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Hard Currency A freely convertible currency that is not expected to depreciate in value in the foreseeable future.
Head and Shoulders A chart pattern indicating a peak, a decline, a second even higher peak, a decline, a rebound to the level of the first peak, and yet another decline. A head and shoulders pattern is supposed to be bad news, indicating the stock is headed downward.
Hedge Ratio (for an option) Ratio between the change in an option's theoretical value and the change in price of the underlying stock at a given point in time. Also called delta.
Hedging Taking a position in a futures market opposite to a position held in the cash market to minimize the risk of financial loss from an adverse price change.
Hedging Demands Demands for securities to hedge particular sources of consumption risk, beyond the usual mean-variance diversification motivation.
High/Low/Open/Close High is the highest level at which a security or commodity has traded, while low is the lowest level. Open/close are the opening and closing levels for any of the price periods.
Horizon Analysis Interest rate prediction that uses a forecast yield curve to predict bond prices.
Hot Currently very popular or successful. For example, hot stocks, hot funds, hot investment strategies, etc.
Hypster A person who makes enthusiastic posts in order to drive a stock's price up, often because he/she is holding the stock.

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