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Descriptor
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DescriptorA variable describing assets, used as an element of a risk index.
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Variable
A quantity that is liable to change; the adjective describing such a quantity.
Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
Index
In the stock market, an index is a device that measures changes in the prices of a basket of shares, and represents the changes using a single figure.
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Descartes Systems Group
Descartes Systems Group is one of Canada's largest companies.
Descending tops
A chart pattern which in which each successive peak in a security's price is lower than the preceding peak over a period of time.
DESCO Credit Union
DESCO is a credit union with head office in PORTSMOUTH, OH
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Derivative
A financial contract whose value is based on, or "derived" from, a traditional security (such as a stock or bond), an asset (such as a commodity), or a market index.
Derivative instruments
Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of an underlying financial asset.
Derivative markets
Markets for derivative instruments.
Derivative security
A financial security such as an option or future whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristics of another security, the underlying asset.
Descending tops
A chart pattern which in which each successive peak in a security's price is lower than the preceding peak over a period of time.
Descriptor
Design risk
The risk associated with the impact on project cash flow from deficiencies in design or engineering. Also known as engineering risk.
Designated Order Turnaround (DOT) system
Computerized order entry system that allows orders to buy or sell large baskets of stock to be transmitted immediately to the specialist on the exchange, where execution will occur quickly, depending on the basket size.
Desk
The New York Federal Reserve Bank's trading desk (or securities department) where all transactions of the Federal Reserve System are executed in the money market or the government securities market.
Detachable warrant
A warrant entitles the holder to buy a given number of shares of stock at a stipulated price.
Determinism
Fully ordained in advance. A deterministic chaos system is one that gives random looking results, even though the results are generated from a system of equations.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Variable
A quantity that is liable to change; the adjective describing such a quantity.
Risk
The possibility of loss; the amount that one may lose when investing.
Index
In the stock market, an index is a device that measures changes in the prices of a basket of shares, and represents the changes using a single figure.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Descartes Systems Group
Descartes Systems Group is one of Canada's largest companies.
Descending tops
A chart pattern which in which each successive peak in a security's price is lower than the preceding peak over a period of time.
DESCO Credit Union
DESCO is a credit union with head office in PORTSMOUTH, OH
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Derivative
A financial contract whose value is based on, or "derived" from, a traditional security (such as a stock or bond), an asset (such as a commodity), or a market index.
Derivative instruments
Contracts such as options and futures whose price is derived from the price of an underlying financial asset.
Derivative markets
Markets for derivative instruments.
Derivative security
A financial security such as an option or future whose value is derived in part from the value and characteristics of another security, the underlying asset.
Descending tops
A chart pattern which in which each successive peak in a security's price is lower than the preceding peak over a period of time.
Descriptor
Design risk
The risk associated with the impact on project cash flow from deficiencies in design or engineering. Also known as engineering risk.
Designated Order Turnaround (DOT) system
Computerized order entry system that allows orders to buy or sell large baskets of stock to be transmitted immediately to the specialist on the exchange, where execution will occur quickly, depending on the basket size.
Desk
The New York Federal Reserve Bank's trading desk (or securities department) where all transactions of the Federal Reserve System are executed in the money market or the government securities market.
Detachable warrant
A warrant entitles the holder to buy a given number of shares of stock at a stipulated price.
Determinism
Fully ordained in advance. A deterministic chaos system is one that gives random looking results, even though the results are generated from a system of equations.
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