Insider dealings refer to transactions in the securities of a listed company executed by company insiders. These are directors and senior officers of a corporation – in effect those who have access to inside information about a company. An insider is also someone who owns more than 10% of the voting shares of a company.
Under SGX Bye-Laws, directors should not deal in their companies’ securities prior to the announcement of a matter that involves material unpublished price-sensitive 

A formal, written offer to sell securities that sets forth the plan for a proposed or existing business. The prospectus must be filed with the SGX and given to prospective buyers. A prospectus includes information on a company’s finances, risks, products, services and 

A jargon for the quarterly expiration of stock-index futures, stock-index options and options in individual stocks. Trading associated with the expirations inflates stock market volume and can cause volatility in prices. Occurs on the third Friday of March, June, September and December of the 

A term used to describe an option that is worth something if exercised immediately. In the case of a call option, it means the current price is higher than the strike price. In the case of a put option, it means the current price is below the strike price.

A term used to describe an option worth nothing if exercised immediately.
In the case of a call option, it means the strike price is higher than the current price of the underlying security. In the case of a put option, it
means the strike price is lower than the current price of the underlying security.

A broad category of tools used to reveal crowd psychology in the investment markets using trading data, such as volume and price trends, to make predictions. In general, Fundamental Analysis answers the question of what to buy. Technical Analysis is used to answer the question of 

A security that shows ownership in a corporation and gives the holder a claim, prior to the claim of common stockholders, on earnings and also generally on assets in the event of liquidation. Most preferred stocks pay a fixed dividend, stated in a dollar amount or as a percentage of par value. These stocks do not usually carry voting 

The policy-making arm of the Federal Reserve Board. It sets monetary policy to meet the Fed’s objectives of regulating the money supply and credit. The FOMC’s chief tool is the purchase and sale of government securities, which increase or decrease the money supply, respectively. It also sets key interest rates, such as the discount rate.

Ex-refers to a period of time immediately before a dividend is paid, during which new buyers in the stock are not entitled to receive the dividend. A stock’s price is revised lower to reflect the dividend value on the first day of this period. On that day, a stock is said to “go ex-dividend”, which literally means “without dividend.”

An American Depositary Receipt (ADR) is a certificate issued by a US Depository bank on behalf of a non-US corporation for the listing of its shares on a US exchange. One ADR may represent a portion of a foreign share, one share or a bundle of shares of a foreign corporation. This mechanism makes it straightforward for a US investor to invest in a foreign issue. ADRs were first introduced in 1927.