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Asymmetric informationThe failure of two parties to a transaction to have the same relevant information. Examples are buyers who know less about product quality than sellers, and lenders who know less about likely default than borrowers. Both are common in international markets.Asymmetric informationInformation that is known to some people but not to other people.Asymmetric information Similar MatchesComplete informationComplete informationThe assumption that economic agents (buyers and sellers, consumers and firms) know everything that they need to know in order to make optimal decisions. Types of incomplete information are uncertainty and asymmetric information. Information content effectInformation content effectThe rise in the stock price following a dividend signal, or publication of some other related news. Insider informationInsider informationMaterial information about a company that has not yet been made public. It is illegal for holders of this information to make trades based on it, however received. For your information (FYI)For your information (FYI)A prefix to a security price indicating that the quote is for information purposes only, and not an offer to trade. Expected value of perfect informationExpected value of perfect informationThe expected value if the future uncertain outcomes could be known minus the expected value with no additional information. Further SuggestionsTechnical InformationInformation costs Information architecture Informational efficiency Fundamental Information Informational efficiency price sensitive information London Market Information Link Statement of Additional Information (SAI) Information asymmetry Information Ratio Information Coefficient (IC) Nonpublic information Information Agent Intermarket Surveillance Information System (ISIS) Incomplete information insider information Limit order information system Information services |
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