Stocks & securities

Stocks & securities

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credit default swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A credit default swap (CDS) is similar to a traditional insurance policy, in as much as it obliges the seller of the CDS to compensate the buyer in the event of loan default. Generally, the agreement ...

total return swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

Total return swap, or TRS (especially in Europe), or total rate of return swap, or TRORS, is a financial contract that transfers both the credit risk and market risk of an underlying asset.

currency swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A currency swap is a foreign-exchange agreement between two parties to exchange aspects (namely the principal and/or interest payments) of a loan in one currency for equivalent aspects of an equal in ...

commodity swap

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A commodity swap is an agreement where by a floating (or market or spot) price based on an underlying commodity is exchanged for a fixed price over a specified period.

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 ...

common stock

Financial services; Stocks & securities

A security that represents equity ownership in a corporation or company. Common shares allow the investor to take part in voting the board of directors.