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PUT ON THE WORST OF NASSETS

An option where the buyer is paid the difference between the strike price and the worse performing asset in a portfolio. Refer to call on the best of nassets, call on the

RANGE FLOATING RATE NOTE (FRN)

A note giving an investor a better coupon interest rate. If the interest rate falls outside the agreed upon range the investor loses the interest that day. AKA accrual note, day count

RECOVERY RATE

The percent a creditor or claim gets after a bankruptcy is filed. Refer to loss given default and recovery.

RESISTANCE LEVEL

A technique used to analyze and graph the index price level affected by repeated transfer via buying bouts to determine when a security rises above the resistance level. This can determine the

REVERSE HEAD AND SHOULDERS

The charting of an investment that predicts a reversal in value when the pattern shows a trough (viewed as a shoulder), followed by a rise then a lower trough followed by a

RISK AVERSION

A conservative view to investing when a party avoids risk believing the overall protection is worth the long term wait.

RISK TOLERANCE

The stability of a firms portfolio in regards to how much risk it can withstand.

SAMURAI

A bond issued by a foreign company using the yen as currency in the market in Japan. Refer to daimyo, geisha, shibosai, and shogun.

SHIBOSAI

A foreign company using the yen to make a transaction in Japan. Refer to daimyo, geisha, samurai, and shogun.

SIGHT DRAFT

A bill that must be paid to the hold when presented.

SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHT (SDR)

Currency that was brought about in 1970 to supplement national reserves and maintain foreign exchange market stability. This is a convertible currency.

STAKEHOLDERS

Anyone with that has a legal, financial or social interest in a company such as shareholders, managers, suppliers, directors, government, employees and the community. Refer to direct stakeholders and indirect stakeholders.

STRANGLE

Purchasing or selling options with the same maturity date but different strike prices taking advantage of market volatility. Refer to straddle.

SURPLUS SHARE

Reinsurance where the reinsurer only assumes loss beyond established retentions.

TERMINAL EXPECTED RISK EXPOSURE

Expected exposure of a derivative based on an underlying market reference. Refer to average expected, average worstcase, and terminal worstcase exposures.

TIME VALUE

The remaining value of a contract attributed to time. The value declines daily. Refer to theta and time decay.

TRANSLATION RISK

Loss that occurs when a foreign exchange currency is turned into the home countries monetary unit. It is reflected in an equity account. AKA currency translation risk. Refer to transaction risk.

TYING

When an institution offers a client a loan at a low margin in exchange for better business opportunites in the future. This is sometimes illegal. Refer to reverse tying.

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