- Industry: Financial services
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A market commitment; the number of contracts bought or sold for which no offsetting transaction has been entered into. The buyer of a commodity is said to have a long position, and the seller of a commodity is said to have a short position. Related: Open contracts.
Industry:Financial services
A portfolio that is managed so as to perfectly replicate the performance of the market portfolio.
Industry:Financial services
Buying shares to build up a long position or selling shares to create a short position in a particular security or group of securities.
Industry:Financial services
A market in which only one firm has total control over the entire market for a product due to some sort of barrier to entry for other firms, often a patent held by the controlling firm.
Industry:Financial services
Diagram showing the possible payoffs from a derivative investment.
Industry:Financial services
