NEGATIVE CONVEXITY
When the shape of a bond's yield curve is concave. A bond's convexity is the rate of change of its duration, and is measured as the second derivative of price with respect to yield.
Most mortgage bonds are negatively convex.
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Currency abbreviation for Mexican peso, official currency of Mexico. The currency is comprised of 100 centavos and presented with the symbol $ or M ...
Buy Stops Above
Recommendation to purchase a given security once a security’s price surpasses a particular resistance level by putting a buy stop order at th ...
Best Efforts
An agreement where an underwriter promises to make a full-fledged attempt to sell as much of an initial public offering as possible to the public. ...
Held by Production
A provision in an oil property lease that lets the lessee, often an energy company, to continually drill on the property so long as it is producing ...
Incremental Value at Risk
Amount of uncertainty added or deducted from an investment portfolio by buying a new instrument or selling an old one. Investors use incremental Va ...
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