Value stock is a stocks that is traded at a lower price than its fundamentals. You can say that dividends as well as earnings and sales can be called value stocks. The lower price makes the stocks more appealing to value investors.

Sour crude oil is the oil which contains high amount of sulfur. Its main difference from the sweet crude oil is the fact that it has to be worked through before it can be used. Therefore, products that come from the sour crude oil are going to be more expensive than the products coming from sweet crude oil.

Sweet crude oil is type of a commodity. Its main characteristic and the source of its name is a low sulfur content per barrel of the oil – less than 0.42 percent. Everything that is higher is called sour crude oil.

Bottom-dollar scam is a scheme often used by the fraudulent people who prey on the job-seekers. Bottom-dollar scam involves lying about the possible profits of the job-seeker as well as the conditions of the working environment and possibilities of professional growth.

Consumer confidence is an economic tool that helps measure the strength of the economy through the eyes of its consumers. The index helps understanding the level of economy, using the level of optimism and the level of spending that is implemented by the buyers.

Trading effect is one of the tools that help us measure the difference between the returns of the bond portfolio and any chosen benchmark. The difference comes up when portfolio goes through short-term alterations. Trading effect can also measure whether the current trade influence the portfolio in a good or in a bad way.

Intrinsic value is a difference between the price of the underlying instrument and the strike price of the given asset.

Overheated economy occurs in the countries that have been having extremely good economic performance which resulted in high levels of inflation and overproducing. High prices are also quite often the consequence of the overheated economy. It usually results in recession.

Spot trade is an instant purchase of any of the financial instruments – currencies, commodities or shares. The majority of the spot contracts include a physical delivery of the instrument to the trader who purchased them. The difference in value of the spot and futures of the instrument is counted via the time value of the payment which is based on interest rates and time maturity.

Eurodollar is a term that is used to describe a denominated dollar deposits which are held in the foreign banks or in the branches of American banks overseas. Eurodollars are not subjected to US Federal Reserve bank regulations. Earlier in history these deposits were held almost exclusively in Europe, hence the name.

A dealing desk is a real object that can be met in foreign banks. It is very much real desk that is used as a workplace for traders and forex dealers. The main feature of the dealing desks is that many of those, belonging to the same company can be seen around the world as forex market is open 24/7.

Dealing desks are also used by financial companies and banks in order to execute trades on their own.