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List of Glossary Terms
The PDSnet Glossary of Terms contains definitions and explanations for over 2600 financial market terms. These definitions are constantly kept up-to-date with current topical examples from the markets. They are also updated for changes in legislation and current events like COVID19 and the July 2021 civil unrest.
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| K-SHAPED RECOVERY |
A recovery from economic recession in which different parts of the economy recover at varying speeds. The terms came into use following the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery from the recessionary... read more |
| KAGI |
One of three types of Japanese candlestick charts that does not have time on the horizontal axis. |
| KALMAN FILTERS |
A linear system in which the mean squared error between the desired and the actual output is minimised when the input is a random signal. The filter is named after Rudolf E. Kalman, though Thorvald... read more |
| KEY REVERSAL DAY |
A day with a much wider range of trade than usual which occurs at the top or bottom of a cycle. When a key reversal day occurs at the top of a cycle, prices open in new highs and then close below... read more |
| KEYNES JOHN MAYNARD |
Keynes was a British economist who devloped the "monetarist" school of thought in economics. He is well known for publishing a book, "The General Theory... read more |
| KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATION SCHEME |
This is a scheme which was launched at a conference held in Kimberley in 2000 and was subsequently the subject of a United Nations resolution to certify rough diamonds. The objective was to stop... read more |
| KING 3 REPORT |
A report on corporate governance and the duties of directors which has been accepted by the JSE as applying to all listed companies. The King report is now... read more |
| KONDRATIEV WAVE |
The developer of the wave theory named after him. The Kondratiev Cycle is a theory based on a study of nineteenth century price behaviour which included... read more |
| KONDRATIEV, NIKOLAI |
The developer of the wave theory named after him. The Kondratiev Cycle is a theory based on a study of nineteenth century price behaviour which included... read more |
| KRUGERRAND |
A gold coin containing exactly one ounce of gold in the form of "royal gold" which is 8.3% copper. The copper is added to make the coin harder so... read more |
| KST |
Indicator developed by Martin Pring. A weighted summed rate of change oscillator. Four different rates of change are calculated, smoothed, multiplied by weights and then summed to form one indicator.... read more |
| KURTOSIS |
Descriptive measure of how flat or pointed a distribution is. In probability theory and statistics, kurtosis is a measure of the "peakedness" of the probability distribution of a real-valued... read more |