BASKET TRADE
An mandate to sell or buy an array of securities simultaneously. Basket trading is important for investment funds and institutional investors who wants to hold big number of securities in particular proportions. As cash progress in and out of the fund, huge baskets of securities must be purchased or sold continuously, so that price movements for each security do not adjust the portfolio allocation. For a trade to be acknowledged as a "basket trade," it must typically include the purchase of 15 or more securities or the sale.
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Calamity Call
A call feature of a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) mainly intended to lessen the reinvestment risk of the issuer. If the cash flow produc ...
Tax Expense
Amount of tax owed in a specific time period, as seen in the income statement. It is computed by multiplying the right tax rate of an individual or ...
Carried Interest
Portion of any profits compensating the general partners of private companies and hedge funds even without contributing to initial funds. It aims t ...
Insider Buying
Purchasing shares of stock in a company by an individual who works in that company. This is different from insider trading because the latter perta ...
AUD
The abbreviation for the Australian dollar on the currency market.
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| 07:00 | Economy Watchers Survey | May | |
| 08:00 | Factory Orders | Apr | |
| 09:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | May | |
| 10:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Jun | |
| 00:45 | Manufacturing Sales | 1 quarter | |
| 01:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | May | |
| 01:50 | M2 Money Supply + CD | May | |
| 02:30 | Westpac Consumer Sentiment | Jun | |
| 03:30 | NAB Business Confidence | May |
