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Duration
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DurationA common gauge of the price sensitivity of a fixed income asset or portfolio to a change in interest rates.
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Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.
Income
Money received by an individual as a salary, or from investments. Cash deposits and bonds will provide income in the form of interest. Shares will, in most but not all cases, provide income in the form of twice-yearly dividends.
Asset
Is the taxable basis of a property, imposed by the municipality. Often it is at a fraction of the market value.
Portfolio
The total of an investor's different investments.
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
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Durable merchandise
Goods that have a relatively lengthy life (television sets, radios, etc.).
Duration drift
Change in duration attributable to the passage of time.
Duration matching strategy
An immunization technique that matches asset duration with the duration of the liabilities.
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Dumping
Used in the context of general equities. Offering large amounts of stock with little or no concern for price or market effect.
Duplicate proxy
A second proxy received on an account. If the second proxy bears a more recent date than the first proxy, and has a different voting pattern, it will override the first.
Duplicative portfolio
Mainly applies to derivative products. Basket of stocks that imitates the price movement of another set of securities.
Dupont system of financial control
Highlights the fact that return on assets (ROA) can be expressed in terms of the profit margin and asset turnover.
Durable merchandise
Goods that have a relatively lengthy life (television sets, radios, etc.).
Duration
Duration drift
Change in duration attributable to the passage of time.
Duration matching strategy
An immunization technique that matches asset duration with the duration of the liabilities.
Dutch auction
Auction in which the lowest price necessary to sell the entire offering becomes the price at which all securities offered are sold. This technique has been used in Treasury auctions.
Dutch Auction Preferred Stock
A form of adjustable-rate preferred stock in which the dividend is ascertained in a Dutch Auction process by corporate bidders every seven weeks.
Duty
A tax on imports, exports, or consumption goods.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.
Income
Money received by an individual as a salary, or from investments. Cash deposits and bonds will provide income in the form of interest. Shares will, in most but not all cases, provide income in the form of twice-yearly dividends.
Asset
Is the taxable basis of a property, imposed by the municipality. Often it is at a fraction of the market value.
Portfolio
The total of an investor's different investments.
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Durable merchandise
Goods that have a relatively lengthy life (television sets, radios, etc.).
Duration drift
Change in duration attributable to the passage of time.
Duration matching strategy
An immunization technique that matches asset duration with the duration of the liabilities.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Dumping
Used in the context of general equities. Offering large amounts of stock with little or no concern for price or market effect.
Duplicate proxy
A second proxy received on an account. If the second proxy bears a more recent date than the first proxy, and has a different voting pattern, it will override the first.
Duplicative portfolio
Mainly applies to derivative products. Basket of stocks that imitates the price movement of another set of securities.
Dupont system of financial control
Highlights the fact that return on assets (ROA) can be expressed in terms of the profit margin and asset turnover.
Durable merchandise
Goods that have a relatively lengthy life (television sets, radios, etc.).
Duration
Duration drift
Change in duration attributable to the passage of time.
Duration matching strategy
An immunization technique that matches asset duration with the duration of the liabilities.
Dutch auction
Auction in which the lowest price necessary to sell the entire offering becomes the price at which all securities offered are sold. This technique has been used in Treasury auctions.
Dutch Auction Preferred Stock
A form of adjustable-rate preferred stock in which the dividend is ascertained in a Dutch Auction process by corporate bidders every seven weeks.
Duty
A tax on imports, exports, or consumption goods.
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