Glossary
Terms, foreign words and definitions
We have used some terms from colloquial language, specifically from youth slang and the Urban Dictionary. Additionally, foreign words. Here are definitions and translations:
- Braggadocios
- Braggarts (plural)
- Connaisseurs
- Connoisseurs (plural)
- Soccer Aficionados
- Football enthusiasts
- 50+1 Rule
- Regulation in the DFL statutes. Capital investors cannot acquire a voting majority in football companies.
- Prediction Market
- A trading platform where participants trade on the outcome of future events. Functions like a financial market with an order book and price discovery.
- Directional Alpha
- Systematic trading strategies for prediction markets, based on structural mispricings.
- Arbitrage
- Exploiting price differences between different markets for the same event.
- Event Risk
- The risk of a specific event — e.g., a rate hike, a bad earnings report or a football result.
- CFTC
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission — the US regulatory authority for derivatives and futures markets.
- Fun Facts
- Interesting facts that are curious, remarkable and astonishing.
- EBITDA
- Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation.
- UCL
- UEFA Champions League.
- Meme(s)
- Images, videos or texts that spread virally across the internet.
- Peter Principle
- In every hierarchy, employees are promoted until they reach a position where they are incompetent.
- Persona Non Grata
- Unwelcome person.