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RISK RETENTION

Preserving a portion of financial and/or operating risk as opposed to transferring or hedging. Refer to hedging, retention, group, risk transfer, and selfinsurance.

ROUND TRIP

When an exchange traded derivative is bought and sold quickly.

SECURITY MARKET LINE

The graphing of the relationship between the risk and the return of a specific investment at a specific time with the slope of the line indicating the market risk.

SHARPE INDEX

A measurement, through standard deviation, comparing a portfolio

SHORT TENDER

Satisfying the offer to purchase all or some of a shareholders stock by borrowing common stock to pay for the tender offer.

SPARK SPREAD

The spread illustrating the difference between natural gas and electricity. The spread is bought while in positive margins and sold once the margins become negative. Refer to crack spread.

STAGGERED BOARD

The trigger of a change from annual to staggered reelection of the director of a company by offering external tender as an antitakeover defense.

STORY PAPER

The written explanation of unique securities that are not well known on the market in order to make them appear less risky and more marketable.

SUPERSINKER

The shortest living trance of a mortgage in a series. It is retired through early repayment.

TAILGATING

When a broker copies their clients trade in a proprietary account. It is considered unethical. Refer to coattailing.

TIME ORDER

An order to trade securities in a time frame. Refer to limit, stop, and market order.

TRANCHETTE

An issue of gilts by the bank of england. It is a small amount used in retail investment.

TWOFACTOR INTEREST RATE MODEL

When an interest rate is decided by creating a yield curve for the long and short term. It is a more precise way to choose the best rate.

VANILLA

A standard financial transaction. They have the greatest liquidity and smallest spread.

WEATHER BOND

When weather risks cause securitization. These risks can be temperature or percipitation. This is not the result of a catastrophe. Repayment stops when loss causing weather damages crops. Refer to catastrophe bond,

INDICATIVE QUOTE

An offer given to a dealer that is uncertain. It is used as a guideline for future business offers.

INTENSITY MODEL

When a company estimates failure rate to predict default. Structural or markto market models are ways to do this.

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