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INTERMARKET SPREAD

When two assets prices are averaged together to make the basic price more stable.

INDEX ARBITRAGE

When index futures are rich buyers keep stocks and sell the futures. When the futures are cheap they sell stock and buy the futures.

INSIDE DIRECTOR

A director of the board who is somehow related to the company they oversee. They are not independant voters as they have personal connections. Refer to outside director.

INDEX FUTURE

A future contract exchanged in reference to a specific index sector, benchmark equity index, or equity basket. This is also called a commodity, currency, or interest rate future.

INDEX PRINCIPAL SWAP

An over the counter swap with floating interest. The principal is notational. This type of exhange is also called index amoritizing rate, accreting, amoritizing, reverse index principle, or a variable principle swap

INSIDER SYSTEM

A corporation controlled by a family. Refer to outsider system.

INDEX TRIGGER

An event that suspends coupon interest and principal when losses meet an agreed upon amount. Also called an indemnity or parametric trigger.

INSIDER TRADING

Where private information is used to create more profit. Sometimes this is considered a crime and punished. Refer to gun jumping.

INDEXING

An investment strategy that tries to predict the future perfromance of an asset with minimum error. This is also called an active investment strategy or an index fund.

INDICATION OF INTEREST (IOI)

When an investor shows interest in new securities. It is nonbinding because the securities are not yet registered. Refer to the defenition of circle.

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