Financial instruments

Financial instruments

Instruments used as performance/risk measures in financial fields.

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Interest Rate Swap

Financial services; Financial instruments

An agreement between two parties where one stream of future interest payments is exchanged for another based on a specified principal amount. Interest rate swaps often exchange a fixed payment for a ...

osthedge

Financial services; Financial instruments

A passive investment strategy, which automatically creates a hedge that helps limit losses without constant supervision. This automatic 'option' position is put into place through the utilization of ...

equity derivative

Financial services; Financial instruments

A derivative instrument with underlying assets based on equity securities. An equity derivative's value will fluctuate with changes in its underlying asset's equity, which is usually measured by ...

crossover

Financial services; Financial instruments

An analysis tool used for indication of future trends. A crossover is a point on a stock chart where a security and indicator intersect. A crossover is a signal to buy or sell. If a stock's indicator ...

moving average convergence divergence (MACD)

Financial services; Financial instruments

A trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of prices. The MACD is calculated by subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average(EMA) from the ...

real return

Financial services; Financial instruments

Real return is the percentage return realized for an investment, adjusted for factors such as inflation or other external effects. It is the expression of nominal rate of return in real terms, ...

first stage capital

Financial services; Financial instruments

Funds financing companies before they begin mass production and sales, and before they begin to make profits. Including seed capital and start-up capital.