Value traps are investments that trade at such low levels and present buying opportunities for investors but are actually misleading.
For value trap investments, low price is often also accompanied by long periods of low multiples.
The value trap is a bad investment because the reason for the low price and low multiples is that the company is experiencing financial instability and has little upside potential.
Risk acceptance or risk containment is a conscious strategy of recognizing the possibility of small or rare risks without taking measures to hedge, hedge or avoid these risks.
Arbitrageurs are investors who exploit market inefficiencies of any kind. They are necessary to ensure that inefficiencies between markets are smoothed out or kept to a minimum.
Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) are financial securities backed by income-producing assets such as credit card receivables, home equity loans, student loans, and auto loans.
Audit risk is the risk that the financial statements will be materially incorrect, even if the auditor’s report indicates that the financial statements do not contain any material misstatement.
A beneficial owner is a person who enjoys the benefits of ownership, despite the fact that the ownership of the property is registered in a different name.
The bid-ask spread is the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an asset and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept.
The Bloomberg terminal, developed by businessman Michael Bloomberg, is a popular hardware and software system that allows investors to access real-time market data, investment analytics and their own trading platforms.