Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• WEAK DOLLAR - A depreciated dollar with respect to other currencies, meaning that more dollars are need...
  
  
• WEAK MARKET - A market with few buyers and many sellers and a declining trend in prices.
  
  
• WEAK-FORM EFFICIENCY - A pricing theory that the price of a security reflects the past price and tradin...
  
  
• WEAKENING - Is a hedging or risk management term used to describe the relative loss of value between th...
  
  
• WEALTH - the value of one's total possessions and property rights.
  
  
• WEALTH TAX - A general term for taxes levied on selected aspects of wealth, for example land taxes (lev...
  
  
• WEATHER DERIVATIVES - Definition: Derivative products whose values depend on risky weather variables, s...
  
  
• WEBS - World Equity Benchmark Shares (q.v.).
  
  
• WEBS WORLD EQUITY BENCHMARK SHARES - WEBS Index Shares represent a new approach to international invest...
  
  
• WEDGE - A chart pattern composed of two converging lines connecting peaks and troughs. In the case of f...