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Actuals
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ActualsCommodities such as metals, coffee and grain which are bought and sold for use as opposed to hedging by trading on a futures contract.
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Grain
The smallest unit of British weight, being that of an average grain of wheat. There are 480 grains to the Troy ounce
Hedging
Reducing the risk of unfavorable movement in commodity or security prices, or exchange or interest rates, by way of futures contracts.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
Futures
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.
Contract
A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange.
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Actuaciones Bursatiles, SICAV, S.A.
Actuaciones Bursatiles, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.
Actual market
An insurance term which refers to the basic things that people need to be able to do in order look after themselves.
Actuary
The physical commodities underlying a futures contract. Cash commodity, physical asset.
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Active portfolio strategy
A loose term denoting that there is a high degree of liquidity in a stock market, which in turn usually means that bid-offer spreads are narrow.
Active return
A strategy that uses available information and forecasting techniques to seek better performance than a buy and hold portfolio.
Active risk
Return relative to a benchmark. If a portfolio's return is 5%, and the benchmark's return is 3%, then the portfolio's active return is 2%.
Activities of daily living (ADL)
The risk (annualized standard deviation) of the active return. Also called the tracking error.
Actual market
An insurance term which refers to the basic things that people need to be able to do in order look after themselves.
Actuals
Actuary
The physical commodities underlying a futures contract. Cash commodity, physical asset.
Ad valorem duties
A person trained and specializing in risk, statistics and finance who gives advice on insurance and pension business.
Adaptive filter
Taxes which are charged as a percentage of the value of an asset.
Additional bonds test
Continuously updating the weighting of past prices for smoothing or forecasting purposes.
Additional hedge
A test for ensuring that bond issuers can meet the debt service requirements of issuing any new additional bonds.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Grain
The smallest unit of British weight, being that of an average grain of wheat. There are 480 grains to the Troy ounce
Hedging
Reducing the risk of unfavorable movement in commodity or security prices, or exchange or interest rates, by way of futures contracts.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
Futures
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.
Contract
A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Actuaciones Bursatiles, SICAV, S.A.
Actuaciones Bursatiles, SICAV, S.A. is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.
Actual market
An insurance term which refers to the basic things that people need to be able to do in order look after themselves.
Actuary
The physical commodities underlying a futures contract. Cash commodity, physical asset.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Active portfolio strategy
A loose term denoting that there is a high degree of liquidity in a stock market, which in turn usually means that bid-offer spreads are narrow.
Active return
A strategy that uses available information and forecasting techniques to seek better performance than a buy and hold portfolio.
Active risk
Return relative to a benchmark. If a portfolio's return is 5%, and the benchmark's return is 3%, then the portfolio's active return is 2%.
Activities of daily living (ADL)
The risk (annualized standard deviation) of the active return. Also called the tracking error.
Actual market
An insurance term which refers to the basic things that people need to be able to do in order look after themselves.
Actuals
Actuary
The physical commodities underlying a futures contract. Cash commodity, physical asset.
Ad valorem duties
A person trained and specializing in risk, statistics and finance who gives advice on insurance and pension business.
Adaptive filter
Taxes which are charged as a percentage of the value of an asset.
Additional bonds test
Continuously updating the weighting of past prices for smoothing or forecasting purposes.
Additional hedge
A test for ensuring that bond issuers can meet the debt service requirements of issuing any new additional bonds.
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