Stocks & securities

Stocks & securities

Stocks trades, exchanges and tools etc.

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Interest rate swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

An interest rate swap is a popular and highly liquid financial derivative instrument in which two parties agree to exchange interest rate cash flows, based on a specified notional amount from a fixed ...

Insider trading

Financial services; Stocks & securities

The trading of a corporation's stock or other securities by individuals with access to non-public information about the company. This may be legal, if done in a way that does not take advantage of ...

Callable

Financial services; Stocks & securities

'Callable' in finance is used to describe a type of bonds 'callable bonds' that are the bonds that can be called to the end.

Near money

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Not quite "readily available," this term refers to the next best thing to liquid, something that can be liquid quickly (like government bonds).

Option

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A financial derivative that represents a contract sold by one party (option writer) to another party (option holder). The contract offers the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or ...

Call option

Financial services; Stocks & securities

An agreement that gives an investor the right (but not the obligation) to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.

Derivative

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A security whose price is dependent upon or derived from one or more underlying assets. The derivative itself is merely a contract between two or more parties. Its value is determined by fluctuations ...