CURVE STEEPENER TRADE
Strategy that employs derivatives to benefit from increasing yield differences, which occurs due to changing relationships of the yield curve between two Treasury bonds with different maturities. A macroeconomic hedging strategy, it is primarily used to hedge against a broadening yield curve by going long in a short-term Treasury and going short in a long-term Treasury.
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Short Leg
Short Leg is a contract where an individual holds a short position. The contract is in the option spread created by the trader by purchasing a put ...
Borrowing Base
Money a lender will loan to a company. The borrowing base is usually determined by a method called margining, where the lender determines a discoun ...
Swaziland Lilangeni
Currency abbreviation for the Swaziland Lilangeni, the official currency of Swaziland. The currency is comprised of 100 cents and presented with th ...
Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian - DWAC
A method of electronically transferring new shares or paper share certificates from the Depository Trust Company (DTC), which acts as a clearinghou ...
Economic Stimulus
Plans to financially stimulate an economy. It implements monetary or fiscal policy changes to bolster a lagging or struggling economy. Governments ...
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Fixed interest rates.
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Ethical Investing: Its Advantages and Disadvantages
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Inflation and Investments
“How does inflation affect my investments?”
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