- Industry: Financial services
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A change in the yield curve when the spread between the yield on long-term and short-term Treasuries has decreased. Compare steepening of the yield curve and butterfly shift.
Industry:Financial services
Exchange traded equity or index options, where the investor can specify within certain limits, the terms of the options, such as exercise price Expiration date, exercise type, and settlement calculation.
Industry:Financial services
A budget that shows how costs vary with different rates of output or at different levels of sales volume and projects revenue based on these different output levels.
Industry:Financial services
Expenses for an individual or corporation that can be adjusted or completely dispessed with, e.g., luxury goods.
Industry:Financial services
Fund that invests in a variety of securities in varying proportions in order to maximise shareholder returns while maintaining a low level of risk.
Industry:Financial services
The tendency of investors to move toward safer investments (often government bonds) during periods of high economic uncertainty.
Industry:Financial services
Note that allows investors to switch between two different types of debt.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, opposite side to a proposition or position (buy, if sell is the proposition and vice versa).
Industry:Financial services
Buying shares in an initial public offering (IPO), and then selling the shares immediately after the start of public trading to turn an immediate profit.
Industry:Financial services
Currency: Exchange rate policy that does not limit the range of the market rate. Equities: Number of shares of a corporation that are outstanding and available for trading by the public, excluding insiders or restricted stock on a when-issued basis. A stock's volatility is inversely correlated to its float.
Industry:Financial services
