Stocks & securities

Stocks & securities

Stocks trades, exchanges and tools etc.

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Swaption

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A swaption is an option granting its owner the right but not the obligation to enter into an underlying swap. Although options can be traded on a variety of swaps, the term "swaption" typically ...

A basis swap is an interest rate swap which involves the exchange of two floating rate financial instruments. A basis swap functions as a floating-floating interest rate swap under which the floating ...

Interest rate floor

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Interest rate floor is a derivative contract in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each period in which the interest rate is below the agreed strike price.

Interest rate cap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

An interest rate cap is a derivative in which the buyer receives payments at the end of each period in which the interest rate exceeds the agreed strike price.

Employee stock option

Financial services; Stocks & securities

An employee stock option is a call option on the common stock of a company, issued as a form of non-cash compensation.

Bond option

Financial services; Stocks & securities

In finance, a bond option is an option to buy or sell a bond at a certain price on or before the option expiry date.

Single-stock future

Financial services; Stocks & securities

In finance, a single-stock futures is a type of futures contracts between two parties to exchange a specified number of stocks in company for a price agreed today (the futures price or the strike ...