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Variable Ratio Write

Financial services; General Finance

An option strategy in which the investor owns 100 shares of the underlying security and writes two call options against it, each option having a different striking price.

A measure of dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value. The mathematical expectation of the average squared deviations from the mean. The square root of the variance is the standard ...

variance-minimization approach to tracking

Financial services; General Finance

An approach to bond indexing that uses historical data to estimate the variance of the tracking error.

variance rule

Financial services; General Finance

Specifies the permitted minimum or maximum quantity of securities that can be delivered to satisfy a TBA trade. For Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac pass-through securities, the accepted ...

variation margin

Financial services; General Finance

An additional required deposit to bring an investor's equity account up to the initial margin level when the balance falls below the maintenance margin requirement.

vault cash

Financial services; General Finance

Cash kept on hand in a depository institution's vault to meet day-to-day business needs, such as cashing checks for customers; can be counted as a portion of the institution's required reserves.

velda sue

Financial services; General Finance

Stands for Venture Enhancement and Loan Development Administration for Smaller Undercapitalized Enterprises. A federal agency that buys and pools small business loans made by banks, and then issues ...