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Index futures
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Index futuresA futures contract on an index (such as a foreign stock index) in the futures market.
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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.
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.
Foreign
Money that flows offshore and likely never returns. Flight is exacerbated by a lack of confidence as government grows without bounds.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
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Indebtedness
The condition of owing money.
INDECO S.A.
INDECO S.A. is an industrial company listed at Lima stock exchange in Peru.
Indemnification
Used in insurance policy agreements as to compensation for damage or loss. In the context of corporate governance, Director Indemnification uses the bylaws and-or charter to indemnify officers and directors from certain legal expenses and judgments resulting from lawsuits pertaining to their conduct.
Indemnity
An agreement in which one person is answerable for compensating the losses of another.
Indenture
Agreement between lender and borrower that details specific terms of the bond issuance. Specifies legal obligations of bond issuer and rights of bondholders.
Independence Community
Independence Community is a top United States corporation in the field of banking, and its estimated market value is 3,380 million US dollars.
INDEPENDENCE Credit Union
INDEPENDENCE is a credit union with head office in INDEPENDENCE, MO
INDEPENDENCE Group NL
INDEPENDENCE Group NL is a large Australian company in the field of materials. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is IGO.
Independent
Independent is a newspaper in Bangladesh.
Independent auditor
An external auditor with a certified public accounting designation that qualifies him or her to provide an auditor's report.
Independent bank
A locally owned and operated commercial bank. It derives its sources of funds from, and it lends money to the community where it operates, and is not affiliated with a multibank holding company. Also called community bank.
Independent broker
NYSE member who executes orders for floor brokers and firms other than its own.
INDEPENDENT Credit Union
INDEPENDENT is a credit union with head office in ANDERSON, IN
INDEPENDENT EMPLOYERS GROUP Credit Union
INDEPENDENT EMPLOYERS GROUP is a credit union with head office in HILO, HI
Independent Evening News
Independent Evening News is a Taiwanese newspaper.
Independent financial adviser (IFA)
A person qualified to give financial advice to clients on life assurance, pensions, funds, and other financial products, who is not tied to any one financial institution.
Independent investments
Investments available to a firm that may be selected individually or in groups because each investment is different in its nature and purpose.
Independent trustee
Coming into the U.S.; onshore; such as funds being paid to a U.S. person from an offshore entity.
Independent variable
Term used in regression analysis to represent the element or condition that is expected to influence another (so-called dependent) variable.
Indesit
Indesit is a top Italian corporation in the field of consumer durables, and its estimated market value is 1,860 million US dollars.
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.
Index and Option Market (IOM)
A division of the CME established in 1982 for trading stock index products and options.
Index arbitrage
An investment strategy that attempts to profit from the differences between actual and theoretical futures prices of the same stock index.
Index fund
A mutual fund that invests in stocks that reflect the composition of one of the leading market indicators, such as Standard & Poor's 500 index. The intention is to mirror market performance.
Index linked (of a wage, salary, pension, tax, etc.)
Automatically raised to compensate for inflation, on the basis of an official price index.
Index method
Technique to calculate rates of return that is based on initial and terminal values.
Index model
A model of stock returns using a market index such as the S&P 500 to represent common or systematic risk factors.
Index option
A call or put option on a financial index.
Index swap
A swap of a market index for some other asset, such as a stock-for-stock or debt-for-stock swap.
Index warrant
A stock index option issued by either a corporate or a sovereign entity as part of a security offering, and guaranteed by an option clearing corporation.
Indexed bond
Bond whose payments are linked to an index, e.g., the consumer price index.
Indexed rate
An interest rate linked to an index, usually the CPI.
Indexed stock options
Options that have an exercise price which may fluctuate above or below market value at performance options in that the exercise price of indexed options typically remains variable until the option is exercised.
Indexing
1) The adjustment of the weights of assets in an investment portfolio so that its performance matches that of an index. 2) Linking movements of rates to the performance of an index.
INDEXPLUS Income Fund
INDEXPLUS Income Fund is one of Canada's largest companies.
Indexplus Income Fund
Indexplus Income Fund is one of Canada's largest companies.
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Independent variable
Term used in regression analysis to represent the element or condition that is expected to influence another (so-called dependent) variable.
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.
Index and Option Market (IOM)
A division of the CME established in 1982 for trading stock index products and options.
Index arbitrage
An investment strategy that attempts to profit from the differences between actual and theoretical futures prices of the same stock index.
Index fund
A mutual fund that invests in stocks that reflect the composition of one of the leading market indicators, such as Standard & Poor's 500 index. The intention is to mirror market performance.
Index futures
Index linked (of a wage, salary, pension, tax, etc.)
Automatically raised to compensate for inflation, on the basis of an official price index.
Index method
Technique to calculate rates of return that is based on initial and terminal values.
Index model
A model of stock returns using a market index such as the S&P 500 to represent common or systematic risk factors.
Index option
A call or put option on a financial index.
Index swap
A swap of a market index for some other asset, such as a stock-for-stock or debt-for-stock swap.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
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.
Foreign
Money that flows offshore and likely never returns. Flight is exacerbated by a lack of confidence as government grows without bounds.
Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.
Market
1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Indebtedness
The condition of owing money.
INDECO S.A.
INDECO S.A. is an industrial company listed at Lima stock exchange in Peru.
Indemnification
Used in insurance policy agreements as to compensation for damage or loss. In the context of corporate governance, Director Indemnification uses the bylaws and-or charter to indemnify officers and directors from certain legal expenses and judgments resulting from lawsuits pertaining to their conduct.
Indemnity
An agreement in which one person is answerable for compensating the losses of another.
Indenture
Agreement between lender and borrower that details specific terms of the bond issuance. Specifies legal obligations of bond issuer and rights of bondholders.
Independence Community
Independence Community is a top United States corporation in the field of banking, and its estimated market value is 3,380 million US dollars.
INDEPENDENCE Credit Union
INDEPENDENCE is a credit union with head office in INDEPENDENCE, MO
INDEPENDENCE Group NL
INDEPENDENCE Group NL is a large Australian company in the field of materials. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is IGO.
Independent
Independent is a newspaper in Bangladesh.
Independent auditor
An external auditor with a certified public accounting designation that qualifies him or her to provide an auditor's report.
Independent bank
A locally owned and operated commercial bank. It derives its sources of funds from, and it lends money to the community where it operates, and is not affiliated with a multibank holding company. Also called community bank.
Independent broker
NYSE member who executes orders for floor brokers and firms other than its own.
INDEPENDENT Credit Union
INDEPENDENT is a credit union with head office in ANDERSON, IN
INDEPENDENT EMPLOYERS GROUP Credit Union
INDEPENDENT EMPLOYERS GROUP is a credit union with head office in HILO, HI
Independent Evening News
Independent Evening News is a Taiwanese newspaper.
Independent financial adviser (IFA)
A person qualified to give financial advice to clients on life assurance, pensions, funds, and other financial products, who is not tied to any one financial institution.
Independent investments
Investments available to a firm that may be selected individually or in groups because each investment is different in its nature and purpose.
Independent trustee
Coming into the U.S.; onshore; such as funds being paid to a U.S. person from an offshore entity.
Independent variable
Term used in regression analysis to represent the element or condition that is expected to influence another (so-called dependent) variable.
Indesit
Indesit is a top Italian corporation in the field of consumer durables, and its estimated market value is 1,860 million US dollars.
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.
Index and Option Market (IOM)
A division of the CME established in 1982 for trading stock index products and options.
Index arbitrage
An investment strategy that attempts to profit from the differences between actual and theoretical futures prices of the same stock index.
Index fund
A mutual fund that invests in stocks that reflect the composition of one of the leading market indicators, such as Standard & Poor's 500 index. The intention is to mirror market performance.
Index linked (of a wage, salary, pension, tax, etc.)
Automatically raised to compensate for inflation, on the basis of an official price index.
Index method
Technique to calculate rates of return that is based on initial and terminal values.
Index model
A model of stock returns using a market index such as the S&P 500 to represent common or systematic risk factors.
Index option
A call or put option on a financial index.
Index swap
A swap of a market index for some other asset, such as a stock-for-stock or debt-for-stock swap.
Index warrant
A stock index option issued by either a corporate or a sovereign entity as part of a security offering, and guaranteed by an option clearing corporation.
Indexed bond
Bond whose payments are linked to an index, e.g., the consumer price index.
Indexed rate
An interest rate linked to an index, usually the CPI.
Indexed stock options
Options that have an exercise price which may fluctuate above or below market value at performance options in that the exercise price of indexed options typically remains variable until the option is exercised.
Indexing
1) The adjustment of the weights of assets in an investment portfolio so that its performance matches that of an index. 2) Linking movements of rates to the performance of an index.
INDEXPLUS Income Fund
INDEXPLUS Income Fund is one of Canada's largest companies.
Indexplus Income Fund
Indexplus Income Fund is one of Canada's largest companies.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Independent variable
Term used in regression analysis to represent the element or condition that is expected to influence another (so-called dependent) variable.
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.
Index and Option Market (IOM)
A division of the CME established in 1982 for trading stock index products and options.
Index arbitrage
An investment strategy that attempts to profit from the differences between actual and theoretical futures prices of the same stock index.
Index fund
A mutual fund that invests in stocks that reflect the composition of one of the leading market indicators, such as Standard & Poor's 500 index. The intention is to mirror market performance.
Index futures
Index linked (of a wage, salary, pension, tax, etc.)
Automatically raised to compensate for inflation, on the basis of an official price index.
Index method
Technique to calculate rates of return that is based on initial and terminal values.
Index model
A model of stock returns using a market index such as the S&P 500 to represent common or systematic risk factors.
Index option
A call or put option on a financial index.
Index swap
A swap of a market index for some other asset, such as a stock-for-stock or debt-for-stock swap.
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