Stock Market. The stock market is the community of individuals and corporations engaged in the buying and selling of shares of companies, called stocks, on the open market. Shares of stock are traded on a stock exchange and are tracked on indices such as the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. In the U.S., the stock market is commonly referred to as Wall Street, the eight-block region in lower Manhattan in New York where many of the nationâs major financial institutions are based.
Refinancing may refer to the replacement of an existing debt obligation with another debt obligation under different terms.
rate and term refinance. Renegotiation of the rate and/or term of a mortgage with no change in the amount of the mortgage. A borrower typically pursues this type of refinance to obtain or lock in a lower interest rate.