Job lot is a futures contact with volume smaller than the level needed for regular contract. They exist in order to add to the liquidity of the futures by letting smaller participants to enter the market.

Stock market crash is a sudden and unexpected drop in the price of stocks. It can come as a side effect to other major catastrophic events in the economy.

People poison pill is a strategy used by the companies to prevent hostile takeovers. Among others in includes the threat that in the case of takeover the entire team is going to quit their job. This can scare off those ready-to-take-over as they are going to have to look for entire new team to run the business.

Trading dollars is a breakeven point in monetary transaction. In the currency market, the point where the gains on a trade are the same as the losses is trading dollars.

Transaction risk is the risk to lose money because of the time delay between entering a contract and settling it. The risk is connected with the difference in exchange rate between the two time points. The grater is the delay, the higher is the risk.

Neuroeconomics is a science that links economics, psychology and neuroscience to get a better understanding of economic decision-making in different economic climates and situations.

Performance shares are shares of company stock which are given to managers and executives if they meet a certain requirement for the payment, for example help the company reach a certain price-per-share point.