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93 relations: Airline, Arbitrage, Asset–liability mismatch, Bond (finance), Business, Call option, Capital control, Cash flow hedge, Clearing (finance), Coal, Commodity, Commodity market, Commodity risk, Competition, Contract, Covered interest arbitrage, Credit risk, Currency, Derivative (finance), Discounts and allowances, Diversification (finance), Electricity market, Employee stock option, Energy derivative, Equity risk, Exchange-traded fund, FASB 133, Financial instrument, Financial market, Financial risk, Fixed bill, Foreign exchange hedge, Foreign exchange market, Foreign exchange risk, Forward contract, Forward rate agreement, Fuel price risk management, Fungibility, Futures contract, Futures exchange, Hard currency, Hedge accounting, Hedge fund, Hurricane Katrina, IAS 39, Immunization (finance), Insurance, Insurance policy, Interest rate, Interest rate parity, ..., Interest rate risk, Interest rate swap, Iraq War, Jet fuel, Liquidity risk, List of commodity traders, Long (finance), Long/short equity, Market neutral, Maturity (finance), Moneyness, Non-deliverable forward, Option (finance), Outline of finance, Over-the-counter (finance), Pairs trade, Partial derivative, Petroleum, Portfolio (finance), Precious metal, Profit (economics), Protective put, Put option, Risk, Risk management, Risk reversal, Short (finance), Southwest Airlines, Spread trade, Stock, Stock market index future, Stock trader, Strike price, Superhedging price, Supply and demand, Swap (finance), Systematic risk, Underlying, Volatility risk, Volume risk, Wheat, Wholesaling, Widget (economics). Expand index (43 more) »
Airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight.
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Arbitrage
In economics and finance, arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between two or more markets: striking a combination of matching deals that capitalize upon the imbalance, the profit being the difference between the market prices.
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Asset–liability mismatch
In finance, an asset–liability mismatch occurs when the financial terms of an institution's assets and liabilities do not correspond.
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Bond (finance)
In finance, a bond is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holders.
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Business
Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).
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Call option
A call option, often simply labeled a "call", is a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of this type of option.
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Capital control
Capital controls are residency-based measures such as transaction taxes, other limits, or outright prohibitions that a nation's government can use to regulate flows from capital markets into and out of the country's capital account.
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Cash flow hedge
A cash flow hedge is a hedge of the exposure to the variability of cash flow that.
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Clearing (finance)
In banking and finance, clearing denotes all activities from the time a commitment is made for a transaction until it is settled.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Commodity
In economics, a commodity is an economic good or service that has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.
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Commodity market
A commodity market is a market that trades in primary economic sector rather than manufactured products.
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Commodity risk
Commodity risk refers to the uncertainties of future market values and of the size of the future income, caused by the fluctuation in the prices of commodities.
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Competition
Competition is, in general, a contest or rivalry between two or more entities, organisms, animals, individuals, economic groups or social groups, etc., for territory, a niche, for scarce resources, goods, for mates, for prestige, recognition, for awards, for group or social status, or for leadership and profit.
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Contract
A contract is a promise or set of promises that are legally enforceable and, if violated, allow the injured party access to legal remedies.
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Covered interest arbitrage
Covered interest arbitrage is an arbitrage trading strategy whereby an investor capitalizes on the interest rate differential between two countries by using a forward contract to cover (eliminate exposure to) exchange rate risk.
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Credit risk
A credit risk is the risk of default on a debt that may arise from a borrower failing to make required payments.
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Currency
A currency (from curraunt, "in circulation", from currens, -entis), in the most specific use of the word, refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins.
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Derivative (finance)
In finance, a derivative is a contract that derives its value from the performance of an underlying entity.
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Discounts and allowances
Discounts and allowances are reductions to a basic price of goods or services.
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Diversification (finance)
In finance, diversification is the process of allocating capital in a way that reduces the exposure to any one particular asset or risk.
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Electricity market
In economic terms, electricity (both power and energy) is a commodity capable of being bought, sold, and traded.
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Employee stock option
An employee stock option (ESO) is commonly viewed as a complex call option on the common stock of a company, granted by the company to an employee as part of the employee's remuneration package.
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Energy derivative
An energy derivative is a derivative contract based on (derived from) an underlying energy asset, such as natural gas, crude oil, or electricity.
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Equity risk
Equity risk is "the financial risk involved in holding equity in a particular investment".
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Exchange-traded fund
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks.
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FASB 133
Launched prior to the millennium, (and subsequently amended) FAS 133 Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities provided an "integrated accounting framework for derivative instruments and hedging activities.".
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Financial instrument
Financial instruments are monetary contracts between parties.
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Financial market
A financial market is a market in which people trade financial securities and derivatives such as futures and options at low transaction costs.
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Financial risk
Financial risk is any of various types of risk associated with financing, including financial transactions that include company loans in risk of default.
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Fixed bill
Fixed bill refers to an energy pricing program in which a consumer pays a predetermined amount for their total energy consumption for a given period.
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Foreign exchange hedge
A foreign exchange hedge (also called a FOREX hedge) is a method used by companies to eliminate or "hedge" their foreign exchange risk resulting from transactions in foreign currencies (see foreign exchange derivative).
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Foreign exchange market
The foreign exchange market (Forex, FX, or currency market) is a global decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for the trading of currencies.
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Foreign exchange risk
Foreign exchange risk (also known as FX risk, exchange rate risk or currency risk) is a financial risk that exists when a financial transaction is denominated in a currency other than that of the base currency of the company.
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Forward contract
In finance, a forward contract or simply a forward is a non-standardized contract between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a specified future time at a price agreed upon today, making it a type of derivative instrument.
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Forward rate agreement
In finance, a forward rate agreement (FRA) is an interest rate derivative (IRD).
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Fuel price risk management
A specialization of both financial risk management and oil price analysis – and similar to conventional risk management practice – fuel price risk management is a continual cyclic process that includes risk assessment, risk decision making, and the implementation of risk controls.
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Fungibility
In economics, fungibility is the property of a good or a commodity whose individual units are essentially interchangeable.
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Futures contract
In finance, a futures contract (more colloquially, futures) is a standardized forward contract, a legal agreement to buy or sell something at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.
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Futures exchange
A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts; that is, a contract to buy specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.
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Hard currency
Hard currency, safe-haven currency or strong currency is any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value.
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Hedge accounting
Hedge accounting is an accountancy practice, the aim of which is to provide an offset to the mark-to-market movement of the derivative in the profit and loss account.
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Hedge fund
A hedge fund is an investment fund that pools capital from accredited individuals or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio-construction and risk-management techniques.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.
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IAS 39
IAS 39: Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement is an international accounting standard for financial instruments released by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
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Immunization (finance)
In finance, interest rate immunization, as developed by Frank Redington is a strategy that ensures that a change in interest rates will not affect the value of a portfolio.
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Insurance
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss.
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Insurance policy
In insurance, the insurance policy is a contract (generally a standard form contract) between the insurer and the insured, known as the policyholder, which determines the claims which the insurer is legally required to pay.
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Interest rate
An interest rate is the amount of interest due per period, as a proportion of the amount lent, deposited or borrowed (called the principal sum).
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Interest rate parity
Interest rate parity is a no-arbitrage condition representing an equilibrium state under which investors will be indifferent to interest rates available on bank deposits in two countries.
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Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that arises for bond owners from fluctuating interest rates.
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Interest rate swap
In finance, an interest rate swap (IRS) is an interest rate derivative (IRD).
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Iraq War
The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.
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Jet fuel
Jet fuel, aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or avtur, is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines.
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Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is a financial risk that for a certain period of time a given financial asset, security or commodity cannot be traded quickly enough in the market without impacting the market price.
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List of commodity traders
Commodity traders are people or companies who speculate and trade in commodities as diverse as metals and spices.
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Long (finance)
In finance, a long position in a financial instrument, means the holder of the position owns a positive amount of the instrument.
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Long/short equity
Long/short equity is an investment strategy generally associated with hedge funds, and more recently certain progressive traditional asset managers.
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Market neutral
An investment strategy or portfolio is considered market-neutral if it seeks to avoid some form of market risk entirely, typically by hedging.
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Maturity (finance)
In finance, maturity or maturity date refers to the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument, at which point the principal (and all remaining interest) is due to be paid.
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Moneyness
In finance, moneyness is the relative position of the current price (or future price) of an underlying asset (e.g., a stock) with respect to the strike price of a derivative, most commonly a call option or a put option.
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Non-deliverable forward
In finance, a non-deliverable forward (NDF) is an outright forward or futures contract in which counterparties settle the difference between the contracted NDF price or rate and the prevailing spot price or rate on an agreed notional amount.
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Option (finance)
In finance, an option is a contract which gives the buyer (the owner or holder of the option) the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price on a specified date, depending on the form of the option.
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Outline of finance
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to finance: Finance – addresses the ways in which individuals and organizations raise and allocate monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects.
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Over-the-counter (finance)
Over-the-counter (OTC) or off-exchange trading is done directly between two parties, without the supervision of an exchange.
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Pairs trade
The pairs trade or pair trading is a market neutral trading strategy enabling traders to profit from virtually any market conditions: uptrend, downtrend, or sideways movement.
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Partial derivative
In mathematics, a partial derivative of a function of several variables is its derivative with respect to one of those variables, with the others held constant (as opposed to the total derivative, in which all variables are allowed to vary).
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Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
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Portfolio (finance)
In finance, a portfolio is a collection of investments held by an investment company, hedge fund, financial institution or individual.
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Precious metal
A precious metal is a rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value.
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Profit (economics)
In economics, profit in the accounting sense of the excess of revenue over cost is the sum of two components: normal profit and economic profit.
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Protective put
A protective put, or married put, is a portfolio strategy where an investor buys shares of a stock and, at the same time, enough put options to cover those shares.
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Put option
In finance, a put or put option is a stock market device which gives the owner of a put the right, but not the obligation, to sell an asset (the underlying), at a specified price (the strike), by a predetermined date (the expiry or maturity) to a given party (the seller of the put).
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Risk
Risk is the potential of gaining or losing something of value.
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Risk management
Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks (defined in ISO 31000 as the effect of uncertainty on objectives) followed by coordinator and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
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Risk reversal
In finance, risk reversal (also known as a conversion when an investment strategy) can refer to a measure of the volatility skew or to an investment strategy.
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Short (finance)
In finance, a short sale (also known as a short, shorting, or going short) is the sale of an asset (securities or other financial instrument) that the seller does not own.
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Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines Co. is a major United States airline headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and the world’s largest low-cost carrier.
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Spread trade
In finance, a spread trade (also known as relative value trade) is the simultaneous purchase of one security and sale of a related security, called legs, as a unit.
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Stock
The stock (also capital stock) of a corporation is constituted of the equity stock of its owners.
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Stock market index future
In finance, a stock market index future is a cash-settled futures contract on the value of a particular stock market index, such as the S&P 500.
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Stock trader
A stock trader or equity trader or share trader is a person or company involved in trading equity securities.
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Strike price
In finance, the strike price (or exercise price) of an option is the fixed price at which the owner of the option can buy (in the case of a call), or sell (in the case of a put), the underlying security or commodity.
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Superhedging price
The superhedging price is a coherent risk measure.
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Supply and demand
In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market.
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Swap (finance)
A swap is a derivative contract where two parties exchange financial instruments.
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Systematic risk
In finance and economics, systematic risk (in economics often called aggregate risk or undiversifiable risk) is vulnerability to events which affect aggregate outcomes such as broad market returns, total economy-wide resource holdings, or aggregate income.
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Underlying
In finance, the underlying of a derivative is an asset, basket of assets, index, or even another derivative, such that the cash flows of the (former) derivative depend on the value of this underlying.
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Volatility risk
Volatility risk is the risk of a change of price of a portfolio as a result of changes in the volatility of a risk factor.
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Volume risk
Volume risk is a commodity risk which refers to the fact that a player in the commodity market has uncertain quantities of consumption or sourcing, i.e. production of the respective commodity.
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Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food.
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Wholesaling
Wholesaling, jobbing, or distributing is the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users; or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services.
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Widget (economics)
The word widget is a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_(finance)
