Haggling

Haggling means bargaining. It is a process of coming to an agreement about rates by making offers and counter offers by the buyer and the seller. It is a very important feature of the retail market. Haggling also means to wrangle over the prices.

Ex-Warehouse or Ex-Factory

These are the commonly used terms in business correspondence. These show the terms and conditions on which business transactions are made. The term “Ex-Warehouse” or “Ex-Factory” means that the delivery of the goods is to take place at seller’s factory or warehouse. The goods are supplied direct from the factory or warehouse. This term indicates that the buyer of a commodity will pay the charges for bringing goods from the place where they are stored.

Dividend

That which is to be dividend, the share of a sum dividend that falls to each individual by way of interest or otherwise. It refers to the divided part of profit of a company which is paid to its share-holders or stock-holders against their investments.

Bull

A speculator who anticipates rise in price in future and, therefore, buys at present when the price is low and sells in future when the price rises up and, thus, makes profit is called Bull. Like a Bear, a Bull also neither takes actual delivery of stocks nor makes any payment till a specified time in future when he is required to settle his account. A Bull is just opposite to a Bear.

Boom

This term is used to indicate a period of heavy business activity and rising prices. Fluctuations in the prices and volume of business are an essential aspect of business activity. When a market shows growth and expansion both in prices and volume of business, it is called the Boom period of the market.

Bearish

(Bear Factor, Bearish Sentiment or Short Gide of the Market)

The term ‘Bearish’ refers to the downward trend in prices. A market is called Bearish when there is a general trend of depression in the prices and volume of business transactions. Bearish Sentiment in a market brings the prices further down because every Bear Operator wants to sell his stocks at present. This trend of depression suits a Bear who sells his stock now and buys in future when prices fall further. The Bearish market reduces the profit margin.

Arrivals

It refers to the fresh stocks of commodities brought to the market in a specific period of time other than the total supply of the same commodities in that market. This term is used in the market reports to show an increase in the supply of a commodity. Arrivals play a very vital role in determining the prices of commodities.

Arbitrage

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It means buying stocks and shares, commodities, currencies, etc. on one market and immediately selling them on another market in order to earn profit from the difference in price. A certain commodity may have may have different prices at the same time in the same or different markets. Alert businessmen buy it from the market where its price is low and sell it where its price is comparatively high and, thus, they earn profit due to the difference in prices. In other words, arbitrage is the process of holding business transactions simultaneously in different markets to earn profit because of difference in prices.