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Oporto
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OportoPortugal's derivatives exchange (Bolsa de Derivados do Oporto) trading futures on the ten-year government bond, Portuguese stock index, and three-month interbank deposit rate LISBOR (Lisbon Interbank Offered Rate).
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Exchange
A marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities, and indexes are traded.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
Futures
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.
Bond
Certificate, stating that the issuer is committing himself to repay the loan, including interest and other payments, to the holder.
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.
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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Oportunidad Bursatil, S.A., SICAV
Oportunidad Bursatil, S.A., SICAV is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.
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Operating ratio
A ratio that measures a firm's operating efficiency.
Operating risk
The inherent or fundamental risk of a firm, without regard to financial risk. The risk that is created by operating leverage. Also called business risk.
Operationally efficient market
Market in which investors can obtain transactions services that reflect the true costs associated with furnishing those services. Also called an efficient market.
Opinion shopping
Attempts by a corporation to attain reporting objectives by following questionable accounting principles, with the help of an auditor willing to sanction the practices. Prohibited by the SEC.
OPM
Stands for "other people's money," which refers to borrowed funds used to increase the return on invested capital.
Oporto
Opportunity cost
The amount that a factor of production could have earned if put to another use.
Opportunity cost of capital
Expected return that is forgone by investing in a project rather than in comparable financial securities.
Opportunity line
Slope of a graph representing portfolios achieved by combining different levels of borrowing and lending with a single risky portfolio.
Opportunity set
The possible expected return and standard deviation pairs of all portfolios that can be constructed from a given set of assets.
Optimal contract
The contract that balances the three types of agency costs (contracting, monitoring, and misbehavior) against one another to minimize the total cost.
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Exchange
A marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities, and indexes are traded.
Trading
Buying and selling securities.
Futures
Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.
Bond
Certificate, stating that the issuer is committing himself to repay the loan, including interest and other payments, to the holder.
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.
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--------------------------------------
Oportunidad Bursatil, S.A., SICAV
Oportunidad Bursatil, S.A., SICAV is a Spanish company listed at Madrid Stock Exchange. Its business activity is capital investment.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Operating ratio
A ratio that measures a firm's operating efficiency.
Operating risk
The inherent or fundamental risk of a firm, without regard to financial risk. The risk that is created by operating leverage. Also called business risk.
Operationally efficient market
Market in which investors can obtain transactions services that reflect the true costs associated with furnishing those services. Also called an efficient market.
Opinion shopping
Attempts by a corporation to attain reporting objectives by following questionable accounting principles, with the help of an auditor willing to sanction the practices. Prohibited by the SEC.
OPM
Stands for "other people's money," which refers to borrowed funds used to increase the return on invested capital.
Oporto
Opportunity cost
The amount that a factor of production could have earned if put to another use.
Opportunity cost of capital
Expected return that is forgone by investing in a project rather than in comparable financial securities.
Opportunity line
Slope of a graph representing portfolios achieved by combining different levels of borrowing and lending with a single risky portfolio.
Opportunity set
The possible expected return and standard deviation pairs of all portfolios that can be constructed from a given set of assets.
Optimal contract
The contract that balances the three types of agency costs (contracting, monitoring, and misbehavior) against one another to minimize the total cost.
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