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Derivative
A Financial instrument whose characteristics and value depend upon the characteristics and value of an Underlier , typically a commodity, bond, equity or Currency . Examples of derivatives include Futures and Option . Advanced investors sometimes Purchase or Sell derivatives to manage the Risk associated with the Underlying security , to protect against fluctuations in value, or to Profit from periods of inactivity or Decline . These techniques can be quite complicated and quite risky.
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Activity , Advance , Call , Currency , CLU , Derivative , Decline , ECU , Financial instrument , Futures , FIN , Inc. , Instrument , Option , Profit , Purchase , Risk , SEC , Sell , Underlier , Underlying security , UIT , VAT
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
Accredited Personal Financial Planning Specialist ,
Asset/equity ratio ,
Average collection period ,
Accreted value ,
Accrual bond ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accumulation bond ,
Advance refunding ,
Agency bond ,
Agency security ,
American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation ,
Amortization of premium ,
Amortized value ,
Asset-backed security ,
Assumed bond ,
At par ,
Authority bond ,
All or any part ,
Associate member ,
At best ,
At call ,
Average equity ,
Adjusted futures price ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Advance rate ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Assets under management ,
Average price per share ,
American option ,
American-style option ,
Asian option ,
At the money ,
Average option ,
Age-weighted plan ,
Across the board ,
Activity ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Average up ,
Ad valorem ,
Assessed value ,
Advance ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Accredited investor ,
Angel investor ,
Below the line ,
Book profit ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Book value per share ,
Bottom line ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Baby bond ,
Bearer bond ,
Bearer instrument ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Blanket bond ,
Bond anticipation note ,
Bond Buyer ,
Bond circular ,
Bond crowd ,
Bond equivalent yield ,
Bond fund ,
Bond indenture ,
Bond market ,
Bond ordinance ,
Bond quote ,
Bond resolution ,
Bond swap ,
Book-entry security ,
Brady bond ,
Bullet bond ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Blue Sky Laws ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Basic earnings per share ,
Balance of payments ,
Base period ,
Board of Governors ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bust-up takeover ,
Breakup value ,
Back-end load ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Blackout period ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Combined financial statement ,
Consolidated financial statement ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Cabinet security ,
Call ,
Callable bond ,
Call date ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Catastrophe bond ,
CAT bond ,
Certificateless municipal bond ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Collateralized Bond Obligation ,
Combination bond ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Commodity-backed bond ,
Consolidated bond ,
Conversion option ,
Conversion value ,
Convertible security ,
Corporate bond equivalent ,
Coupon bond ,
Credit risk ,
Current coupon bond ,
Current market value ,
Call money rate ,
Code of procedure ,
Convertible currency ,
Currency ,
Currency convertibility ,
Currency fluctuations ,
Currency swap ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash commodity ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Commodity Exchange ,
Commodity futures ,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ,
Commodity paper ,
Commodity pool ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Commodity Trading Advisor ,
Country risk ,
Cash surrender value ,
Cash value ,
Cash value life insurance policy ,
CLU ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Capital gains distribution ,
Certificate of stock ,
Chicago Board Options Exchange ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash advance ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Character loan ,
Closed-end credit ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Credit derivative ,
Credit line ,
Cure period ,
Closed-end fund ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Covered call ,
Covered option ,
Cash Against Documents ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Capital gains tax ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Closing purchase ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Direct profit ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Debt-equity swap ,
Deep-discount bond ,
Deferred interest bond ,
Derivative ,
Digested security ,
Discount bond ,
Discounted bond ,
Dollar bond ,
Droplock security ,
Dual currency bond ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Distribution period ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Derivative security ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Default risk ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Distressed security ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Double up ,
Dead cat bounce ,
Decline ,
Depth of market ,
Downside risk ,
Economic value ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Embedded option ,
Equity-linked note ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Eurodollar bond ,
Euroyen bond ,
Event risk ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
ECU ,
European Currency Unit ,
Edge Act ,
E-mini ,
Exchange against actuals ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange of spot ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Equity funding ,
Excluded risk ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Equity option ,
Ex-all ,
Equity kicker ,
Equity mortgage ,
Equity fund ,
European-style option ,
Exchange-traded option ,
Expiration time ,
Ex-warrants ,
Equity REIT ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Equity capital ,
Equity financing ,
Equity swap ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Even up ,
Financial Accounting Standards Board ,
Financial asset ,
Financial capital ,
Financial statement ,
First In First Out ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
Financial institution ,
Fidelity bond ,
Financial instrument ,
First call date ,
Flight to quality ,
Floating-rate bond ,
Flow of funds ,
Free bond ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Financial analyst ,
Front-ending an order ,
Foreign currency option ,
Forward P/E ,
Fully diluted earnings per share ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Financial futures ,
Fluctuation limit ,
Futures ,
Futures contract ,
Futures option ,
Futures price ,
Front-end load ,
Fair market value ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Financial risk ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Financial advisor ,
Fund of funds ,
Far option ,
Free and clear ,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act ,
Free right of exchange ,
FIN ,
Fair value ,
Gross profit ,
Gross profit margin ,
General Obligation Bond ,
Global bond ,
Gold bond ,
Government Bond ,
Graduated security ,
Guaranteed bond ,
Glass-Steagall Act ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Grace period ,
Growing equity mortgage ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
High-grade bond ,
Housing bond ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Hard currency ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High-tech stock ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity ,
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ,
Home equity debt ,
Home equity line of credit ,
Home equity loan ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
Holding period ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Imputed value ,
Income bond ,
Index bond ,
Index-linked bond ,
Industrial revenue bond ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Installment bond ,
Insured bond ,
Interchangeable bond ,
Interest rate risk ,
Intrinsic value ,
Investment-grade bond ,
Investment security ,
Investment value ,
Irredeemable bond ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Interest rate futures ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Investor relations ,
Indication of interest ,
Inc. ,
In intestacy ,
Instrument ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
Index option ,
Interest rate option ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
Individual investor ,
Institutional investor ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Junk bond ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Junior equity ,
Knock-out option ,
Last In First Out ,
Liquidation value ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Limited risk ,
Long Bond ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Long Market Value ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
Limit up ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Lockup period ,
Legal age ,
Legal risk ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Loan value ,
Loan-value ratio ,
Lock-in ,
Lapsed option ,
Listed option ,
Lease-purchase agreement ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Maintenance bond ,
Marketable security ,
Maturity value ,
Medium-term bond ,
Moral obligation bond ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage bond ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Municipal bond ,
Municipal bond fund ,
Municipal bond insurance ,
Municipal Bond Insurance Association ,
Municipal revenue bond ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage risk ,
Market-value weighted index ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Minimum fluctuation ,
Net book value ,
Net profit ,
Net profit margin ,
Non-financial asset ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable instrument ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Negotiable security ,
Nine-Bond Rule ,
Non-callable bond ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Futures Association ,
New York Futures Exchange ,
Non-equity option ,
Notice period ,
Net Asset Value ,
Null and void ,
Negative equity ,
Notice of Default ,
Naked call ,
Naked option ,
Near option ,
Non-qualified stock option ,
Non-statutory stock option ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Normal retirement age ,
Nominal value ,
Nonaccredited investor ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Obligation bond ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Option account ,
Or better ,
Operating profit margin ,
Option ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Option income fund ,
Option chain ,
Option contract ,
Option holder ,
Option margin ,
Option pool ,
Option premium ,
Option price ,
Option pricing curve ,
Options Clearing Corporation ,
Option series ,
Option spread ,
Options Prices Reporting Authority ,
Option writer ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
Odd lot buy/sell ratio ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open trade equity ,
Option exchange ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-depreciation profit ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Profit margin ,
Pro forma ,
Par bond ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Performance bond ,
Pickup bond ,
Premium bond ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Primary instrument ,
Prior lien bond ,
Privileged bond ,
Provisional call feature ,
Public bond ,
Public purpose bond ,
Purchase ,
Put bond ,
P&L ,
Primary earnings per share ,
Profit warning ,
Physical commodity ,
Per stirpes ,
Power of Attorney ,
Paid up ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Purchase-money mortgage ,
Private Market Value ,
Physical option ,
Put option ,
Purchase agreement ,
Profit-sharing ,
Prudent Expert Act ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Passive investor ,
Payback period ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Public equity ,
Preservation of capital ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Profit ratio ,
Painting the tape ,
Paper profit ,
Profit-taking ,
Put/call ratio ,
Private equity ,
Qualified institutional investor ,
Quiet period ,
Replacement value ,
Reports and Records ,
Residual value ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Regulation Q ,
Redeemable bond ,
Registered coupon bond ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Revenue bond ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Real-time trade reporting ,
Receive against payment ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Reduced paid-up insurance ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Registered options principal ,
Roll up ,
Redemption period ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Realized profit ,
Real rate of return ,
Real-time ,
Retail investor ,
Risk capital ,
Salvage value ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Straight line depreciation ,
Savings and Loan ,
Sight letter of credit ,
S&L ,
Savings Bond ,
SEC ,
Secured bond ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Self-supporting bond ,
Sell ,
Serial bond ,
Series bond ,
Series EE bond ,
Series HH bond ,
Short bond ,
Split coupon bond ,
Stamped security ,
Step-up bond ,
Straight bond ,
Straight value ,
Super sinker bond ,
Surety bond ,
SEC fee ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell limit order ,
Sell order ,
Sell plus ,
Sell-side analyst ,
Sell the book ,
Standard of living ,
Systemic risk ,
Single stock futures ,
Soft commodity ,
Spot commodity ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Settlement options ,
Surrender value ,
Stock option ,
Stock option plan ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Short market value ,
Single option ,
Spread option ,
Step-up warrant ,
Step-up lease ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Shareholder value ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short purchase ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
Small investor ,
Sophisticated investor ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Times interest earned ,
Top line ,
Time deposit ,
Time draft ,
Tax-exempt bond ,
T-Bill ,
Term bond ,
Term to maturity ,
Treasury Bond ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Time order ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
TED spread ,
Time note ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tax-free bond fund ,
Theoretical value ,
Time spread ,
Tenancy at will ,
Time-sharing ,
The Street ,
Time stop ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Trading profit ,
Take a bath ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Underlying debt ,
Unlimited risk ,
Unlimited tax bond ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Unappropriated profit ,
Underlier ,
Underlying security ,
Uncovered call ,
Uncovered option ,
UIT ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Up volume ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Unrealized profit ,
Value stock ,
Vesting period ,
Value averaging ,
Value investing ,
Value Added Tax ,
VAT ,
Vertical line charting ,
Written-down value ,
With interest ,
Williams Act ,
Waiver of premium ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
When, as, and if issued ,
Wilshire 5000 Equity Index ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yankee bond market ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares ,
Zero-coupon bond