STANDBY NOTE ISSUANCE FACILITY (SNIF)
The assumption of liability by a bank that receives a fee for guaranteeing payment to investors in the event a firm doesn
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The assumption of liability by a bank that receives a fee for guaranteeing payment to investors in the event a firm doesn
A prediction of future cash flows and directional and curve risks of over the counter or exchange traded options. Refer to rolling hedge.
A short term buying and selling strategy. It takes advantage of the overreactions. Refer to position trading.
The price paid for a company. Refer to anyandall bid, two tier bid, and take over.
An options value changes over time if all variables are constant. AKA omega. Refer to delta, gamma, greeks, rho, time decay, time value, and vega.
A ratio expressing the earnings needed. If below a 1 it needs more cash flow if above a 1 it is doing well on its return rate.
A chart connecting the lowest and highest prices over time to display the assets trend.
Additional insurance to cover specific liabilities or perils. It works with current insurance to fill gaps.
An option that creates an european option if the price goes beyond a barrier. Refer to barrier, down and in, down and out, reverse knockin, knockin, and up and out options.
Means overpowering force. An unavoidable event that will effect the profits of the firm. Risk transfer is sought in this case. Refer to force majuere.
Releasing corporate earnings before a full public announcement. The US limits this by prohibiting selective disclosure.
A japanese congromerate with one company taking control. It has been banned since the mid 1940s and is replaced by keiretsu.
A contract that repays the insurer losses back to them. Also called indemnity, or valued contract.
Security paid to protect a clearinghouse and to support loans. Refer to clearing, variation, and maintenance margin.
When executives sit on eachothers boards. They are considered independant. Refer to filz and interlocking directorate.
Constantly buying assets to boost profits.
This practice, only regulated in Canada, is for a company issuing stock options instead of being an operational business structure.
For quicker response to customer needs with no large finished goods or goods-in-process inventories, JIT inventory system is applied to production lines.
Irish physicist William Thomson (1824-1907),honored as 1st Baron Kelvin (Lord William Kelvin), developed this scale. Temperature scale beginning at absolute zero (273.15
Keyboard or keypad driven computerized data entry. Prior to PCs, to issue commands or store data in the era of mini or mainframe computers, key punching was actual punching of holes in