Bearer securities are a type of security that can be owned and traded by anyone who holds them. The person who has the bearer security is called the “holder”. The holder can be different from the person who actually owns the security, who is called the “beneficial owner”. With bearer securities, you don’t need to…

Since Monday, Instagram users can share their location via personal message. Providing one-on-one conversations and group chats with a nickname is also possible, and more than 300 new stickers have been added. The sharing feature can only be used in private messages, group chats, and Instagram reports. The precise location cannot be shared outside of…

CD Projekt RED has started production on the fourth The Witcher game. The studio confirmed this on social media. CDPR already confirmed the arrival of that game in 2022. A release date has not yet been announced. “Project Polaris has entered production,” CD Projekt RED announced in a short statement on social media. Polaris is…

A “bear trap” happens when a short seller thinks a stock will keep going down but then it goes way up instead and they lose a lot of money. Short sellers bet against stocks. They borrow shares and sell them, planning to buy them back cheaper later and pocket the difference. But if the stock…

A bear squeeze happens when a market or asset price goes up a lot. It goes up because a bunch of people suddenly buy a whole lot of it. When they do this, it puts a big squeeze on the bears. Who are the bears? The “bears” are investors who think the price is gonna…

Call spreads and put spreads are options trading strategies. They are also known as vertical spreads, money spreads, or price spreads. A call spread is when you buy one call option and sell another call option that has a higher strike price. The call option you buy lets you buy the underlying stock or asset…

A bear raid happens when a group of investors try to force the price of a company’s stock down to make money. They try to “raid” the stock price like angry bears attacking. This is done by telling lots of bad news or spreading wrong rumors about the company. Bear raids are against the law…

A bear note is a special type of investment that some people buy because they think it will make them more money. The value of the bear note goes up when the price or value of something else goes down. That “something else” is called the reference asset. The reference asset for a bear note…

A bear hug happens when one company really wants to take over another company. The company that wants to take over is called the “bidder”. The company they want to buy is called the “target”. How a Bear Hug Works The bidder offers a super high price to buy the target company. This price is…

A bazaar is an unregulated, open-air marketplace. It is a place where many different sellers have stands or stores. They sell their products to shoppers walking by. In a bazaar, the prices are not always fixed like in a normal store. Shoppers can try to negotiate a lower price with the sellers. This is called…