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Term of the Day: Elephants

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August 25, 2015
Elephants

Slang for large institutions that have the funds to make high volumes trades. Due to the large volumes of stock that elephants deal in, any investment decisions that they make will have a large influence on the price of the underlying financial asset.

Breaking It Down:

Think of a swimming pool: if an elephant steps into the pool (buys into a position), the water level (stock price) increases...

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