ABX INDEX
A financial benchmark which is intended to measure the mortgages' overall value made to borrowers with weak credit or subprime. The ABX index employs credit default swap contracts to derive the overall value which is made up of 20 bonds, comprised of subprime mortgages groups. Financial institutions, with the help of this index, are able to determine if whether the market for these securities are worsening or improving. Also know as Asset-Backed Securities Index.
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Commodity Exchange Act - CEA
Act regulating all futures trading activities. The US government passed the law in 1936, replacing the Grain Futures Act of 1922.
Conversion Value
Financial worth of the securities acquired by immediately exchanging a convertible security for its underlying assets. Convertibles are financial i ...
Probability Density Function - PDF
A statistical measure that defines a probability distribution for a random variable and is often denoted as f(x). When the PDF function is graphica ...
SEC Form 485A24F
SEC Form 485A24F is a filing used as a registration statement. It is mandated under the SEC. These registration statements represent separate accou ...
Reporting Level
A level of ownership of a certain futures position where the holders exceed the stated amounts and are required by the CFTC to submit regular repor ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 11:00 | Ifo Business Climate Index | Jan | |
| 11:00 | Ifo Current Assessment | Jan | |
| 11:00 | IFO - Expectations | Jan | |
| 16:00 | Leading indicators | Dec | |
| 16:00 | NBB Business Climate | Jan | |
| 16:45 | ECB's Jens Weidmann Speaks | ||
| 01:50 | Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes | Dec | |
| 01:50 | Corporate Service Price Index | Dec | |
| 07:00 | BOJ Core CPI | Dec |
