Future/ Futures Signifies a contract that covers sale of financial instruments or commodities through a commodity exchange where the actual goods or instruments will be delivered in future. … [Read more...]
Future Investment Opportunities
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Future Investment Opportunities The opportunity to make a profitable investment in the future that comes about as a consequence of a present time opportunity. … [Read more...]
Future Value
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Future Value A sum of money that at a given future date is equal in value to a specified amount of money at present time. … [Read more...]
Future Bundle
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Future Bundle Futures order that allows investors to buy predetermined number of futures contracts for two or more years in every succeeding quarterly delivery month. Used to hedge price fluctuation risk. … [Read more...]
Futures Commission Merchant
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Futures Commission Merchant Refer: omnibus account, commission house. Agency or individual undertaking and processing orders for the sale or purchase of futures contracts. He/ It also accepts funds or securities that may be used to margin the resultant trades. All these activities … [Read more...]
Futures Option
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Futures Option Refer: options on physicals. Options that exist on futures contracts. … [Read more...]
Futures Contract
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Futures Contract Formal understanding to purchase or sell a predetermined quantity of specific stock at a given future date. The price at which the trade will take place is also determined in advance by seller and buyer. Such contracts can be bought or sold in futures markets. This … [Read more...]
Futures Market
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Futures Market The market where contracts specifying terms for delivering commodities or securities in the future can be traded. … [Read more...]
Futures Price
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Futures Price The agreed price at which the two parties transacting a futures contract will carry out at a future date the trade specified in the contract. … [Read more...]
Futures Spread
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Futures Spread Arbitrage technique wherein the trader purchases a commodity and sells the same commodity in a different transaction or contract to gain from a difference in prices. … [Read more...]
Gamma
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Gamma A change in option delta relative to a minor fluctuation in the asset price where the option is written on this asset. Represented as a ratio. … [Read more...]
Garmen-Kohlhagen Option Pricing Model
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Garmen-Kohlhagen Option Pricing Model A popular model that is commonly used to price options in foreign currency. … [Read more...]
Gearing
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Gearing Financial leverage. Using debt to enhance return on equity. … [Read more...]
GEMs (Growing-Equity Mortgages)
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GEMs (Growing-Equity Mortgages) Mortgages wherein yearly increases in monthly installments are adjusted towards outstanding principal and this serves to reduce the remaining loan term. … [Read more...]
General Cash Offer
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General Cash Offer Any public offering that is made to the general public. … [Read more...]
General Obligation Bonds
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General Obligation Bonds Securities issued by Municipal bodies that are secured by the municipality’s pledge of full backing in terms of taxing power and credit. … [Read more...]
General Partner
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General Partner Partner who agrees to undertake unlimited liability towards the obligations of the partnership entity. … [Read more...]
General Partnership
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General Partnership Partnership consisting of only general partners, having unlimited liability. … [Read more...]
General Provisions
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General Provisions Balance sheet entry representing funds earmarked by the business for payback of future anticipated losses. It is counted as an asset on the balance sheet as it represents funds which are not required at present as the losses have not occurred as yet. … [Read more...]
Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP)
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP) Accounting terminology that encompasses the rules, concepts, procedures and conventions generally accepted as part of accounting practices during a given time period. … [Read more...]
