Authority Biasbehavioral
Authority bias is a cognitive bias where people give disproportionate weight to the opinions or judgments of perceived authority figures. This can occur even when those opinions are not supported by independent evidence.
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Authorized Participantasset_classes
An Authorized Participant (AP) is a registered financial institution that has an agreement with an exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsor to create or redeem ETF shares in large blocks called creation units, typically by del…
Availability Cascadebehavioral
An availability cascade is a social process by which a belief or claim gains apparent credibility as it is repeated across media and conversations, often despite weak or absent supporting evidence. The spread of the clai…
Availability Heuristicbehavioral
The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut in which people judge the probability of an event based on how easily examples come to mind, rather than on formal statistics.
Average Hourly Earningsmacro
Average Hourly Earnings (AHE) is a monthly statistic that measures the change in the average pay rate per hour for employed workers on payrolls, typically reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as part of the Em…
Average True Range (ATR)technical
Average True Range (ATR) is a technical indicator that measures market volatility by averaging the true range over a specified period.