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Often used in older financial language for – an agreement in the sense of a bargain between market participants, – a contract. – See chord, contract, concert. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. […]

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A term used on the stock exchange to describe all shares in companies whose earnings have been subject to conspicuous fluctuations (oscillations: movements above and below a mean value) within short periods of time. As a rule, this is due to correspondingly strong sales fluctuations, caused above all by economic waves, unfavorable exchange rates or […]

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Portfolio that contains both an option to buy and sell a very specific stock for risk mitigation purposes. – See butterfly spread, call, option, commodity futures contract, straddle, strangle. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. […]

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Generally, the removal of a legal obligation by law (such as: peasant relief; abolition of serfdom) or by payment in money, as in easements. – The replacement of an existing loan with a new one, usually on different terms (the renegotiating of the terms of a loan, usually reducing payments by extending them over time […]

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Directive drawn up by the EU Commission in 2006 to standardize the form and content of audits of companies‘ financial statements throughout the EU. The directive was implemented in the member states by 2008. – Since then, a number of proposals for additions and improvements have been put forward. At the end of November 2011, […]

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Unless otherwise defined, the ratio showing how many options are required in relation to the number of underlying assets to hedge against expected price changes in the underlying asset (the number of contracts required to hedge one contract’s value of the underlying asset). – See hedge, expectations, option, certificate. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected […]

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A central bank provides liquidity to banks; however, it does so at a price (far) above the highest interest rate on the credit market. It thus makes clear its intention to restrict the money supply. – See money market operations. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private […]

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In mortgage financing between a bank and a customer, a third party (such as the government under the homeownership promotion policy) provides subsidies during the early period to limit the monthly burden on the mortgagor (mortgages in which monthly payments consist of principal and interest, with portions of these payments during the early period of […]

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First great depression in the U.S. in 1819, which had a favorable effect on the hitherto rather neglected theory of the business cycle; however, many of the ideas put forward at the time were not taken up by economic theory until 100 years later. At the time, most believed that free trade was the main […]

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In finance, an advertising letter (ad mail) with the purpose of attracting attention to an institution’s services; usually used as a lead-up to a subsequent call or visit and often accompanied by a lure (bait; appetiser). – See after-sales service, accessibility, call announcement, relationship management, call center, canvassing, cold calling, cheesemaking, customer defense service, mail […]