TRADING BOOK
Accounting book which records all of the financial instruments held by a bank or brokerage. These instruments are either purchased or sold to process trading for the institution’s clients, to generate profit from spreads between bid and ask prices, or hedge against several trading risks. Trading books differ in size based on the amount of instruments an institution holds. Most institutions, especially larger ones, use complex risk metrics in regulating and mitigating risks.
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Proved Reserves
It refers to the amount of resources that can be recovered from the deposit with a reasonable certainty level.
Cumulative Discount Privilege
In mutual fund, a way an investor can become eligible for lower fees by getting the sum of multiple transactions in several funds within the same f ...
Commercial Hedger
Companies purchasing futures positions in commodities to control its costs. When used in creating a product or service, corporations can hedge to r ...
Hurdle Rate
The minimum rate of return required by a manager on a project. The riskier the project, the higher the hurdle rate.
Sensex
Sensex is the abbreviation for the index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that is the Bombay Sensitive Index. In 1986, the Sensex was initially c ...
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